VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
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1. A speed control system for a vehicle, comprising:
- means for automatically causing a vehicle to operate in accordance with a target speed value,means for receiving information relating to movement of at least a portion of a vehicle body, said information comprising;
a measured value of vehicle body pitch angular acceleration, a measured value of vehicle body roll angular acceleration, and a measured value of vehicle body heave acceleration,means for applying a gain to each of said measured value of vehicle body pitch angular acceleration, measured value of vehicle body roll angular acceleration, and measured value of vehicle body heave acceleration, and determining a signal indicative of comfort level therefrom; and
means for adjusting automatically the value of the target speed value in dependence on said signal indicative of comfort level.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a speed control system for a vehicle, comprising: means for automatically causing a vehicle to operate in accordance with a target speed value, means for receiving information relating to movement of at least a portion of a vehicle body or at feast a portion of a body of an occupant relative to a vehicle, and means for adjusting automatically the value of the target speed value in dependence on said information.
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1. A speed control system for a vehicle, comprising:
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means for automatically causing a vehicle to operate in accordance with a target speed value, means for receiving information relating to movement of at least a portion of a vehicle body, said information comprising;
a measured value of vehicle body pitch angular acceleration, a measured value of vehicle body roll angular acceleration, and a measured value of vehicle body heave acceleration,means for applying a gain to each of said measured value of vehicle body pitch angular acceleration, measured value of vehicle body roll angular acceleration, and measured value of vehicle body heave acceleration, and determining a signal indicative of comfort level therefrom; and means for adjusting automatically the value of the target speed value in dependence on said signal indicative of comfort level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of operating a speed control system of a vehicle, said method comprising:
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automatically causing a vehicle to operate in accordance with a target speed value; receiving information relating to movement of at least a portion of a vehicle body, said information comprising;
a measured value of vehicle body pitch angular acceleration, a measured value of vehicle body roll angular acceleration, and a measured value of vehicle body heave acceleration;applying a gain to each of said measured value of vehicle body pitch angular acceleration, measured value of vehicle body roll angular acceleration, and measured value of vehicle body heave acceleration, to determine a signal indicative of measured comfort level; and adjusting automatically the value of the target speed value in dependence on said signal indicative of measured comfort level. - View Dependent Claims (39)
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