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7580786 Vehicle and nonlinear control method for vehicle  
A method for controlling a vehicle using a nonlinear error-based control is provided. Various vehicle speed requests are arbitrated and a transfer function including an integrator is applied to the...
7445071 Electronic throttle control and cruise control for handle bar type vehicle  
A saddle type vehicle is provided in which a valve shaft for a throttle valve is rotatably supported on an air intake path forming body, and a valve shaft actuator is connected to an end of the...
7437232 Vehicle and method for speed control based on position information of other vehicles  
An apparatus and method for controlling a speed of a vehicle includes detecting whether a cruise control setting of a first vehicle is active and receiving, at the first vehicle, position...
7431013 Intake air control device, and vehicle including same  
An intake air control device is provided in which a valve shaft extends in the left and right direction of a vehicle body frame across an air intake path, and is rotatably supported by an air...
7343897 Engine control system with user-commanded engine speed adjustments in varying increments  
An engine control system includes an engine with an output shaft. A power take-off device interfaces with the output shaft and provides rotational power to an auxiliary device. A user input device...
7296646 System and method for timing of target speed for cooperative speed control system  
A device for automatically controlling vehicle speed, including a processor that receives at least (i) a first signal indicative of a first local required speed, (ii) a second signal indicative of...
7246001 Method for controlling the ground speed of a work machine  
A method of maintaining a constant ground speed of a work machine having an engine, powertrain, and at least one electronic control module (ECM) is disclosed. The method included sensing a...
7206686 System and method for detecting an object ahead of a vehicle and controlling the vehicle in response to the detected object  
When a deceleration intention detector detects that an occupant has apprehension about a condition ahead of his own vehicle and attempts to decelerate the own vehicle, a detection area setter...
7194352 Method and arrangement for controlling the speed of a vehicle  
A method and an arrangement for controlling the speed of a vehicle make possible a comfortable adaptation of an incrementation or decrementation of a pregiven desired speed. The desired speed is...
7184873 Vehicle speed limiting device  
The invention relates to a device for preventing selected users from driving a vehicle above a particular speed. The speed limit value can be programmed by the selected users by driving the vehicle...
7151993 Vehicle cruise control system for switching vehicle cruise control state using windshield wiper operation  
A cruise control system is configured to cancel/prohibit cruise control depending on the operating state of the wipers. When the wipers are in a continuous operation mode and low speed following...
7124009 Method and arrangement for monitoring a deceleration function of a control unit of a motor vehicle  
A method and an arrangement for monitoring a deceleration function of a control unit of a motor vehicle affect as little as possible the operability of the control unit in the case of a fault. The...
7063333 Method and device for ride height control of a motor vehicle  
In a method and a device of a motor vehicle, including regulating units for adjusting the level position of a motor vehicle, at least one control unit for activating the regulating units, at least...
7054733 Adaptive cruise control system for vehicle  
An adaptive cruise control system for a host vehicle is arranged to calculate a target vehicle speed, to calculate a target driving force based on the target vehicle speed, to limit a rate of...
6988028 Cruise control system  
A cruise control system is adapted to a vehicle equipped with an internal combustion engine and a manual transmission which are disengageably connected through a clutch. The cruise control system...
6941215 Method and device for triggering a request for taking control in acc-controlled vehicles  
In a method and a device for triggering a request for taking control (RTC), a driver of a vehicle having adaptive cruise control is signaled that the adaptive cruise control system may not be...
6874591 Speed limiting for a balancing transporter  
A class of transporters for carrying an individual over ground having a surface that may be irregular. Various embodiments have a motorized drive, mounted to the ground-contacting module that...
6868931 Speed limiting for a balancing transporter accounting for variations in system capability  
A class of transporters for carrying an individual over ground having a surface that may be irregular. Various embodiments have a motorized drive, mounted to the ground-contacting module that...
6854549 Electronic engine speed controller  
An electronic engine speed control system is used on a work machine utilizing an engine with a governor control movable between a plurality of positions. The governor control is operated by an...
6856887 Adaptive cruise control system and method for automotive vehicle with inter-vehicle distance control function  
In adaptive cruise control method for an automotive vehicle, an inter-vehicle distance between the vehicle and a preceding vehicle which is traveling ahead of the vehicle is detected, a velocity of...
6854548 Automobile running control system  
An automobile running control system having “Fast follow-up” and “Slow follow-up” modes controls so that the automobile may cruise at an optimum car-to-car space between the automobile and...
6847880 Gear shifting on target speed reduction in vehicle speed control system  
A vehicle speed control system for a vehicle with an engine and an automatic transmission is comprised of a coast switch for decreasing a set vehicle speed and a controller connected with the coast...
6836719 Method and system for controlling a vehicle  
A method and system for controlling a vehicle includes receiving vehicle position information from a positioning system and combining the position information with information from a map database...
6779507 Method and arrangement for determining a driver command  
The invention is directed to a method and an arrangement for determining a driver command and especially a kickdown command. This driver command is only detected when the pedal position or a...
6772059 Method for adaptive distance and/or driving speed adjustment in a motor vehicle  
A method for the adaptive control of distance and/or driving speed of a motor vehicle. A control device is able to control an engine of the motor vehicle in at least a first operating mode and a...
6757605 Method and device for situation-dependent and driver-dependent attenuation of ESP stabilization measures  
A device and a method for regulating at least one vehicle dynamics controlled variable (vGi) which describes a motion of a vehicle, is described. At least one vehicle dynamics variable is...
6748310 Electric brake system  
In an electric brake system with at least an electric wheel brake mechanism having a pair of brake friction pads to produce a braking force based on a brake manipulated variable, and a brake...
6704631 Method and device for determining a corrected offset value  
A device is for determining a corrected offset value which represents the offset of the output signal of a first vehicle sensor, the sensor determining at least one motion of a vehicle. In this...
6668958 Cruise control device for motor vehicle with adjustable traveling distance of pulling cord reel  
A cruise control device with adjustable traveling distance of pulling cord reel, which is installed in a motor vehicle, and the motor vehicle is driven by an internal combustion engine having a...
6637534 Selection device for adjusting vehicle speed  
A selection device for setting the driving speed of a vehicle is provided having an operating element, a control device, which is connected with the operating element and coupled with an engine...
6626257 Method and device for automatic speed adjustment in a vehicle  
A method and apparatus for automatically setting the speed in a vehicle, with the distance and relative speed between the vehicle and an obstacle determined and used as the basis for the...
6622078 Vehicle running control device and vehicle  
A vehicle control device smoothly and constantly stops a controlled vehicle at the same vehicle-to-vehicle distance each time a preceding vehicle stops. The vehicle control device includes a unit...
6600988 Vehicle trajectory control system and method  
A method for controlling a powertrain of a vehicle is described. The method determines a desired vehicle condition based on three driver actuated elements. In a preferred embodiment the first...
6591181 Method and device for setting the vehicle longitudinal velocity to a deired speed  
A method and a device are for setting the longitudinal speed of a vehicle to a setpoint speed, in particular on the basis of a regulation, having controllable brakes. In operation of a cruise...
6591180 Method and control system for distance and speed control of a vehicle  
In a method for controlling the distance and/or the speed of a following vehicle running behind a leading vehicle, the distance between the following vehicle and leading vehicle is measured, and...
6554090 Automobile running control system  
An automobile running control system having “Fast follow-up” and “Slow follow-up” modes controls so that the automobile may cruise at an optimum car-to-car space between the automobile and...
6536408 Engine brake control integration with vehicle service brakes  
An engine brake control system that is integrated with service brakes for a diesel engine powered vehicle. Three manually selectable modes of operation include an operation with the engine brake...
6529814 System and method for controlling vehicle velocity and inter-vehicle distance  
In automatic vehicular velocity controlling apparatus and method for automotive vehicle, a target vehicular velocity to maintain a predetermined inter-vehicle distance between a preceding vehicle...
6523630 Constant speed controlling device and method  
Disclosed is a constant speed controlling device and method to be applied in the electric devices or vehicles which need to be operated automatically at constant speeds. The constant speed...
6526347 Control method for diesel engine  
A method for controlling a diesel engine, is provided where when a vehicle is traveling on a downgrade, an enable vehicle speed is set according to a calculated aiming error, and a vehicle speed...
6516778 Engine airflow control  
A method for controlling a powertrain of a vehicle adjusts a minimum allowed airflow based on operating conditions. Specifically, when conditions of engine speed and/or vehicle speed area away from...
6513611 Vehicle speed control system  
A system for controlling a speed of a vehicle having a continuously variable transmission (CVT) and a cruise controller which controls the traveling speed of the vehicle to a desired speed in...
6470851 Method and apparatus of controlling the actuation of a compression brake  
A method and apparatus for controlling the speed of an engine having a plurality of cylinders and a compression brake operable on one or more of the cylinders is disclosed. The method includes...
6473684 Constant vehicle speed maintaining device for motorcycle  
To provide an auto-cruise canceling device for maintaining a good operating response of the vehicle. A DC servo-motor is used as an actuator for regulating a throttle opening during auto-cruising....
6460645 Vehicular velocity controlling apparatus for automotive vehicle  
In a vehicular velocity controlling apparatus for an automotive vehicle, a vehicular velocity detector is provided to detect a vehicular velocity of the vehicle, a vehicular velocity controlling...
6442472 Modification of pedal progression with acceleration feedback using electronic throttle control  
A method and apparatus for controlling the throttle position of a vehicle by modifying the pedal to throttle progression typically used by the electronic throttle controller to a throttle...
6427111 Process for automatic regulation of the distance to a vehicle  
A process for the automatic regulation of the distance between a vehicle to be regulated and another vehicle is employed in a vehicle which has a distance regulating device and a braking system...
6418370 Apparatus and method for controlling a target distance and a warning distance between traveling vehicles and a recording medium for storing the control method  
A distance control is performed to maintain a target distance between two traveling vehicles by controlling an acceleration/deceleration actuator based on a physical quantity representing an actual...
6405820 Distance-related electronic driving speed regulating system  
The invention relates to a distance-related electronic driving speed regulating system for motor vehicles, wherein a predetermined constant speed is maintained during a first regulating mode until...
6405119 Method and apparatus for limiting the traveling speed of a motor vehicle  
In a method for limiting the traveling speed of a motor vehicle to a variable maximum speed a limiting system action takes place in the situation where the speed demanded by the driver via the...
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