System and method of controlling shift for hybrid electric vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10207702-B2
Application number	US-201715656186-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 21, 2017
Priority date	Dec 13, 2016
Publication date	Feb 19, 2019
Grant date	Feb 19, 2019

Abstract

A system and a method of controlling a hybrid electric vehicle shift are disclosed. The system includes an engine and a drive motor operating as power sources and a transmission receiving driving torque from one of the engine and the drive motor. A data detector detects a state data for operating the transmission. A vehicle controller calculates a creep torque and an engine setting torque using the state data, determines whether a shift control condition is satisfied based on a position value of an accelerator pedal, calculates an available motor torque using a motor speed at an actual shift start point and a target motor speed when the shift control condition is satisfied, and calculates a first shift input torque using the creep torque, the engine setting torque, the available motor torque, and a first torque apply ratio. The transmission is operated based on the first shift input torque.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system of controlling a shift for a hybrid electric vehicle, comprising:
an engine and a drive motor operating as power sources;
a transmission configured to receive driving torque from at least one of the engine and the drive motor;
a data detector configured to detect a state data for operating the transmission; and
a vehicle controller configured to calculate a creep torque and an engine setting torque using the state data, determine whether a shift control condition is satisfied based on a position value of an accelerator pedal in the state data, calculate an available motor torque using a motor speed at an actual shift start point and a target motor speed when the shift control condition is satisfied, calculate a first shift input torque using the creep torque, the engine setting torque, the available motor torque, and a first torque apply ratio, and operate the transmission based on the first shift input torque.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle controller is configured to determine whether a kick down shift is necessary based on the position value of the accelerator pedal, and calculate the first torque apply ratio using the motor speed at the actual shift start point, the target motor speed, and a change rate of the motor speed when the kick down shift is necessary.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle controller is configured to operate the transmission based on the first shift input torque when the detected motor speed of the drive motor is less than the motor speed at the actual shift start point.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle controller is configured to calculate a second shift input torque using the creep torque, the engine setting torque, a motor setting torque, and a second torque apply ratio, and operate the transmission based on the second shift input torque when the detected motor speed is greater than or equal to the motor speed at the actual shift start point.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the vehicle controller is configured to calculate the second torque apply ratio using a motor speed change rate and a target motor speed change rate, and calculate the motor setting torque using the detected motor speed, a state of charge (SOC) of a battery, and an available power of the battery.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle controller is configured to calculate the creep torque using a gear stage engaged in the transmission, a vehicle speed, and a slope of a road, and calculate the engine setting torque using the gear stage engaged in the transmission, the vehicle speed, and an altitude.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle controller is configured to determine whether a lift foot up (LFU) shift is necessary based on the position value of the accelerator pedal, determine an in-foot release point using a motor speed at a shift begin point, the target motor speed, and an out-going pressure when the lift foot up shift is necessary, calculate a third shift input torque using the creep torque or a predetermined value in a release region according to the in-foot release point, and operate the transmission based on the third shift input torque.

8. A method of controlling a shift for a hybrid electric vehicle, comprising:
calculating, by a vehicle controller, a creep torque, a motor setting torque, and an engine setting torque using a state data;
determining, by the vehicle controller, whether a shift control condition is satisfied based on a position value of an accelerator pedal included in the state data;
calculating, by the vehicle controller, an available motor torque using a motor speed at an actual shift start point and a target motor speed when the shift control condition is necessary;
calculating, by the vehicle controller, a first torque apply ratio using the motor speed at the actual shift start point, the target motor speed, and a motor speed change rate;
calculating, by the vehicle controller, a first shift input torque using the creep torque, the engine setting torque, the available motor torque, and the first torque apply ratio;
determining, by the vehicle controller, whether a detected motor speed is less than the motor speed at the actual shift start point; and
operating, by the vehicle controller, a transmission based on the first shift input torque when the detected motor speed is less than the motor speed at the actual shift start point.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the calculation of the first torque apply ratio includes:
calculating, by the vehicle controller, the motor speed change rate by subtracting the motor speed at the actual shift start point from the target motor speed; and
calculating, by the vehicle controller, the first torque apply ratio using the motor speed at the actual shift start point, the target motor speed, and the motor speed change rate.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first shift input torque TM_1 is calculated using an equation:
TM _1= TC+ ( A/ 100*(( R×C 2)+ TE )),
wherein TC indicates the creep torque, A indicates the position value of the accelerator pedal, R indicates the first torque apply ratio, C2 indicates the available motor torque, and TE indicates the engine setting torque.

11. The method of claim 8 , when the detection of whether the motor speed is greater than or equal to the motor speed of the actual shift start point, further includes:
calculating, by the vehicle controller, a second torque apply ratio using the motor speed change rate and a target motor speed change rate;
calculating, by the vehicle controller, a second shift input torque using the creep torque, the engine setting torque, the motor setting torque, and the second torque apply ratio; and
operating, by the vehicle controller, the transmission based on the second shift input torque.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the second shift input torque TM_2 is calculated using equation:
TM _2= TC+ ( A/ 100*( S× ( TD+TE )),
wherein TC indicates the creep torque, A indicates the position value of the accelerator pedal, S indicates the second torque apply ratio, TD indicates the motor setting torque, and TE indicates the engine setting torque.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the determining whether the shift control condition is satisfied includes determining, by the vehicle controller, whether a kick down shift is necessary based on the position value of the accelerator pedal.

14. The method of claim 13 , when the kick down shift is not necessary in the determining whether the shift control condition is satisfied, further includes:
determining, by the vehicle controller, whether a lift foot up shift is necessary based on the position value of the accelerator pedal;
determining, by the vehicle controller, an in-foot release point using a motor speed at a shift start point, the target motor speed, and an out-going pressure when the lift foot up shift is necessary;
calculating, by the vehicle controller, a third shift input torque using the creep torque or a predetermined value; and
operating, by the vehicle controller, the transmission based on the third shift input torque in a releasing region according to the in-foot release point.

15. The method of claim 14 , when the lift foot up shift is not necessary, further includes:
calculating, by the vehicle controller, a fourth shift input torque using the creep torque, the motor setting torque, and the engine setting torque; and
operating, by the vehicle controller, the transmission based on the fourth shift input torque.

16. The method of claim 8 , wherein the calculation of the creep

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Oh Jongbum
• Hwang Hye Kil
• Hwang Kyung Hun
• Lee Sang Don
• Shin Hongchul
• Chung Kwonchae

Classifications

• B60W2552/15

  Road slope, i.e. the inclination of a road segment in the longitudinal direction · CPC title

• B60W50/0097

  Predicting future conditions · CPC title

• B60W2540/103

  Accelerator thresholds, e.g. kickdown · CPC title

• B60W30/19

  Improvement of gear change, e.g. by synchronisation or smoothing gear shift · CPC title

• B60W2520/10

  Longitudinal speed · CPC title