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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2010
Applicant:
Nathaniel Ellis, Marysville, OH (US);
Inventor:
Nathaniel Ellis, Marysville, OH (US);
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60K 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 31/0008 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); Y02T 10/48 (2013.01); B60K 2031/0033 (2013.01); B60K 2031/0025 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control system for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The control system determines if a motor vehicle is going to stop according to information about a preceding vehicle. The control system may use information about the vehicle speed of the motor vehicle, a following distance between the motor vehicle and a preceding vehicle and preceding vehicle deceleration information. When the control system determines that the motor vehicle is going to stop, the motor vehicle shuts down the engine prior to the vehicle stopping in order to improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions.