Vehicle speed limiter
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1. A method for controlling vehicle speed, the method comprising:
- receiving information associated with a route and identifying a location, the information received from a controller at a vehicle via a communication interface;
identifying a speed limiting factor associated with the location;
identifying a target speed to transmit to the vehicle by retrieving a maximum speed that corresponds to the location and the route from a database and reducing the maximum speed according to the speed limiting factor; and
transmitting, via the communication interface, the target speed to the controller at the vehicle, the target speed transmitted to the vehicle instructing the controller to limit a maximum speed that the vehicle can travel along the route at the location based on the target speed.
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to apparatus, methods, and non-transitory storage medium for controlling the maximum speed of a vehicle as that vehicle travels along a route. Apparatus and methods consistent with the present disclosure may receive location information from an electronic device that is located at a vehicle and may provide information to the electronic device at that controls the maximum speed of the vehicle as speed limits change along the route.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for controlling vehicle speed, the method comprising:
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receiving information associated with a route and identifying a location, the information received from a controller at a vehicle via a communication interface; identifying a speed limiting factor associated with the location; identifying a target speed to transmit to the vehicle by retrieving a maximum speed that corresponds to the location and the route from a database and reducing the maximum speed according to the speed limiting factor; and transmitting, via the communication interface, the target speed to the controller at the vehicle, the target speed transmitted to the vehicle instructing the controller to limit a maximum speed that the vehicle can travel along the route at the location based on the target speed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for controlling vehicle speed, the method comprising:
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receiving, via a network interface, information that identifies an experience level of a driver driving a vehicle that includes a controller having control over limiting a speed of the vehicle; receiving, via the network interface, location information that is associated with a location and with a route; receiving, by a processor that executes instructions stored in a memory, a maximum speed that corresponds to the location and the route; identifying, by the processor, a target speed to send to the controller, wherein the target speed is less than the maximum speed by an offset that is based on the experience level of the driver driving the vehicle; and transmitting the target speed to the controller at the vehicle, wherein the target speed transmitted to the vehicle instructs the controller to limit a maximum speed that the vehicle can travel along the route at the location based on the target speed. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus for controlling vehicle speed, the apparatus comprising:
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a network interface that receives information associated with a route and identifying a location, the information received from a controller at a vehicle via a communication interface, wherein the network interface also transmits a target speed to the vehicle thereby instructing the controller to limit a maximum speed that the vehicle can travel along the route at the location based on the target speed; a memory; and a processor that executes instructions stored in the memory, wherein execution of the instructions by the processor causes the processor to; identify a speed limiting factor associated with the location; and identify the target speed to transmit to the vehicle by retrieving a maximum speed that corresponds to the location and the route from a database and reducing the maximum speed according to the speed limiting factor. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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