Patent ID: 8983711
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: B60T

Abstract:
1. A method for detecting a transport situation of a vehicle in a standby mode of operation, the vehicle including a course control device, wheel speed sensors and a vehicle yaw speed sensor connected to the course control device of the vehicle, a detection information processor that manages modes of operation of the vehicle, the method comprising: detecting the standby mode of operation of the vehicle when the vehicle is stopped, and in a substantially fixed arrangement, and substantially immobile relative to a transport carrier on which the vehicle is carried; detecting a speed of the vehicle when the vehicle is stopped, and in the substantially fixed arrangement, and substantially immobile relative to the transport carrier on which the vehicle is carried, recorded by at least one of the wheel speed sensors of the vehicle; detecting at least one of the wheel speed sensors being in a state of oscillation, over a first predefined time period; detecting a non-zero yaw speed of the vehicle, recorded by the yaw speed sensor of the vehicle, corresponding to a relative movement of the vehicle when the vehicle is stopped, and in the substantially fixed arrangement, and substantially immobile relative to the transport carrier on which the vehicle is carried, over a second predefined time period; and determining that the vehicle is in the transport situation, based on said detecting the standby mode, said detecting the speed of the vehicle, said detecting at least one of the wheel speed sensors being in the state of oscillation, and said detecting the non-zero yaw speed of the vehicle,