Method and system for controlling a cruise control system
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1. A method for controlling a cruise control system on a vehicle, the method comprising:
- identifying a vehicle location;
identifying a number of respective cruise control overrides by a driver at the vehicle location;
if the number of cruise control overrides by the driver is at least a threshold number of overrides;
identifying respective actions by the driver after the cruise control overrides; and
controlling the cruise control system by creating a profile of the driver behavior associated with the vehicle location based on the respective actions by the driver within a range around the vehicle location after the driver overrode the cruise control;
identifying a road terrain associated with the vehicle location;
determining if a number of cruise control overrides by other drivers occur at the vehicle location is at least a predetermined number;
if the number of overrides by other drivers occur at the vehicle location is at least the predetermined number, determining the override by the driver at the vehicle location is statistically relevant; and
if the override by the driver at the vehicle location is statistically relevant, updating a central cruise control database to set a default profile for behaviors of all drivers at the vehicle location.
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A method for controlling a cruise control system on a vehicle includes identifying a vehicle location and identifying a number of respective cruise control overrides by a driver at the vehicle location. If the number of cruise control overrides by the driver is at least a threshold number of overrides, identifying respective actions by the driver after the cruise control overrides, and creating a profile of the driver behavior associated with the vehicle location based on the respective actions by the driver within a range around the vehicle location after the driver overrode the cruise control.
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1. A method for controlling a cruise control system on a vehicle, the method comprising:
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identifying a vehicle location; identifying a number of respective cruise control overrides by a driver at the vehicle location; if the number of cruise control overrides by the driver is at least a threshold number of overrides; identifying respective actions by the driver after the cruise control overrides; and controlling the cruise control system by creating a profile of the driver behavior associated with the vehicle location based on the respective actions by the driver within a range around the vehicle location after the driver overrode the cruise control; identifying a road terrain associated with the vehicle location; determining if a number of cruise control overrides by other drivers occur at the vehicle location is at least a predetermined number; if the number of overrides by other drivers occur at the vehicle location is at least the predetermined number, determining the override by the driver at the vehicle location is statistically relevant; and if the override by the driver at the vehicle location is statistically relevant, updating a central cruise control database to set a default profile for behaviors of all drivers at the vehicle location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for controlling a cruise control system on a vehicle, the method comprising:
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identifying a vehicle location; identifying a road terrain associated with the vehicle location; identifying an additional previous vehicle location having the road terrain; identifying a number of respective cruise control overrides by a driver at the vehicle location and the additional previous vehicle location; if the number of cruise control overrides by the driver is at least a threshold number of overrides; identifying respective actions by the driver while driving on the road terrain after the cruise control overrides; creating a profile of a behavior of the driver associated with the road terrain based on the respective actions by the driver at the vehicle location and the additional previous vehicle location after the driver overrode the cruise control; determining whether to set the profile of the behavior of the driver associated with the road terrain as a default cruise control profile for the behavior of the driver at another location having the road terrain; and based on the determination, controlling the cruise control system by setting the profile of the behavior of the driver associated with the road terrain as the default cruise control profile for the behavior of the driver at the other location having the road terrain; determining if a number of cruise control overrides by other drivers occur at the vehicle location is at least a predetermined number; if the number of overrides by other drivers occur at the vehicle location is at least the predetermined number, determining the override by the driver at the vehicle location is statistically relevant; and if the override by the driver at the vehicle location is statistically relevant, updating a central cruise control database to set a default profile for behaviors of all drivers at the vehicle location. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A controller for controlling a cruise control system on a vehicle, the controller being adapted to:
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identify a vehicle location; identify a number of respective cruise control overrides by a driver at the vehicle location; if the number of cruise control overrides by the driver is at least a threshold number of overrides, the controller is adapted to; identify respective actions by the driver after the cruise control overrides; control the cruise control system by creating a profile of the behavior of the driver associated with the vehicle location based on the respective actions by the driver at the vehicle location after the driver overrode the cruise control; identify a road terrain associated with the vehicle location; determine if a number of cruise control overrides by other drivers occur at the vehicle location is at least a predetermined number; if the number of overrides by other drivers occur at the vehicle location is at least the predetermined number, determine the override by the driver at the vehicle location is statistically relevant; and if the override by the driver at the vehicle location is statistically relevant, update a central cruise control database to set a default profile for behaviors of all drivers at the vehicle location. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for controlling a cruise control system on a vehicle, the system comprising:
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a controller adapted to; identify a vehicle location; identify a number of respective cruise control overrides by a driver at the vehicle location and an additional previous vehicle location; if the number of cruise control overrides by the driver is at least a threshold number of overrides; identify respective actions by the driver after the cruise control overrides; and create a profile of the driver behavior associated with the vehicle location and the additional previous vehicle location based on the respective actions by the driver at the vehicle location and the additional previous vehicle location after the driver overrode the cruise control; identify a road terrain associated with the vehicle location; determine if a number of cruise control overrides by other drivers occur at the vehicle location is at least a predetermined number; if the number of overrides by other drivers occur at the vehicle location is at least the predetermined number, determine the override by the driver at the vehicle location is statistically relevant; and if the override by the driver at the vehicle location is statistically relevant, update a central cruise control database to set a default profile for behaviors of all drivers at the vehicle location; means for determining whether to set the profile of the driver behavior associated with the vehicle location and the additional previous vehicle location as a default cruise control profile for the driver behavior at the vehicle location and the additional previous vehicle location; and means for controlling the cruise control system by setting the profile of the driver behavior associated with at least one of the vehicle location and the additional previous vehicle location, based on the determination, as the default cruise control profile for the driver behavior at the vehicle location and the additional previous vehicle location. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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