Disclosed is a number of variations that may include a method, system, or computer product useful in determining an intended yaw or yaw rate that a driver desires using a model, comparing the yaw or yaw rate with the actual vehicle yaw or yaw rate to determining a yaw error or yaw rate error, using the yaw error or yaw rate error in a model predictive control to determine the brake pressure required to minimize or reduced to zero the yaw error or the yaw rate error.

The present invention provides a vehicle control apparatus capable of ensuring drivability when a vehicle is turning. The vehicle control apparatus calculates a vehicle body speed based on a wheel speed of each of wheels, and controls a slip state of each of the wheels according to states of a corrected wheel speed, which is acquired by correcting the wheel speed based on vehicle specifications indicating a position of each of the wheels, and based on the vehicle body speed. Alternatively, the vehicle control apparatus calculates a corrected wheel speed, which is acquired by removing a wheel speed change component generated along with a turn from a wheel speed of each of a plurality of wheels, and controls a slip state of the wheels according to states of the control wheel speed and the vehicle body speed

The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling an application of regenerative brake torque to a plurality of wheels of at least one of a hybrid electric vehicle or an electric vehicle, to avoid brake instability. The method may involve sensing variables such as an angle of a steering wheel of the vehicle, a speed of the vehicle, a brake pedal rate as an operator engages a brake pedal, and a wheel slip of each of the front and rear wheels. A commanded lateral acceleration may be determined representing a steady state lateral acceleration that the vehicle would reach at an actual vehicle speed and with a presently sensed steering wheel angle. The application of regenerative brake torque can then be controlled based on the sensed wheel slips relative to at least one predetermined wheel slip limit. The predetermined wheel slip limit is determined based at least in part on the determined commanded lateral acceleration.

A central control entity controls all actuators of a chassis control system of a motor vehicle. To select a combination of actuator operations best suited for influencing the handling of the motor vehicle, the effect of a change of settings of motor vehicle actuators on the handling is predicted by an observer device configured to receive at least one sensor signal from a sensor via a signal input and, depending on the sensor signal, to determine at least one estimated value for a slip resistance of the motor vehicle. The controller is configured by operating the controller in a test motor vehicle that has a sensor for a measured variable, for which the observer device determines an estimated value. The estimated values from the controller are then compared with corresponding measured values.

An electronic stability control system for a vehicle is disclosed. The electronic stability control system for a vehicle may include: first, second, third, and fourth acceleration sensors mounted on each wheel of the vehicle to detect the lateral acceleration and vertical acceleration of the corresponding wheel; a controller configured to be connected to first, second, third, and fourth acceleration sensors and receives lateral accelerations and vertical accelerations of the four wheels, calculate maximum values of lateral accelerations of front and rear wheels and lateral tire stiffness of the front and rear wheels considering load movement based on the lateral accelerations and vertical accelerations of the four wheels, calculate side slip angles of the front and rear wheels and a difference between the side slip angles of the front and rear wheels based on maximum values of lateral angular velocities of the front and rear wheels and the lateral tire stiffness of the front and rear wheels considering load movement, and determine brake pressure and a target wheel to which the brake pressure is to be applied in response to the difference between the side slip angles of the front and rear wheels exceeding a set value; and an actuator configured to receive a control signal from the controller and apply the brake pressure to the target wheel.

An electronic stability control method for a vehicle using the electronic stability control system is further disclosed.

A computer implemented method for controlling at least one driven and/or braked wheel of a heavy-duty vehicle includes configuring a default inverse tire model and a boost inverse tire model, where each inverse tire model represents a respective relationship between longitudinal wheel slip and longitudinal wheel force at the wheel, where the boost inverse tire model is associated with a higher maximum obtainable wheel slip value for the wheel compared to the default inverse tire model, obtaining a motion request indicative of a desired longitudinal force to be generated by the wheel, selecting the boost inverse tire model as active inverse tire model in response to detecting a boost signal and selecting the default inverse tire model as active inverse tire model otherwise, and controlling the at least one driven and/or braked wheel in dependence of the motion request and based on the active inverse tire model.

A computer-implemented method performed in a vehicle control unit for controlling motion of a heavy-duty vehicle. The method includes obtaining a vehicle motion request, wherein the vehicle motion request is indicative of a target curvature and a target acceleration, determining a motion support device, MSD, control allocation based on the vehicle motion request, determining a dynamic wheel slip angle limit based on the vehicle motion request, where dynamic wheel slip angle limit increases with a decreasing target acceleration, and controlling the motion of the heavy-duty vehicle based on the MSD control allocation constrained by the dynamic wheel slip angle limit.

Disclosed is a number of variations that may include a method, system, or computer product useful in determining an intended yaw or yaw rate that a driver desires using a model, comparing the yaw or yaw rate with the actual vehicle yaw or yaw rate to determining a yaw error or yaw rate error, using the yaw error or yaw rate error in a model predictive control to determine the brake pressure required to minimize or reduced to zero the yaw error or the yaw rate error.

A travel assistance method sets a target slip angle, estimates or detects an actual slip angle, sets a target braking/driving force by, when a sign of the vehicle body slip angle rotating in a turning direction of the vehicle is defined as positive and a sign of the vehicle body slip angle rotating in an opposite direction to the turning direction is defined as negative, correcting a required braking/driving force in such a manner as to increase a braking/driving force for a rear wheel or reduce a braking/driving force generated on a front wheel when the actual slip angle is larger than the target slip angle and correcting the required braking/driving force in such a manner as to reduce a braking/driving force for the rear wheel or increase a braking/driving force generated on the front wheel when the actual slip angle is smaller than the target slip angle.

An electronic stability control system for a vehicle is disclosed. The electronic stability control system for a vehicle may include: first, second, third, and fourth acceleration sensors mounted on each wheel of the vehicle to detect the lateral acceleration and vertical acceleration of the corresponding wheel; a controller configured to be connected to first, second, third, and fourth acceleration sensors and receives lateral accelerations and vertical accelerations of the four wheels, calculate maximum values of lateral accelerations of front and rear wheels and lateral tire stiffness of the front and rear wheels considering load movement based on the lateral accelerations and vertical accelerations of the four wheels, calculate side slip angles of the front and rear wheels and a difference between the side slip angles of the front and rear wheels based on maximum values of lateral angular velocities of the front and rear wheels and the lateral tire stiffness of the front and rear wheels considering load movement, and determine brake pressure and a target wheel to which the brake pressure is to be applied in response to the difference between the side slip angles of the front and rear wheels exceeding a set value; and an actuator configured to receive a control signal from the controller and apply the brake pressure to the target wheel. An electronic stability control method for a vehicle using the electronic stability control system is further disclosed.