Method and System to Control Electronic Throttle Sensitivity
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Abstract
An electronic throttle control system for a motorized vehicle includes a sensor providing a signal corresponding to a relative position of an accelerator pedal between an undepressed position and a fully depressed position at a first predetermined time interval. A memory device is provided for storing a plurality of provided signals. A controller is provided for averaging a predetermined number of provided signals and sending the averaged signal to the motor at a second predetermined time interval for modulating operating speed of the motor. Upon the memory device storing the predetermined number of provided signals, provided signals are discarded from the memory device on a first in, first out basis.
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20 Claims
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1-15. -15. (canceled)
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16. A method for controlling an electronic throttle for a vehicle, the steps comprising:
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sampling a signal corresponding to a relative position of an accelerator pedal between an undepressed position and a fully depressed position at each first predetermined time interval; storing the sampled signals from the sensor; calculating an average signal based on a predetermined quantity of the sampled signals; sending the averaged signal to the motor as a motor controlling signal modulating an operating speed of the motor; and discarding an older signal and replacing the older signal with a more recent signal when calculating the average signal upon the number of stored sampled signals exceeding the predetermined number of sampled signals. - View Dependent Claims (18, 20)
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