Patent classifications
B60W2050/0027
ESTIMATION OF VEHICLE SPEED IN ALL-WHEEL-DRIVE VEHICLE
A vehicle includes an all-wheel-drive powertrain having an electric machine configured to power wheels. A controller is programmed to output a first calculated vehicle speed derived from integrating a measured longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle and output a second calculated vehicle speed based on the measured longitudinal acceleration and a speed of one of the wheels. The controller is further programmed to, responsive to a flag being present, command a speed to the electric machine that is based on the first vehicle speed to reduce wheel slip, and responsive to a flag not being present, command a speed to the electric machine that is based on the second vehicle speed to reduce wheel slip.
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING A SLOPE ANGLE OF A VEHICLE
A method for measuring a slope angle of a vehicle includes, by a controller: determining whether or not a speed of the vehicle is 0 based on a speed signal received from a vehicle speed sensor of the vehicle; measuring an extremal value measured first, an extremal value measured second, and an extremal value measured third among extremal values of an output signal of an acceleration sensor detecting a signal corresponding to the slope angle of the vehicle when the speed of the vehicle is 0; verifying whether or not the measured three extremal values satisfy conditions of the extremal values based on reference conditions of each of the extremal values; estimating a steady state value of the output signal of the acceleration sensor, based on the extremal values measured first and second among the verified three extremal values and a dynamic characteristic parameter of the vehicle or based on the verified three extremal values; and converting the steady state value into the slope angle of the vehicle. The output signal of the acceleration sensor has a damped free vibration waveform.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DRIVING OF ELECTRONIC 4-WHEEL DRIVE HYBRID VEHICLE
Disclosed are a system and method for controlling driving of an electronic 4-wheel drive hybrid vehicle in which torque distribution and compensation to front wheels and rear wheels in each gear position are appropriately executed to satisfy driver's requested torque depending on selected driving mode of the electronic 4-wheel drive hybrid vehicle in which an engine and a front wheel motor are connected to the front wheels and a rear wheel motor is connected to the rear wheels, thereby being capable of increasing acceleration performance when a sports mode is selected as the driving mode and realizing acceleration linearity when a comfort mode is selected as the driving mode.
Driving force control apparatus, driving apparatus, and driving force transmission apparatus
A driving force control apparatus for controlling a driving force to be transmitted to a wheel includes a processor. The processor is configured to set, when the wheel is idled, a control amount of the driving force to be transmitted to the wheel based on a vehicle acceleration.
Automobile Chassis Integration Control Method and System
Provided are an automobile chassis integration control method and system. The control method includes the steps that: a cooperative control unit receives a first engine torque output by an EMS, a first engine torque limiting request output by a four-drive controller, a second engine torque limiting request output by an ESP, and a third engine torque limiting request output by a TCU from a CAN bus respectively; and the cooperative control unit cooperatively controls the first engine torque limiting request, the second engine torque limiting request, the third engine torque limiting request, and the first engine torque, and outputs a second engine torque as an engine execution torque.
Method for operating a drivetrain of a motor vehicle, in particular a car
A method for operating a drivetrain of a motor vehicle including at least one drive motor, a transmission device and at least one wheel which can be driven by the drive motor via the transmission device, in which respective actuations of respective shifting elements of the transmission device are brought about in order to influence thereby a transfer of a torque provided by the drive motor from the drive motor to the wheel via the transmission device, wherein—the torque provided by the drive motor is set as a function of a transfer function which indicates a factor by which the torque is to be multiplied, in order to calculate a wheel torque resulting from the torque and from the transfer and acting on the wheel.
Hybrid vehicle and method for adapting a power limitation of an internal combustion engine
A vehicle and method for controlling a vehicle having a traction battery and an internal combustion engine include adapting a power limitation of the internal combustion engine by sensing a currently supplied power level of the internal combustion engine and a current velocity of the vehicle, sensing an ambient temperature of the vehicle and determining an associated ambient-temperature-related weighting factor, sensing an ambient air pressure and determining an associated air-pressure-related weighting factor, determining a thermal load indicator as a function of a ratio of the sensed currently supplied power and the sensed current velocity as well as of the ambient-temperature-related weighting factor, the air-pressure-related weighting factor, and a vehicle-bodywork-related weighting factor, and limiting a maximum supplied power level of the internal combustion engine as a function of the determined thermal load indicator.
Automobile chassis integration control method and system
Provided are an automobile chassis integration control method and system. The control method includes the steps that: a cooperative control unit receives a first engine torque output by an EMS, a first engine torque limiting request output by a four-drive controller, a second engine torque limiting request output by an ESP, and a third engine torque limiting request output by a TCU from a CAN bus respectively; and the cooperative control unit cooperatively controls the first engine torque limiting request, the second engine torque limiting request, the third engine torque limiting request, and the first engine torque, and outputs a second engine torque as an engine execution torque.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING R-FUNCTIONS AND SEMI-ANALYTIC GEOMETRY FOR LANE KEEPING IN TRAJECTORY PLANNING
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to lane keeping in a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes determining lane boundaries according to at least the sensor data and a map. The method includes defining a reference system over a lane defined by the lane boundaries. The method includes evaluating vehicle boundary points within the reference system as a cost in optimizing a trajectory of the vehicle and using an R-function that defines geometric relationships between the vehicle boundary points and the reference system. The method includes providing an indicator about the trajectory to control the vehicle.
Lateral acceleration control for autonomous driving
A method of determining a target lateral acceleration of a vehicle for use in autonomous control of the vehicle to drive along a road, comprising: evaluating each of a plurality of scalar velocity functions at a plurality of key lateral positions predefined with respect to a model of the road to generate a respective set of scalar velocity values; combining the velocity values calculated for each key lateral position to generate a respective target lateral velocity value, the velocity values calculated for each of the key lateral positions being combined by adding the greatest of zero and the velocity values, to the smallest of zero and the velocity values; generating a lateral velocity field by interpolating between the target lateral velocity values; and determining the target lateral acceleration of the vehicle using the lateral velocity field and a measured lateral velocity of the vehicle.