US 11,989,040 B2
Controlling movement of a vehicle
Mark Cund, Coventry (GB); Martyn Lathbury, Coventry (GB); Allan Howling, Coventry (GB); Paul Widdowson, Coventry (GB); Colin Teed, Coventry (GB); Parvinder Devgun, Coventry (GB); and Tony Davis, Coventry (GB)
Assigned to JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED, Coventry (GB)
Filed by JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED, Warwickshire (GB)
Filed on Apr. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/712,559.
Application 17/712,559 is a continuation of application No. 16/481,326, granted, now 11,294,405, previously published as PCT/EP2018/051320, filed on Jan. 19, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 1701443 (GB), filed on Jan. 30, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0221882 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G05D 13/62 (2006.01); B60W 30/14 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G05D 13/62 (2013.01) [B60W 30/143 (2013.01); G05D 1/0033 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01)] 1 Claim
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1. Apparatus for controlling movement of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising processing means that, in a remote control mode, is configured to:
receive a first signal from a receiving means in dependence on a transmitted signal received from a remote control device indicating a requested motion of a vehicle;
receive a further signal from a key detection means configured to receive a key signal from a smart key for the vehicle;
determine, from the first signal or from an additional signal received from a sensing means, one or more distance values, the or each distance value being indicative of a distance from a point on the vehicle to an object;
determine a maximum speed value for the vehicle in dependence on at least one of the one or more distance values and on the further signal being indicative of a smart key being detected; and
provide an output signal for controlling speed of the vehicle based on the requested motion, wherein the output signal is arranged to control the speed of the vehicle to be less than or equal to the maximum speed value,
wherein in the remote control mode the processing means is configured to provide an output signal to cause the vehicle to be stationary in dependence on the further signal being indicative of the smart key being within the vehicle.