ADAPTIVE EV PEDAL STROKE

摘要

This application discusses various ways to adjust the performance of a variable input control in accordance with previous use data. In some embodiments, the previous use data can be associated with particular users of the variable input control. In this way, a response provided by the user input control can be adjusted to accommodate particular patterns of use on a user by user basis. In some embodiments, the variable input control can take the form of an accelerator pedal of a vehicle. Performance of the accelerator pedal can be adjusted by changing an amount of engine power provided for a particular accelerator pedal position. The adjustment can arrange commonly utilized power settings in the middle of the accelerator pedal range of motion to make manipulation of the accelerator pedal more comfortable and convenient for each user of the accelerator pedal.

主权项

1. An electric vehicle, comprising:
a battery; an electric motor; a vehicle control unit configured to control a flow of power from the battery to the electric motor; a variable input control in electrical communication with the vehicle control unit and configured to receive user inputs that transition the variable input control between multiple control positions, each one of the control positions corresponding to a different amount of power being supplied to the electric motor by the battery; and a memory storage device configured to record the amount of power supplied to the electric motor; and wherein the vehicle control unit periodically sends signals to adjust the amount of power delivered from the battery to the electric motor for one or more of the control positions so that a control position located within a central range of the variable input control corresponds to an average amount of power recorded by the memory storage device.