Patent ID: 9643613
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: B60W,B60Y

Claim:
1. A method of operating a motor vehicle equipped with at least one drive unit configured to output a drive torque, the method comprising the acts of: receiving a signal from an accelerator pedal, wherein the signal represents a drive torque made by a driver by operating the accelerator pedal to rapidly change a position of the accelerator pedal; determining whether a load change occurs based on the received signal; based on the act of determining whether the load change occurs, filtering out the drive torque, via one or more of: (i) a torque I/O module and (ii) an accelerator pedal filter, such that a decelerated or a slowed-down drive torque reduction occurs; and simultaneous with the occurrence of the decelerated or the slowed-down drive torque reduction, determining a brake signal and transmitting the brake signal to a vehicle brake system for correspondingly actuating the vehicle brake system to provide a predefined deceleration of the motor vehicle.