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Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 01, 2023
Applicant:

Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);

Inventors:

Christopher Ostafew, Mountain View, CA (US);

Qizhan Tam, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Therese Cypher-Plissart, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/16 (2020.01); B60W 40/06 (2012.01); B60W 40/105 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/16 (2013.01); B60W 40/06 (2013.01); B60W 40/105 (2013.01); B60W 2554/20 (2020.02); B60W 2554/80 (2020.02); B60W 2720/106 (2013.01);
Abstract

A proactive pedal algorithm is used to modify an accelerator pedal map to ensure the deceleration when the accelerator pedal is released matches driver expectation. Modifying the accelerator pedal map provides the driver of a vehicle the sensation that the vehicle resists moving when travelling in dense scenes with potentially high deceleration requirements and coasts easily in scenes with low deceleration requirements. The accelerator pedal map is modified based on a scene determination to classify other remote vehicles as in-lane, neighbor-lane, or on-coming.


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