US 11,745,708 B2
Controller for a vehicle and method
Ryan Bakewell, Warwickshire (GB); Matthew Hancock, Warwickshire (GB); and Olivier Roques, Warwickshire (GB)
Assigned to JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED, Coventry (GB)
Appl. No. 16/971,217
Filed by JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED, Coventry (GB)
PCT Filed Jan. 29, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/052043
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 19, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/162046, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 29, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1803014 (GB), filed on Feb. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0101574 A1, Apr. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. B60T 8/00 (2006.01); B60T 8/86 (2006.01); B60T 8/24 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 40/076 (2012.01); B60W 40/105 (2012.01)
CPC B60T 8/86 (2013.01) [B60T 8/245 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 30/18063 (2013.01); B60W 30/18118 (2013.01); B60W 40/076 (2013.01); B60W 40/105 (2013.01); B60W 2520/04 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2540/12 (2013.01); B60W 2552/15 (2020.02)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A controller for a vehicle, the controller being configured to:
receive an indication of a measured speed of the vehicle;
determine whether a gradient on which the vehicle is located is below a threshold gradient; and
provide an output signal to cause a brake of the vehicle to be automatically applied to hold the vehicle stationary, based at least in part on:
the received indication of the measured speed of the vehicle being below a threshold speed; and
the determination that the gradient is below the threshold gradient, wherein the controller is configured to determine whether the gradient is below the threshold gradient by determining whether the measured speed of the vehicle remains within a first speed range including zero for a first period of time that has a predefined first duration.