Patent ID: 11884324
Assignee: STEERING SOLUTIONS IP HOLDING CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 9:
10. A system for vehicle control, the system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
identify, for a surface being traversed by a vehicle, at least a portion of the surface that has a coefficient of friction that is less than a coefficient of friction threshold;
determine, responsive to identifying the portion of the surface has a coefficient of friction that is less than the coefficient of friction threshold, whether a vehicle speed is greater than a vehicle speed threshold;
in response to determining that the vehicle speed is greater than the vehicle speed threshold, determine whether an operator of the vehicle is engaging a handwheel of the vehicle; and
in response to determining that the operator of the vehicle is engaging the handwheel of the vehicle:
generate a first alert signal;
selectively adjust, after a predetermined period, at least one steering characteristic of a steering system of the vehicle from a first value to a second value; and
in response to at least one of a reduction in the vehicle speed and a distance between the vehicle and the portion of the surface having the coefficient of friction being less than a distance threshold, selectively adjust the at least one steering characteristic from the second value to the first value.