ADAPTIVE ACTIVE SUSPENSION AND AWARE VEHICLE NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. An aware vehicle network system for one or more vehicles having an adaptive active suspension, comprising:
- at least one vehicle having a vehicle position detector for determining a vehicle position of said at least one vehicle and a road condition detector for determining road condition information for any given position determined by said vehicle position detector, said at least one vehicle also having a transmitter for sending said road condition information determined by said road condition detector and said vehicle position determined by said vehicle position detector over a vehicle communication network;
a network device having a transceiver for receiving said road condition information and said vehicle position from said transmitter of said at least one vehicle over said vehicle communication network, said network device calculating ideal active suspension parameters based on said road condition information and said vehicle position received from said at least one vehicle, said network device sending said ideal active suspension parameters over said vehicle communication network via said transceiver; and
at least another vehicle having an adaptive active suspension and a receiver for receiving said ideal suspension parameters from said network device, said adaptive active suspension adjusted based on said ideal suspension parameters received from said network device.
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Abstract
An aware vehicle network system and method for one or more vehicles each having adaptive active suspensions includes at least one vehicle having a vehicle position detector for determining a vehicle position and a road condition detector for determining road condition information for any given position determined by the vehicle position detector. A transmitter sends the road condition information and the vehicle position over a vehicle communication network. A central network device receives the road condition information and the vehicle position and calculates ideal active suspension parameters based thereon. The network device sends ideal active suspension parameters over the vehicle communication network to at least another vehicle having an adaptive active suspension. The adaptive active suspension is adjusted based on the ideal suspension parameters received from the network device.
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21 Claims
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1. An aware vehicle network system for one or more vehicles having an adaptive active suspension, comprising:
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at least one vehicle having a vehicle position detector for determining a vehicle position of said at least one vehicle and a road condition detector for determining road condition information for any given position determined by said vehicle position detector, said at least one vehicle also having a transmitter for sending said road condition information determined by said road condition detector and said vehicle position determined by said vehicle position detector over a vehicle communication network; a network device having a transceiver for receiving said road condition information and said vehicle position from said transmitter of said at least one vehicle over said vehicle communication network, said network device calculating ideal active suspension parameters based on said road condition information and said vehicle position received from said at least one vehicle, said network device sending said ideal active suspension parameters over said vehicle communication network via said transceiver; and at least another vehicle having an adaptive active suspension and a receiver for receiving said ideal suspension parameters from said network device, said adaptive active suspension adjusted based on said ideal suspension parameters received from said network device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An aware vehicle network method for one or more vehicles having an adaptive active suspension, comprising
receiving vehicle position and road condition information from at least a first vehicle; -
calculating ideal suspension parameters from said vehicle position and said road condition information; sending said ideal suspension parameters to at least a second vehicle; and adjusting an adaptive active suspension on said at least a second vehicle corresponding to said ideal suspension parameters. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. An aware vehicle having an adaptive active suspension, comprising:
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a vehicle body having a receiver mounted thereon for continuously receiving ideal active suspension parameters from a network device over a communication network; and a controller onboard said vehicle body and linked to said receiver for receiving said ideal suspension parameters from said receiver and processing said ideal suspension parameters, said controller adjusting the adaptive active suspension based on said ideal suspension parameters, wherein said ideal suspension parameters are calculated by said network device based on road condition information and vehicle position information transmitted to said network device from a plurality of aware vehicles. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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