VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A control system for a motor vehicle, characterized by:
- the system being operable in an automatic mode selection condition in which the system is configured to select automatically an appropriate system operating mode whereby the system assumes operation in said system operating mode,the system being further configured to allow activation of an automatic progress control function in which a speed of the vehicle over terrain is controlled automatically by the system,wherein when the automatic progress control function is active the system is configured automatically to suspend changes in the selected system operating mode.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a control system for a motor vehicle, the system being operable in an automatic mode selection condition in which the system is configured to select automatically an appropriate system operating mode whereby the system assumes operation in said system operating mode, the system being further configured to allow activation of an automatic progress control function in which a speed of the vehicle over terrain is controlled automatically by the system, wherein when the automatic progress control function is active the system is configured automatically to suspend changes in the selected system operating mode.
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28 Claims
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1. A control system for a motor vehicle, characterized by:
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the system being operable in an automatic mode selection condition in which the system is configured to select automatically an appropriate system operating mode whereby the system assumes operation in said system operating mode, the system being further configured to allow activation of an automatic progress control function in which a speed of the vehicle over terrain is controlled automatically by the system, wherein when the automatic progress control function is active the system is configured automatically to suspend changes in the selected system operating mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method of controlling a vehicle system to operate in an automatic mode selection condition implemented by computing means, when the system is operating in the automatic mode selection condition the method comprising selecting automatically by computing means an appropriate system operating mode whereby the system assumes operation in the selected mode,
the method further comprising activating an automatic progress control function and controlling automatically a speed of the vehicle over terrain in response to activation of the automatic progress control function, whereby when the automatic progress control function is active the method comprises suspending automatically changes in the selected system operating mode.
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28. (canceled)
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