Vehicle component control methods and systems

• US 20120296567A1
• Filed: 05/04/2012
• Published: 11/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/1995
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: American Vehicular Sciences LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Original Assignee: American Vehicular Sciences LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Inventors: Breed, David S.
• Granted Patent: US 9,008,854 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/468
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/037 for occupant comfort , e.g. for automatic adjustment of appliances according to personal settings, e.g. seats, mirrors, steering wheel
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/77 using wireless control
• CPC Class Codes: F02N 11/0807 Remote means
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network

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. A processor is coupled to the sensor systems and diagnoses the state of the vehicle itself and optionally its dynamic motion based on the measurements of the sensor systems. The processor controls each part based at least in part on the diagnosed state of the vehicle.

Claims

1-24. -24. (canceled)

25. A vehicle having a location determination system arranged to determine location information for the vehicle based on signals received from satellites.