Vehicle control
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[0071]Referring to FIG. 1, according to a first embodiment of the invention a vehicle 10 has four wheels 11, 12, 13, 14 and a powertrain 16 for providing driving torque to the wheels. The powertrain 16 comprises an engine 18, an automatic transmission 20 which transmits drive torque at any of a number of transmission ratios, via a transfer box 21 to the input side of a center differential 22. Front and rear differentials 24, 26 receive torque from the center differential 22 and transmit it to the front wheels 11, 12 and rear wheels 13, 14 respectively. An engine controller 28 in the form of an engine management system controls operation of the engine 18 so as to control its speed and output power and torque in response to inputs from the driver from a throttle pedal 27, the position of which is measured with a throttle pedal position sensor 29. A transmission controller 30 controls the transmission ratio of the automatic transmission 20, and the selection of high or low range in the...
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[0101]A second embodiment of the invention will now be described. In this embodiment all of the subsystem configurations are substantially the same as in the first embodiment, the second embodiment differing only in the manner in which the subsystems configurations are controlled. Some of the controlled functions described above are not altered by the driving mode selected, and one further function, a hill descent function, is included in the brake controller 62, as will be described in more detail below. The second embodiment will therefore also be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.
[0102]In the second embodiment the functions which are controlled by the vehicle mode controller 98 are the throttle pedal characteristic, the gear changes in the transmission 20, the locking torque of the center and rear differentials 22, 26, the traction control function, the yaw control function provided by the D.S.C. system, the air suspension ride height, the suspension cross linking, and the...
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[0112]Referring to FIG. 13, in a third embodiment of the invention the driving mode in which the vehicle operates is determined by two separate inputs. One input, a rotary terrain knob 100, allows the user to input the type of terrain over which the vehicle is being driven. The other input, a rotary “mode of use” knob 102 allows the user to input the mode in which the vehicle is to be used. This can include vehicle modes relating to the manner in which the vehicle is to respond to the driver's inputs, such as a sport mode or an economy mode, as well as modes relating to the state of the vehicle, such as a towing mode suitable for towing a trailer, and a laden mode for when the vehicle is carrying a particularly heavy load. In this example the vehicle “mode of use” knob allows selection of normal, sport, and towing vehicle driving modes. The sport driving mode is adapted for use when the vehicle is being driven in a “sporty” manner, characterized for example by one or more of: rapid ...
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