Patent ID: 9540007
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: B60K,B60W,B60Y,F02D,F02P

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: identifying, by a computing system that is configured to control a rate of rotation of a vehicle shaft of a vehicle, multiple target rotation rates for the vehicle shaft that correspond to respective times during an anticipated vehicle race, at least some of the multiple target rotation rates being different from each other; determining, by the computing system, that (1) a first actual rotation rate for the vehicle shaft at a first time during a first actual vehicle race exceeds (2) a first target rotation rate, from among the multiple target rotation rates, that is for a first time during the anticipated vehicle race that corresponds to the first time during the first actual vehicle race; sending, by the computing system and in response to having determined that the first actual rotation rate exceeds the first target rotation rate, a first signal for receipt by a first component of the vehicle, in order to cause the first component of the vehicle to limit the rate of rotation of the vehicle shaft; determining, by the computing system, that (1) a second actual rotation rate for the vehicle shaft at a second time during the first actual vehicle race is below (2) a second target rotation rate, from among the multiple target rotation rates, that is for a second time during the anticipated vehicle race that corresponds to the second time during the first actual vehicle race; and sending, by the computing system and in response to having determined that the second actual rotation rate is below the second target rotation rate, a second signal for receipt by the first component of the vehicle or a second component of the vehicle, in order to cause the first component of the vehicle or the second component of the vehicle to increase the rate of rotation of the vehicle shaft.