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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2007
Applicant:
William C. Craig, Endicott, NY (US);
Inventor:
William C. Craig, Endicott, NY (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Grand Prairie, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
System and method for controlling vehicle operating characteristics. The method includes receiving, at a vehicle, global positioning system (GPS) data, and, based on the received GPS data, determining the vehicle's location. The method also identifies terrain map information associated with the vehicle's determined location and determines a terrain based on the terrain map information. The method then modifies one or more vehicle operating characteristics based on the determined terrain.