Patent ID: 8437911

Claim:
A method of controlling a suspension system between a sprung mass and an unsprung mass in a vehicle, the method comprising: receiving data representing at least one actual force parameter related to a reaction force applied to the sprung mass by the suspension system at each of a plurality of wheel locations of a vehicle; determining a planar target ride height (TRH) force parameter related to a planar TRH force to be applied to the sprung mass at each of the plurality of wheel locations of the vehicle, wherein force vectors associated with the planar TRH force parameter at each of the wheel locations fit a best fit plane relative to force vectors associated with the actual force parameters received for the wheel locations of the vehicle, wherein the planar TRH force parameter is determined, at least in part, based on a planar best fit calculation; and providing at least one suspension system control signal to the suspension system in response to the planar TRH force parameter.