US 11,738,617 B2
Control apparatus, system, and method for providing assistance to a vehicle driver
Victoria Rothwell, Coventry (GB); and Jason Walters, Coventry (GB)
Assigned to JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED, Coventry (GB)
Appl. No. 16/493,417
Filed by Jaguar Land Rover Limited, Coventry (GB)
PCT Filed Mar. 12, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/056113
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 12, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/166986, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 20, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 1704265 (GB), filed on Mar. 17, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0130452 A1, Apr. 30, 2020
Int. Cl. B60G 17/0165 (2006.01); B60G 17/017 (2006.01); B60G 17/019 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 17/0165 (2013.01) [B60G 17/017 (2013.01); B60G 17/01908 (2013.01); B60G 2400/208 (2013.01); B60G 2400/82 (2013.01); B60G 2500/30 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 2370/167 (2019.05)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic controller for a vehicle, the controller configured to:
determine when at least one wheel has lost traction;
in response to determining that the at least one wheel has lost traction, provide an output to a driver indicative of the location of the at least one wheel that has lost traction;
receive information indicative of a driving surface gradient;
when the vehicle is stationary and in response to determining that the at least one wheel has lost traction, provide an indication to the driver whether a physical traction aid should be placed next to the at least one wheel indicated to have lost traction in dependence at least in part on the driving surface gradient; and
when the vehicle is stationary and the at least one wheel has lost traction, to provide an indication to the driver whether the physical traction aid should be placed in front of the at least one wheel or behind the at least one wheel in dependence at least in part on the driving surface gradient, and wherein if the information indicative of the driving surface gradient indicates that the vehicle is travelling up the gradient, to provide an indication that the physical traction aid should be placed behind the at least one wheel, and if the information indicative of the driving gradient indicates that the vehicle is travelling down the gradient, to provide an indication that the physical traction aid should be placed in front of the at least one wheel.