Patent ID: 9533864
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: B66F,H02P

Claim:
1. A method of controlling a vehicle comprising: receiving at a vehicle controller a distance data signal representing a distance to an object from a distance sensor attached to a portion of the vehicle; receiving at the vehicle controller a command from an input device to move the portion of the vehicle to which the distance sensor is attached closer to the object; and via the vehicle controller, and while the vehicle controller receives the command to move the portion of the vehicle, modifying a movement characteristic of the vehicle based on the distance data signal such that, regardless of whether the command from the input device to move the portion of the vehicle to which the distance sensor is attached commands a constant speed or a speed that is faster than a current speed, the vehicle controller causes the vehicle portion to which the distance sensor is attached to progressively slow until the vehicle portion contacts the object.