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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2005
Hiroshi Kawazoe, Falls Church, VA (US);
Hiroshi Tsuda, McLean, VA (US);
Hiroshi Kawazoe, Falls Church, VA (US);
Hiroshi Tsuda, McLean, VA (US);
Nissan Technical Center North America, Inc., Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A device adapted to automatically control the effective output of a vehicle control system/component that, for example, automatically applies braking and/or steering control, in response to tire contact with a rumble strip. The device includes a processor configured to receive a first signal indicative of contact of a vehicle tire with a rumble strip. The processor also includes logic to determine that at least one vehicle tire is in contact with a rumble strip based at least on the first signal. If the processor has received the first signal and has determined that the at least one vehicle tire is in contact with the rumble strip, the processor then issues a command to control the effective output of at least one of a vehicle control component or a vehicle control system. For example, an automatically applied braking force may be reduced to ½ its normal applied force.