Method for side slip angle variable control of vehicle having rear wheel steering system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10526012-B2
Application number	US-201715684330-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 23, 2017
Priority date	Dec 15, 2016
Publication date	Jan 7, 2020
Grant date	Jan 7, 2020

Abstract

A method for side slip angle variable control of a vehicle having a rear wheel steering system, may include a first step of determining a first steering angle ratio value which corresponds to a steering angle ratio of a front wheel and a rear wheel in a driver driving mode and determining a second steering angle ratio value which corresponds to the steering angle ratio of the front wheel and the rear wheel in an autonomous driving mode; a second step of determining a rear-wheel steering angle through determination by the second steering angle ratio value and comparing the rear-wheel steering angle with a predetermined maximum steering angle of a rear wheel steering (RWS); and a third step of determining any one driving mode of the driver driving mode and the autonomous driving mode when the rear-wheel steering angle is determined to be smaller than the RWS maximum steering angle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for side slip angle variable control of a vehicle having a rear wheel steering, the method comprising:
a first step of previously determining and storing, by electronic control unit (ECU), a first steering angle ratio value which corresponds to a steering angle ratio of a front wheel and a rear wheel in a driver driving mode and previously determining and storing a second steering angle ratio value which corresponds to the steering angle ratio of the front wheel and the rear wheel in an autonomous driving mode;
a second step of determining, by the ECU, a rear-wheel steering angle through determination by a product of a multiplication between a front-wheel steering wheel angle and the second steering angle ratio value and then comparing the rear-wheel steering angle with a predetermined maximum steering angle of a rear wheel steering (RWS);
a third step of determining, by the ECU, a driving mode by a selection of one of the driver driving mode and the autonomous driving mode when the rear-wheel steering angle is determined to be smaller than the RWS maximum steering angle; and
a fourth step of controlling the front-wheel steering angle ratio and the rear-wheel steering angle ratio to be different from each other depending on the driving mode of the autonomous driving mode and driver driving mode determined in the third step, thereby controlling the rear-wheel steering angle according to the resultant angle ratio corresponding to the driving mode.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the third step, when the driver driving mode is determined, the first steering angle ratio value previously determined in the first step is applied.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the third step, when the autonomous driving mode is determined, the second steering angle ratio value previously determined in the first step is applied.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the second step, when the rear-wheel steering angle is determined to be larger than the RWS maximum steering angle, a driving mode of the driver driving mode and the autonomous driving mode is configured to be determined.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein in the second step, when the driver driving mode is determined, the first steering angle ratio value previously determined in the first step is applied and when the autonomous driving mode is determined, the RWS maximum steering angle is applied to the rear-wheel steering angle.

6. A method for side slip angle variable control of a vehicle having a rear wheel steering, the method comprising:
a first step of previously determining and storing, by electronic control unit (ECU), a first steering angle ratio value which corresponds to a steering angle ratio of a front wheel and a rear wheel in a driver driving mode and previously determining and storing a second steering angle ratio value which corresponds to the steering angle ratio of the front wheel and the rear wheel in an autonomous driving mode, wherein the second steering angle ratio value is larger than the first steering angle ratio value;
a second step of determining, by the ECU, a rear-wheel steering angle through determination by a product of a multiplication between a front-wheel steering wheel angle and the second steering angle ratio value and then comparing the rear-wheel steering angle with a predetermined maximum steering angle of a rear wheel steering (RWS);
a third step of determining, by the ECU, a driving mode by a selection of one of the driver driving mode and the autonomous driving mode when the rear-wheel steering angle is determined to be smaller than the RWS maximum steering angle, and
a fourth step of controlling the front-wheel steering angle ratio and the rear-wheel steering angle ratio to be different from each other depending on the driving mode of the autonomous driving mode and driver driving mode determined in the third step, thereby controlling the rear-wheel steering angle according to the resultant angle ratio corresponding to the driving mode.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Jung Jang Hyun

Classifications

• B60W30/02

  Control of vehicle driving stability · CPC title

• B60W50/082

  Selecting or switching between different modes of propelling · CPC title

• B62D15/021

  Determination of steering angle · CPC title

• B62D7/159 Primary

  characterised by computing methods or stabilisation processes or systems, e.g. responding to yaw rate, lateral wind, load, road condition · CPC title

• B62D6/002 Primary

  computing target steering angles for front or rear wheels (B62D7/159 takes precedence) · CPC title