Patent ID: 8380419
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: B60W

Abstract:
1. A method of changing a speed of a vehicle from an initial speed value to a final speed value, comprising: determining a measured acceleration rate of the vehicle while a vehicle speed is below an intermediate speed value and prior to receiving a resume command from an operator to automatically accelerate the vehicle from the intermediate speed value to the final speed value, wherein the intermediate speed value is greater than the initial speed value and less than the final speed value; calculating a derived acceleration rate from the measured acceleration rate; receiving the resume command from an operator when the vehicle speed is equal to or greater than the intermediate speed value, wherein the resume command is indicative of an instruction to commence automatically accelerating the vehicle from the intermediate speed value to the final speed value; and automatically accelerating the vehicle from the intermediate speed value to the final speed value at an acceleration rate based on the derived acceleration rate.