Driver/Vehicle Interface Combining Dynamic Function Modification of Vehicle Controls with Haptic Feedback

• Main Authors: CHEVION DAN, SHEHORY ONN, SIVAN RON, DRORY TAL, GOLDSHMIDT OLEG
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 15.01.2009
• Subjects: CONTROLLING; PHYSICS; REGULATING; SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES

A vehicle control system including a vehicle and a vehicle controller for receiving information regarding the vehicle and its environment and vehicle control input via a vehicle control, applying control logic predefined for the vehicle control input and the information to determine an aspect of the vehicle to control and how to control the aspect, and sending a control directive to at least one vehicle subsystem to carry out the determined control of the aspect, where when the vehicle is in a first operational state the controller allows the vehicle control input to control the vehicle subsystem directly related to the vehicle control input without modification by the controller, and where when the vehicle is in a second operational state the controller uses the vehicle control input to determine a vehicle objective and sends the control directive to any of the vehicle subsystems in order to achieve the vehicle objective.