Patent ID: 9718358
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: B60K,B60W,B60Y,F02D,F02P

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: identifying, by a computing system that is configured to affect a rotation rate of a rotating vehicle shaft, a first target rotation rate of the rotating vehicle shaft at a first time during an anticipated vehicle race; determining, by the computing system, that (1) a first actual rotation rate of the rotating vehicle shaft at a first time during an actual vehicle race exceeds (2) the first target rotation rate of the rotating vehicle shaft at the first time during the anticipated vehicle race, wherein the first time during the actual vehicle race corresponds to the first time during the anticipated vehicle race; identifying, by the computing system, that user input designated a first number of vehicle cylinders to prevent from firing upon the computing system determining that the first actual rotation rate exceeds the first target rotation rate; and sending, by the computing system and in response to having determined that the first actual rotation rate exceeds the first target rotation rate, a signal for receipt by a vehicle component, in order to cause the vehicle component to prevent the first number of vehicle cylinders from firing while one or more other cylinders fire during the actual vehicle race.