PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15755197
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["701", "093000"]

Abstract:
A device and a method for controlling vehicle speed in a vehicle equipped with brake cruise control when the vehicle is travelling downhill are provided. The method involves driving a vehicle downhill with the brake set speed set to a first brake set speed; detecting a current vehicle speed; automatically applying a brake torque using at least an auxiliary brake to maintain the first brake set speed; and detecting a manual application of a vehicle service brake, in order to decrease vehicle speed. If a control unit detects that the driver is applying the service brake, then the control unit is automatically arranged to set the brake set speed to a second brake set speed that is lower than the first brake set speed; and to apply a brake torque using at least the auxiliary brake if a detected current vehicle speed exceeds the second brake set speed.

Claim (Index 22):
Vehicle speed control system in a vehicle equipped with brake cruise control when the vehicle is travelling downhill, which system comprises;\n a sensor arranged to detect a current vehicle speed; a service brake; at least one auxiliary brake; a control unit having a user selectable input for receiving a brake set speed, the control unit being arranged to compare the current vehicle speed with a first brake set speed and control the auxiliary brakes to maintain the first brake set speed;\n where the control unit is arranged to detect if the service brake is manually applied to retard the vehicle speed; \n and when a manual application of the service brakes is detected, the control unit is automatically arranged to set the brake set speed to a second brake set speed that is lower than the first brake set speed; and the control unit is arranged to apply a brake torque using at least the auxiliary brake if the current vehicle speed exceeds the second brake set speed, wherein the control unit is arranged to set the second brake set speed at a level where the brake set speed can be maintained by the auxiliary brake.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.53226
- Patent Class: 701.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15755185', '15319768', '12902727', '11306761', '14897830']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4837478875440775
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5278694077511602
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4881600395647858
- Mean Citation Score: 271.08605
- Max Citation Score: 366.24252
- Similarity Product: 325.0452093182588

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test