Patent ID: 9586599
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: B60W

Claim:
1. A vehicle comprising: at least one of an electronic stability control system, anti-lock braking system and traction control system; a plurality of sensors configured to measure parameters representing the vehicle's current handling condition and the vehicle's limit handling condition, wherein each of the parameters has upper and lower deadband thresholds defining a deadband interval within which the measured parameter may fall without the at least one electronic stability control system, anti-lock braking system and traction control system being activated; and at least one computing device operatively arranged with the sensors and configured (i) to determine, for each of the parameters, a normalized difference between the parameter and at least one of the parameter's upper and lower deadband thresholds, (ii) to identify a minimum of the normalized differences, and (iii) to initiate an alert for a driver of the vehicle if the minimum of the normalized differences exceeds a predetermined threshold within the deadband interval.