C.r.f. Societa Consortile Per Azioni

Iveco S.p.a.

Vincenzo Murdocco

Stefano Re Fiorentin

Maurizio Miglietta

Andrea Saroldi

Silvano Marenco

Gianfranco Burzio

Renzo Cicilloni

Sebastiano Campo

Massimo Gaido

Domenico Albero

Pier Claudio Antonello

Angela Chinu

Silvia Citelli

Valter Quenda

Mauro Montiglio

Ludovico Consano

An automotive accelerator device includes an accelerator member movable in response to driver operation, a position sensor associated with the accelerator member to output a position signal indicating an operation degree of the accelerator member, and signal processing means configured to receive the position signal generated by the position sensor and to generate a command for a motor vehicle engine based on the position signal and a characteristic curve of the accelerator device that defines the command for the motor vehicle engine as a function of the position signal; the signal processing means are further configured to: receive signals indicating a current motor vehicle speed and a target motor vehicle speed, and to dynamically adapt the accelerator device characteristic curve based on the current motor vehicle speed with respect to the target motor vehicle speed.

Automotive gas pedal management to increase driving safety and reduce fuel consumption and exhaust gas emission in motor vehicles

The system comprises: detector devices () operable to provide electrical signals indicative of the relative distance and relative speed of the motor vehicle (V) with respect to a fixed or moving obstacle (O) ahead, and a processing and control unit (ECU) connected to such detector devices () as well as to brake actuators () and arranged to cause activation of the brake actuators () to effect automatic emergency braking of the motor vehicle (V) when the relative distance between the motor vehicle (V) and an obstacle (O) ahead lies between a first predetermined limit value (d) equal to the minimum value at which it is still possible to avoid collision by braking and a preselected intermediate value (d) comprised between said first limit value (d) and a second limit value (d) which is less than the said first limit value (d) and is equal to the minimum relative distance value at which it is still possible to follow a path which avoids the obstacle (O), or when the relative distance (d) becomes less than said second limit value (d).

Motor vehicle driving aid system

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Orbassano, Italy

Vincenzo Murdocco