Patent ID: 9555703
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: B60K,B60W,F02D

Claim:
1. A method of blending between different characteristics of accelerator pedal position and output torque in a vehicle, the method being implemented by an electronic control system and comprising: detecting a first operating mode of a vehicle and applying a source torque map corresponding to said first operating mode; detecting a change of operating mode of the vehicle from said first operating mode to a second operating mode and selecting a target torque map corresponding to said second operating mode; blending by the electronic control system the characteristic applied to the vehicle from the source torque map to the target torque map at a blending rate, said blending rate being a percentage per unit time of the difference between said source and target torque maps; and controlling a powertrain of the vehicle to output a torque in accordance with the blending between the source and target torque maps.