Situation-based vehicle configuration

US11472251B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Rivian IP Holdings, LLC · US

Inventors

• Thomas Rocroi · Richmond, US
• Nathaniel Isaac Gallinger · Emeryville, US
• Erik Robert Glaser · San Francisco, US
• Jeffrey A. Park · Miami Beach, US
• Andrea Marie Best · Mountain View, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 31, 2022
• Grant date: Oct 18, 2022
• Expiry date: Mar 31, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

Particular embodiments may enable configuring settings of a vehicle in a designated mode. A signal to place the vehicle in a designated mode may be received. A roll angle and a pitch angle of the vehicle as parked may be assessed based on data received from a position sensor built into the vehicle. Signals to adjust an electronically controlled suspension of the vehicle to reduce the roll angle or the pitch angle so that the vehicle is level as parked may be sent based on the assessed roll angle and pitch angle exceeding a threshold value. One or more settings of the vehicle to change default operating characteristics by the vehicle while in the designated mode may be modified.