Patent ID: 11958485
Assignee: JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 9:
10. A method of controlling operation of a host vehicle, the host vehicle being a land vehicle; wherein, the method comprising:
receiving a signal from a sensor;
processing the signal to identify a target vehicle which is a land vehicle;
determining a vertical offset between the host vehicle and the target vehicle, the vertical offset being indicative of a height of the target vehicle above or below an elevation of the host vehicle;
adjusting a target follow distance between the host vehicle and the target vehicle dynamically in dependence on the determined vertical offset between the host vehicle and the target vehicle; and
controlling a speed of the host vehicle to maintain the adjusted target follow distance,
wherein the method further comprises estimating a location at which a slope begins in dependence on the rate of change of determined vertical offset, and determining, in dependence on a steepness of the gradient of the slope, whether to follow the target vehicle onto the slope, or to wait at a base or a crest of the slope until either a driver confirmation to proceed is received or automatically in response to it being established that the target vehicle has cleared the base or the crest of the slope.