Method and system for controlling a vehicle
US6768944B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 9, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jul 27, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 9, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S19/11
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Control system and method for controlling a vehicle or a component of a vehicle in which an inertial reference unit includes accelerometers and gyroscopes which provide data on vehicle motion and a processor processes the data and controls the vehicle or the component of the vehicle based thereon. Movement of the vehicle may be controlled via control over servos, such as a servo associated with the braking system, a servo associated with the drive train or throttle and a servo associated with the steering system. A display to the driver can also be controlled by the processor to provide data on vehicle motion or data or information derived from the data on vehicle motion. Optionally, a Kalman filter is coupled to the processor for optimizing the data on vehicle motion from the inertial reference unit.
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