A nonlinear closed-loop control combined with an integral time-delay feedback control is disclosed to adjust a speed ratio of an infinitely variable transmission (IVT) system. A speed ratio control for an IVT system involves a forward speed controller and a crank length controller for different speed ranges. The time-delay control is designed to reduce speed fluctuations of the output speed of an IVT with an accurate speed ratio. The speed ratio of an IVT with the disclosed control strategy can achieve an excellent tracking response for the desired constant output speed and reduce speed fluctuations of the output speed of an IVT by the time-delay feedback control.

The present invention relates to a dual-speed final drive control method and terminal device, and a storage medium. The method includes: S1: acquiring, according to electronic horizon data ahead, a gradient value of a road ahead, and when an absolute value of the gradient value is greater than a gradient threshold, proceeding to S2; and S2: determining, according to the gradient value, whether the road ahead is an uphill section or a downhill section, and if the road ahead is the uphill section, controlling all gears of a transmission to correspond to a higher final drive ratio in the dual-speed final drive when a vehicle travels into the uphill section; and if the road ahead is the downhill section, controlling all the gears of the transmission to correspond to a lower final drive ratio in the dual-speed final drive when the vehicle travels into the uphill section. According to the present invention, information of a road gradient predicted by electronic horizon is used in control of dynamic matching between a speed ratio of the dual-speed final drive and a speed ratio of the transmission, thereby making use of the dual-speed-ratio final drive to the greatest extent according to the terrain to improve the economy in energy consumption of the entire vehicle.

Methods for automated calibration and adaption of a gearshift controller (39) are disclosed. In one aspect, the method automates calibration a gearshift controller (39) for controlling a sequence of gearshifts in either a stepped automatic transmission equipped with at least one speed sensor mounted on a dynamometer (42) or an automotive vehicle mounted on a dynamometer (42), where the dynamometer (42) is electronically controlled by a dynamometer controller (43). Each gearshift in the sequence includes a first phase, a second phase, . . . and an N.sup.th phase. The gearshift controller (39) includes (initial values of) a first phase control parameters set, a second phase control parameters set, . . . and an N.sup.th phase control parameters set for each gearshift in the sequence that are updated using a first phase learning controller, a second phase learning controller, . . . and an N*11 phase learning controller respectively.

A method for calculating a degradation degree of a damper clutch of an automatic transmission of a vehicle includes: filtering, by a controller, a vibration signal of the vehicle according to driving of the vehicle in order to remove a vibration signal of the vehicle corresponding to a natural frequency of an engine of the vehicle from the vibration signal of the vehicle according to the driving of the vehicle; converting, by the controller, the filtered vibration signal into a signal including a sinusoidal wave having a natural frequency of the automatic transmission based on a gear stage of the automatic transmission of the vehicle by using a frequency analysis method; and calculating, by the controller, a degradation degree of the damper clutch included in a torque converter of the automatic transmission based on a magnitude of the sinusoidal wave having the natural frequency of the automatic transmission.

An apparatus of controlling a gear shifting of a vehicle, and a method thereof, to improving shift quality by minimizing the jerk generated in a shifting process of the vehicle, includes storage that stores a Gaussian process (GP) model on which machine learning is completed, and a controller that detects a change amount of engine torque and a change amount of an engagement-side clutch torque based on the GP model, and controls the gear shifting of the vehicle according to the change amount of the engine torque and the change amount of the engagement-side clutch torque.

A human-powered vehicle control device is provided for controlling a human-powered vehicle. The human-powered vehicle control device includes an electronic controller controls a transmission device in accordance with a control state including first and second control states. The electronic controller changes the transmission ratio in accordance with a shifting condition including a reference value related to a traveling state of the human-powered vehicle in the first control state. The electronic controller changes the transmission ratio in accordance with an operation performed on an operation portion in the second control state. The electronic controller changes the shifting condition in accordance with a converging reference value for a case where the human-powered vehicle is in a riding converging state. The electronic controller changes the shifting condition in accordance with the converging reference value for a case where the control state is the second control state.

Methods for automated calibration adaptation of a gearshift controller are disclosed. In one aspect, the method automates calibration of a gearshift controller in an automatic transmission having one or more speed sensors, each configured to generate a signal, and allowing one or more gearshifts with associated gearshift output sets .sub.j.sup.i that are functions of speed sensor signals and the desired gearshift output sets .sub.∞.sup.i. The gearshift controller has one or more gearshift control parameter sets U.sub.rj.sup.i to be calibrated, each set including gearshift control parameters for an allowed gearshift at one operating condition, and learning controllers L.sub.i sets of system models H.sub.r, and positive definite matrices P.sub.i for updating U.sub.rj.sup.i during sequences of allowed gearshifts. The method incudes acquiring speed sensor signals, computing the gearshift output set .sup.j.sub.j; and updating the gearshift control parameter set p.sub.i.

A method for determining a drag torque coefficient of a transmission includes performing rotational speed synchronisation involving application of synchronisation torque to a first transmission component, and obtaining an initial rotational speed of the first transmission component before the rotational speed synchronisation, and a final rotational speed of the first transmission component after the rotational speed synchronisation, and time period for performing the rotational speed synchronisation. Also, obtaining information relating to a level of the synchronisation torque applied to the first transmission component during the rotational speed synchronisation, and information relating to a total moment of inertia associated with the first transmission component. In addition, determining the drag torque coefficient based on the obtained initial rotational speed, the obtained final rotational speed, the obtained time period, the level of the applied synchronisation torque and the total moment of inertia associated with the first transmission component.

A method for determining a drag torque coefficient of a transmission includes performing rotational speed synchronisation involving application of synchronisation torque to a first transmission component, and obtaining an initial rotational speed of the first transmission component before the rotational speed synchronisation, and a final rotational speed of the first transmission component after the rotational speed synchronisation, and time period for performing the rotational speed synchronisation. Also, obtaining information relating to a level of the synchronisation torque applied to the first transmission component during the rotational speed synchronisation, and information relating to a total moment of inertia associated with the first transmission component. In addition, determining the drag torque coefficient based on the obtained initial rotational speed, the obtained final rotational speed, the obtained time period, the level of the applied synchronisation torque and the total moment of inertia associated with the first transmission component.

An arrangement comprising a motor, a transmission, a transmission control unit and an auxillary use. The motor is rotatably connected to the transmission and the auxillary user. The transmission control unit is designed to determine a torque applied to the transmission by using a parameterisable function, wherein the function maps rotational speeds of the motor to a torque applied to the auxillary user at the rotational speed.