Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Roy S Schafer

Jason Meyer

Yanan Zhao

Judhajit Roy

Benjamin Carl Mukkala, Ii

Andreas Ediger

Benjamin Baecker

Stephen Cole

Methods and systems are provided for adjusting driver demand wheel torque of a vehicle. The driver demand wheel torque may be adjusted as a function of accelerator pedal position. In particular, at low accelerator pedal positions, a lead-in region of an accelerator pedal position to driver demand wheel torque relationship is adjustable responsive to vehicle operation conditions so that 'dead pedal' feel may be avoided.

Method and system for adjusting driver demand torque

A system for overriding a vehicle speed limit setting via accelerator pedal override is disclosed, comprising a vehicle including steering, an accelerator pedal, brakes, a processor, and memory, and a vehicle speed limit override module coupled to the processor and configured to override the speed limit setting by calculating an override threshold based on the set speed limit and accounting for variable vehicle weight, road grade or other unknown loads.

Analytic design of pedal override for adjustable speed limiting

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Roy S Schafer