Vehicle control apparatus and vehicle control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10351122-B2
Application number	US-201715475774-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 31, 2017
Priority date	Apr 4, 2016
Publication date	Jul 16, 2019
Grant date	Jul 16, 2019

Abstract

A vehicle control apparatus includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to perform feedback control of a motor such that a torque is output for stopping a crankshaft at a target angle. A first angle is used as the target angle during a first period from start of the feedback control to first detection of rotation of the crankshaft in a negative rotational direction for returning the crank angle. A second angle is used as the target angle during a second period from the lapse of the first period to detection of a changeover in a rotational direction of the crankshaft from the negative to a positive rotational direction. The electronic control unit is configured to return the target angle to the first angle at a first timing after the lapse of the second period.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle control apparatus for a vehicle,
the vehicle including an engine and a motor,
the engine including at least one cylinder, a valve and a crankshaft, the valve being configured to control flow of air out of and into the at least one cylinder, and
the motor being configured to adjust a crank angle of the crankshaft by outputting a torque to the crankshaft,

the vehicle control apparatus comprising an electronic control unit configured to:
perform feedback control of the motor, during stop control of the engine, based on the crank angle such that the torque is output for stopping the crankshaft at a target angle corresponding to the crank angle at which the valve is in a closed-valve state;
detect a rotational direction of the crankshaft;
use a first angle as the target angle during a first period,
the first period being a period from start of the feedback control to a timing of first detection of rotation of the crankshaft in a negative rotational direction for returning the crank angle, that has become larger than the target angle, toward the target angle, and
the first angle corresponding to the crank angle at which the valve is in the closed-valve state;

use a second angle as the target angle during a second period,
the second period being a period from lapse of the first period to a timing of detection of a changeover in a rotational direction of the crankshaft from the negative rotational direction to a positive rotational direction, and
the second angle being larger than the first angle; and

return the target angle from the second angle to the first angle at a first timing,
the first timing being a timing when the crank angle, which has become smaller than the first angle during the second period, becomes equal to or larger than the first angle after lapse of the second period.

2. The vehicle control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the electronic control unit is configured to use the second angle as the target angle during a third period,
the third period is a period from a timing of second detection of rotation of the crankshaft in the negative rotational direction for returning the crank angle, which has become larger than the target angle for a second time after returning the target angle to the first angle, toward the target angle to a timing of detection of a changeover in the rotational direction of the crankshaft from the negative rotational direction to the positive rotational direction,
the electronic control unit is configured to return the target angle from the second angle to the first angle at a second timing, and
the second timing is a timing when the crank angle, which has become smaller than the first angle during the third period, becomes equal to or larger than the first angle after lapse of the third period.

3. The vehicle control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second angle gradually increases from the first angle and then gradually decreases toward the first angle.

4. The vehicle control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first angle is the crank angle in a latter half of a compression stroke.

5. A vehicle control apparatus for a vehicle,
the vehicle including an engine and a motor,
the engine including at least one cylinder, a valve and a crankshaft, the valve being configured to control flow of air out of and into the at least one cylinder, and
the motor being configured to adjust a crank angle of the crankshaft by outputting a torque to the crankshaft,
the vehicle control apparatus comprising an electronic control unit configured to:
perform feedback control of the motor, during stop control of the engine, based on the crank angle such that the torque is output for stopping the crankshaft at a target angle corresponding to the crank angle at which the valve is in a closed-valve state;
detect a rotational direction of the crankshaft;
use a first gain, during a first period, as a motor gain that prescribes a magnitude of the torque,
the first period being a period from start of the feedback control to a timing of first detection of rotation of the crankshaft in a negative rotational direction for returning the crank angle, which has become larger than the target angle, toward the target angle; use a second gain as the motor gain during a second period,
the second period being a period from lapse of the first period to a timing of detection of a changeover in a rotational direction of the crankshaft from the negative rotational direction to a positive rotational direction, and
the second gain being a gain that prescribes a larger torque in the positive rotational direction than the first gain; and

return the motor gain from the second gain to the first gain at a first timing,
the first timing being a timing when the crank angle, which has become smaller than the target angle during the second period, becomes equal to or larger than the target angle after lapse of the second period.

6. The vehicle control apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein
the electronic control unit is configured to use the second gain as the motor gain during a third period,
the third period is a period from a timing of second detection of rotation of the crankshaft in the negative rotational direction for returning the crank angle, which has become larger than the target angle for a second time after returning the motor gain to the first gain, toward the target angle to a timing of detection of a changeover in the rotational direction of the crankshaft from the negative rotational direction to the positive rotational direction,
the electronic control unit is configured to return the motor gain from the second gain to the first gain at a second timing, and
the second timing is a timing when the crank angle, that has become smaller than the target angle during the third period, becomes equal to or larger than the target angle after lapse of the third period.

7. The vehicle control apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the electronic control unit is configured to use the second gain as the motor gain during the second period, and the second gain is a gain that gradually increases from the first gain and then gradually decreases toward the first gain.

8. The vehicle control apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the electronic control unit is configured to use the second gain as the motor gain during the second period, and the second gain is a gain that gradually decreases from the first gain and then gradually increases toward the first gain.

9. The vehicle control apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the target angle is the crank angle in a latter half of a compression stroke.

10. A vehicle control method for a vehicle,
the vehicle including an engine, a motor and an electronic control unit,
the engine including at least one cylinder, a valve and a crankshaft, the valve being configured to control flow of air out of and into the at least one cylinder, and
the motor being configured to adjust a crank angle of the crankshaft by outputting a torque to the crankshaft,
the vehicle control method comprising:
performing, by the electronic control unit, feedback control of the motor, during stop control of the engine, based on the crank angle such that the torque is output for stopping the crankshaft at a target angle corresponding to the crank angle at which the valve is in a closed-valve state;
detecting a rotational direction of the crankshaft;
using, by the electronic control unit, a first angle as the target angle during a first period,
the first period being a period from start of the feedback control to a timing of first detection of rotation of the crankshaft in a negative rotational direction

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Fujimoto Akihiro
• Ang Wan Leng
• Miyahara Yu
• Iwase Yuji

Classifications

• B60W2510/0685

  Engine crank angle · CPC title

• B60W2050/0014

  Adaptive controllers · CPC title

• B60K6/24

  characterised by the combustion engines · CPC title

• F02D29/02

  peculiar to engines driving vehicles; peculiar to engines driving variable pitch propellers · CPC title

• B60W20/00 Primary

  Control systems specially adapted for hybrid vehicles {(hybrid vehicle design, B60K6/00; electric vehicles B60L)} · CPC title