Patent ID: 8560143
Filing Date: 2013-10-15
Classification: B60K,B60W

Abstract:
1. A pedal map adjustment system for an automobile having a powertrain, the pedal map adjustment system comprising: a memory configured to store pedal map data corresponding to a plurality of pedal curves, each of the plurality of pedal curves associating an output of the powertrain with an automobile speed value for a given pedal depression amount of a plurality of stored pedal depression amounts; an accelerator pedal configured to generate pedal data indicating a desired pedal depression amount to reach a first automobile speed value corresponding to a speed at which the automobile is currently travelling; and a processor connected to the accelerator pedal and the memory, the processor configured to adjust a pedal curve of the plurality of pedal curves based on the pedal data and control an output of the powertrain based on the adjusted pedal curve, such that the automobile travels at the first automobile speed value when the accelerator pedal is depressed at the desired pedal depression amount.