US Patent Application 18140815. VEHICLE simplified abstract
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VEHICLE
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Inventor(s)
Yoshinobu Yamazaki of Tokyo (JP)
Akihiro Nabeshima of Tokyo (JP)
VEHICLE - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18140815 titled 'VEHICLE
Simplified Explanation
The patent application describes a vehicle system that uses detectors to gather information about the condition of different road surfaces. This information is used to estimate the friction coefficient, which is then used to control the driving force of the vehicle.
- The vehicle has detectors that collect information about the condition of the first and second road surfaces.
- A controller uses this information to estimate the friction coefficient.
- The controller determines if the conditions of the road surfaces are the same or different.
- If the conditions are different, the driving force is controlled using the friction coefficient estimated from the second road surface information.
- If the conditions are the same, the driving force is controlled using the friction coefficient estimated from the first road surface information.
Original Abstract Submitted
A vehicle includes a first detector detecting first information related to a condition of a first road surface; a second detector contactlessly detecting second information related to a condition of a second road surface; and a controller controlling a driving force of the vehicle using a friction coefficient estimated based on the first and/or second information. A processor(s) of the controller execute(s) a process including: determining whether the conditions are of a same type based on the first and second information; when the conditions are of different types, controlling the driving force using a friction coefficient estimated based on the second information as a friction coefficient of the second road surface; and based on determining that the conditions are of the same type, controlling the driving force using a friction coefficient estimated based on the first information as the road surface friction coefficient of the second road surface.
