Patent ID: 9701308
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: B60K,B60T,B60W,B60Y,F16H

Claim:
1. A vehicle speed control system for a vehicle having a plurality of wheels, the vehicle speed control system comprising: an input device for receiving a user input of a target speed at which the vehicle is intended to travel; and a vehicle controller for commanding application of torque to one or more wheels of the vehicle, wherein the system is configured such that when the system is required to accelerate the vehicle to achieve the target speed and the system detects a wheel slip event, the system is operable to temporarily suspend further acceleration of the vehicle until the system lifts the suspension of further acceleration and, when the suspension of further acceleration is lifted, the system is operable automatically to inhibit slip by resuming acceleration at a rate limited to a rate of acceleration of the vehicle when the wheel slip event was detected.