Vehicle Component Control Methods and Systems Based on Vehicle Stability
First Claim
1. In a motor vehicle, a control system for controlling at least one part of the vehicle comprising:
- a plurality of sensor systems mounted at different locations on the vehicle, each of said sensor systems providing a measurement related to a state of said sensor system or a measurement related to a state of the mounting location, said sensor systems being arranged such that the measurements from said sensor systems are measurements of different physical characteristics; and
a processor coupled to said sensor systems and arranged to diagnose the condition of the vehicle with respect to its stability based on the measurements of said sensor systems, said processor being arranged to control the at least one part based at least in part on the diagnosed condition of the vehicle.
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Abstract
Control system for controlling at least one part of a vehicle includes a plurality of sensor systems mounted at different locations on the vehicle, each sensor system providing a measurement related to a state thereof system or a measurement related to a state of the mounting location. The sensor systems are preferably arranged such that the measurements from the sensor systems are measurements of different physical characteristics. A processor is coupled to the sensor systems and diagnoses the condition of the vehicle with respect to its stability based on the measurements of the sensor systems. The processor controls each part based at least in part on the diagnosed condition of the vehicle.
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22 Claims
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1. In a motor vehicle, a control system for controlling at least one part of the vehicle comprising:
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a plurality of sensor systems mounted at different locations on the vehicle, each of said sensor systems providing a measurement related to a state of said sensor system or a measurement related to a state of the mounting location, said sensor systems being arranged such that the measurements from said sensor systems are measurements of different physical characteristics; and
a processor coupled to said sensor systems and arranged to diagnose the condition of the vehicle with respect to its stability based on the measurements of said sensor systems, said processor being arranged to control the at least one part based at least in part on the diagnosed condition of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for controlling at least one part of the vehicle comprising:
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mounting a plurality of sensor systems at different locations on the vehicle;
measuring a state of the sensor system or a state of the respective mounting location of the sensor system;
selecting the sensor systems and their mounting location such that the measurements from the sensor systems are measurements of different physical characteristics;
diagnosing the condition of the vehicle with respect to its stability based on the measurements of the state of the sensor systems or the state of the mounting locations of the sensor systems; and
controlling the at least one part based at least in part on the diagnosed condition of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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