US 12,403,904 B2
Control modification device for vehicle
Fumiaki Yoshikawa, Tokyo (JP); Hisanori Yanagida, Tokyo (JP); Satoshi Matsushita, Tokyo (JP); and Takashi Watanabe, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/189,361.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-057774 (JP), filed on Mar. 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0311872 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 30/14 (2006.01); B60W 50/08 (2020.01); B60W 50/10 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 30/146 (2013.01) [B60W 50/085 (2013.01); B60W 50/10 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2540/043 (2020.02)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control modification device for a vehicle, comprising:
an acceleration suppression control part against sudden accelerator step-down that is mounted in the vehicle and is configured to limit a speed of the vehicle when a speed of an accelerator pedal step-down exceeds a prescribed threshold;
an identification (ID) key that stores therein setting information showing whether a function of the acceleration suppression control part against sudden accelerator step-down is made valid or invalid;
a setting change part that is configured to recognize the setting information stored in the ID key and change a setting based on the recognized result; and
a control switch part that is mounted on the vehicle and is configured to prompt a driver of the vehicle to select and switch whether the function of the acceleration suppression control part against sudden accelerator step-down is made valid or invalid, independently from the result of the setting change.