US 11,738,616 B2
Vehicle handling
Konrad Kral, Warwickshire (GB); William Burdock, Warwickshire (GB); Philip Guest, Warwickshire (GB); and Robert Patching, Warwickshire (GB)
Assigned to JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED, Coventry (GB)
Appl. No. 16/64,630
Filed by JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED, Coventry (GB)
PCT Filed Dec. 13, 2016, PCT No. PCT/EP2016/080843
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 21, 2018,
PCT Pub. No. WO2017/108507, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 29, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 1522724 (GB), filed on Dec. 23, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2019/0001777 A1, Jan. 3, 2019
Int. Cl. B60G 17/016 (2006.01); B60G 17/019 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 17/016 (2013.01) [B60G 17/01908 (2013.01); B60G 17/01933 (2013.01); B60G 2400/0521 (2013.01); B60G 2400/0522 (2013.01); B60G 2400/0523 (2013.01); B60G 2400/102 (2013.01); B60G 2400/104 (2013.01); B60G 2400/106 (2013.01); B60G 2400/204 (2013.01); B60G 2400/252 (2013.01); B60G 2400/30 (2013.01); B60G 2400/33 (2013.01); B60G 2400/41 (2013.01); B60G 2400/96 (2013.01); B60G 2500/30 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for determining the manner in which a vehicle is driven, the system comprising:
a processor comprising an input configured to receive lateral acceleration data from at least one on-board vehicle lateral acceleration sensor,
wherein the processor is configured:
(i) to calculate an output signal from the received lateral acceleration data; and
(ii) to compare the output signal with at least one output threshold to determine the manner in which the vehicle is driven; and
the processor comprises an output configured to send a control signal to inhibit lowering of a ride height of the vehicle, wherein the control signal is indicative of the manner in which the vehicle is driven,
the processor having at least one exponentially weighted moving average filter configured to calculate a moving average of the lateral acceleration data at predetermined intervals and to apply exponential weights to the calculated moving averages so as to calculate the output signal,
wherein the processor is configured to apply a boost value to the output signal each time the lateral acceleration data exceeds at least one dynamic ride data threshold value for a predetermined period of time, and
wherein the boosted output signal decays according to the at least one exponentially weighted moving average filter.