US 11,897,330 B2
Accelerator pedal system
Yuusuke Yoshida, Kariya (JP); Soichi Kinouchi, Kariya (JP); Hideyuki Mori, Kariya (JP); and Takuto Kita, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed by DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed on Aug. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/893,618.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-137324 (JP), filed on Aug. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0066123 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G05G 1/30 (2008.04); B60K 26/02 (2006.01); G05G 1/44 (2008.04); G05G 5/00 (2006.01); G05G 5/03 (2008.04)
CPC B60K 26/02 (2013.01) [B60K 26/021 (2013.01); G05G 1/44 (2013.01); B60K 2026/023 (2013.01); G05G 1/30 (2013.01); G05G 5/005 (2013.01); G05G 5/03 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
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1. An accelerator pedal system comprising:
a pedal lever configured to perform an operation in accordance with a step-on operation;
a lock mechanism configured to be capable of restricting the operation of the pedal lever;
an actuator configured to switch between a locked state in which the operation of the pedal lever is restricted by the lock mechanism and an unlocked state in which the operation of the pedal lever is free from restriction by the lock mechanism; and
a controller including
a locking operation determination unit configured to determine switching of a locking operation by the lock mechanism,
an actuator control unit configured to control a driving operation of the actuator, and
an information acquisition unit configured to acquire position information of the vehicle, wherein
the controller determines whether the vehicle is traveling on a specific position based on the position information of the vehicle acquired by the information acquisition unit,
the locking operation determination unit locks the pedal lever when the vehicle is traveling on the specific position in an automatic driving mode, and
the locking operation determination unit does not lock the pedal lever when the vehicle is traveling out of the specific position in the automatic driving mode.