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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2016
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Takumi Makabe, Dublin, OH (US);
Dustin Lee Williams, Marysville, OH (US);
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle includes an engine, an input device for controlling a speed of the engine, a seat for an occupant of the vehicle, a seat belt for securing the occupant in the seat, and a seat belt sensor for detecting when the seat belt is buckled. A controller may be operatively connected to the seat belt sensor and the engine for controlling the vehicle in a first mode when the seat belt is buckled and a second mode when the seat belt is unbuckled. The controller may perform various different functions, such as cutting fuel to the engine when the vehicle speed is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold while operating in the second mode, or receiving input indicating that the input device is released before switching the vehicle to the first mode when the seat belt is buckled while the vehicle is operating in the second mode.