Patent ID: 6878098

Claim:
An apparatus for processing a signal in a moveable vehicle having an engine, comprising: a first fuel governor operable to receive a throttle signal indicative of a desired throttle of the vehicle and to transmit a first fuel signal indicative of a first desired quantity of fuel to be supplied to the engine as a function of the throttle signal; a second fuel governor operable to receive the throttle signal and to transmit a second fuel signal indicative of a second desired quantity of fuel to be supplied to the engine as a function of the throttle signal; a first sensor operable to determine a first characteristic of the vehicle indicative of whether the vehicle is in motion, and to transmit a first selecting signal as a function of the first characteristic; and a governor-selecting device coupled with the sensor to receive the first selecting signal, the governor-selecting device operable to at least one of: receive the throttle signal and to transmit the throttle signal to one of the first and second governor as a function of the first selecting signal; and be coupled with the first and second governor to respectively receive the first and second fuel signals, and operable to transmit one of the first and second fuel signals as a function of the first selecting signal, wherein the first selecting signal is indicative of whether the vehicle is in motion and the governor-selecting device is operable to at least one of: transmit the throttle signal to the first governor as a function of the vehicle being in motion and to transmit the throttle signal to the second governor as a function of the vehicle not being in motion; and transmit the first fuel signal as a function of the vehicle being in motion and to transmit the second fuel signal as a function of the vehicle not being in motion.