Patent classifications
B60G2800/0192
Apparatus and method for controlling suspension of vehicle
An apparatus for controlling a suspension of a vehicle to improve high-speed driving stability of the vehicle includes: a sensor that obtains information about a road surface ahead the vehicle during travel of the vehicle; and a controller that derives a height value of the road surface from the information about the road surface, determines a state of the road surface based on a differential value of the derived height value, predicts vehicle behavior corresponding to the determined state of the road surface, and controls a damping force of the suspension based on the predicted vehicle behavior.
Vehicle active suspension control system and method
Aspects of the present invention relate to a method and to a control system for controlling an active suspension of a vehicle, the control system comprising one or more controllers, the control system configured to: obtain information indicative of a change of gradient of a driving surface in a direction of travel; and control the active suspension to adjust relative ride height between a front and rear of a vehicle body of the vehicle above the driving surface beneath the vehicle in dependence on the change of gradient.
Vehicle rollover mitigation
A vehicle rollover mitigation system may include at least one first sensor to output rollover symptom signals indicating potential rollover of a vehicle, at least one second sensor to output vehicle environment signals indicating a surrounding environment of the vehicle and a controller to output rollover mitigation control signals for mitigating potential rollover of the vehicle based upon the rollover symptom signals and the vehicle environment signals. The vehicle rollover mitigation system may automatically respond to potential rollover by altering a state of an implement coupled to the vehicle.
VEHICLE ACTIVE SUSPENSION CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD
Aspects of the present invention relate to a method and to a control system for controlling an active suspension of a vehicle, the control system comprising one or more controllers, the control system configured to: obtain information indicative of a change of gradient of a driving surface in a direction of travel; and control the active suspension to adjust relative ride height between a front and rear of a vehicle body of the vehicle above the driving surface beneath the vehicle in dependence on the change of gradient.
VEHICLE RAMP ANGLE CONTROL
A control system (300) for controlling an active suspension system (104) of a vehicle (100), the control system comprising one or more controller (301), wherein the control system is configured to: detect (1004) a ramp (202) approached by an overhang of the vehicle; and in dependence on detecting the ramp, control (1020) the active suspension system to modify a relative ride height between a leading ride height at a set of leading wheels (FL, FR) of the vehicle and a trailing ride height at a set of trailing wheels (RL, RR) of the vehicle, to increase a ramp angle (a, 13) of the vehicle relative to the ramp.