US 12,280,780 B2
Control of vehicle-to-vehicle separation
Fraser Jardine, Coventry (GB); Michael Belcher, Coventry (GB); Simon Nell, Coventry (GB); and Daniel Woolliscroft, Coventry (GB)
Assigned to JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED, Coventry (GB)
Appl. No. 18/246,309
Filed by JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED, Coventry (GB)
PCT Filed Sep. 22, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/076119
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 22, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/163859, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 31, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2014965 (GB), filed on Sep. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0382378 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 30/16 (2020.01); B60W 50/08 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 30/16 (2013.01) [B60W 50/08 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2540/12 (2013.01); B60W 2540/215 (2020.02); B60W 2554/802 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control system for a host vehicle operable in an automated mode, the control system comprising one or more controllers, wherein the control system is configured to:
receive a driver selection from a first human-machine interface of a vehicle-to-vehicle separation to be implemented in the automated mode when vehicle speed falls below a threshold;
store the vehicle-to-vehicle separation for implementation in the automated mode when vehicle speed falls below the threshold;
receive a driver intervention from a second human-machine interface to modify the vehicle-to-vehicle separation; and
update the stored vehicle-to-vehicle separation based at least in part on the received driver intervention, to be implemented when the vehicle speed later falls below the threshold and the host vehicle is operable in the automated mode.