Throttle disable method and system
First Claim
1. In an automotive vehicle having an engine throttle under the control of an electronic control module (“
- ECM”
), and a driver input mechanism indicating a state of the throttle varying between idle and non-idle operation, a method of reducing the throttle, the method comprising the steps of;
receiving an input signal related to the state of the driver input mechanism, said input signal comprising one of an analog signal and a digital signal, said analog signal having a voltage and said digital signal having a duty cycle;
interpreting said input signal; and
at least one of degrading and disabling the throttle based on the interpretation of said input signal.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system and method for degrading and disabling a vehicle'"'"'s engine throttle. The vehicle disable system includes a throttle position sensor that generates a throttle position signal, an electronic control module (“ECM”) input connected to the ECM on which the throttle position sensor provides the throttle position signal to the ECM, and an override input that enables an idling signal to be transmitted to the ECM instead of the throttle position signal. The method of the present invention includes the steps of receiving an input signal related to the state of the driver input mechanism, interpreting the input signal, and at least one of degrading and disabling the throttle based on the interpretation of the input signal.
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30 Claims
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1. In an automotive vehicle having an engine throttle under the control of an electronic control module (“
- ECM”
), and a driver input mechanism indicating a state of the throttle varying between idle and non-idle operation, a method of reducing the throttle, the method comprising the steps of;receiving an input signal related to the state of the driver input mechanism, said input signal comprising one of an analog signal and a digital signal, said analog signal having a voltage and said digital signal having a duty cycle; interpreting said input signal; and at least one of degrading and disabling the throttle based on the interpretation of said input signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. In an automotive vehicle having an engine throttle under the control of an electronic control module (ECM), a controller comprising:
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a processor; and memory readable by said processor and storing program instructions executable by said processor to perform method steps, said method steps comprising; receiving an input signal related to the state of a driver input mechanism, said input signal comprising one of an analog signal and a digital signal, said analog signal having a voltage and said digital signal having a duty cycle; interpreting said input signal; and at least one of degrading and disabling the throttle based on the interpretation of said input signal. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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