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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2017
Jaguar Land Rover Limited, Coventry, GB;
Arun Raveendran, Warwickshire, GB;
Andrew Fairgrieve, Warwickshire, GB;
JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED, Coventry, GB;
Abstract
Some embodiments of the invention provide a speed control system () for a vehicle (), comprising: torque control means () for automatically causing application of positive and negative torque, as required, to one or more wheels () of a vehicle () to cause a vehicle () to travel in accordance with a target speed value; path prediction means () for predicting a path PP of the vehicle () in a direction of travel; detection means () for detecting one or more objects () ahead of the vehicle (); determining means () to determine whether one or more objects () detected by the detection means () lie outside the predicted path (PP); and control means () configured to, if said one or more detected objects () are determined to lie outside the predicted path (PP), automatically temporarily reduce the vehicle speed in dependence at least in part on a distance of the one or more detected objects () from the predicted path (PP).