Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Daniel J Bartz

Donald K Grimm

Charles A Green

James Nicholas Nickolaou

Varsha K Sadekar

Patrick J O'Leary

Pamela I Labuhn

Oguz H Dagci

Sarmad Y Hermiz

William E Hamilton

A method for operating a cruise control system for a vehicle. The method can identify certain low speed environments, like parking lots, where usage of the cruise control system is usually inappropriate and can disable the system accordingly. According to one embodiment, a full speed range adaptive (FSRA) cruise control system compares a steering wheel position to a steering wheel threshold to determine if the vehicle is operating in an inappropriate low speed environment and, if so, disables the cruise control system accordingly.

Method for operating a cruise control system for a vehicle

A method for monitoring vehicle speed is provided. The method includes receiving a current speed of a vehicle and a current speed limit associated with a current location of the vehicle. A current speed range is calculated by comparing the current speed of the vehicle to the current speed limit. Operator alert preferences including a caution range and a warning range are accessed. An alert responsive to the current speed range and to the operator alert preferences is communicated to the operator of the vehicle. The alert includes one or more caution attributes when the current speed range of the vehicle is within the caution range. The alert includes one or more warning attributes when the current speed range of the vehicle is within the warning range. The alert includes one or more at speed attributes when the current speed range of the vehicle is not within the caution range or the warning range.

Vehicle speed monitoring system

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Lake Orion, MI, United States of America

Daniel J Bartz