Method for escape steering control using system cooperation and vehicle thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10953872-B2
Application number	US-201816211577-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 6, 2018
Priority date	Sep 18, 2018
Publication date	Mar 23, 2021
Grant date	Mar 23, 2021

Abstract

A method for emergency steering control may include system cooperation control in which secondary collision avoidance is performed after forward collision avoidance by cooperatively controlling Emergency Steering Assist System (ESA) control through intervention in control of a Lane Keeping Assist System (LKAS) against excessive steering that causes lane departure in the ESA control when emergency steering is detected by an emergency steering controller in a forward collision situation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for emergency steering control of a vehicle, the method comprising:
performing system cooperation control, by a chassis system, in which a secondary collision avoidance is performed after a forward collision avoidance by cooperatively controlling Emergency Steering Assist System (ESA) control through intervention in control of a Lane Keeping Assist System (LKAS) against a steering that causes lane departure of the vehicle in the ESA control when emergency steering is detected by an emergency steering controller in a forward collision situation,
wherein the emergency steering is determined when a first threshold is satisfied on a basis of first vehicle driving information as a driver intention factor, and
wherein the first vehicle driving information includes a steering angle value, a vehicle speed value, a yaw rate error value, a transverse acceleration value, a steering angular speed value, and a transverse acceleration differential value to which the first threshold is set.

2. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the chassis system is chassis integration-controlled in the forward collision situation, and
wherein the chassis system includes Electronic Control Suspension (ECS), a Motor Driven Power Steering System (MDPS), Electronic Stability Control (ESC), Rear Wheel Steering (RWS), and All Wheel Drive (AWD).

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the system cooperation control includes:
driver avoidance determination control of determining the emergency steering when the forward collision situation is recognized;
system emergency steering control of applying the system cooperation control in accordance with excessive steering and lane departure situations in which the steering causes the lane departure of the vehicle during the ESA control; and
normal driving control of ending the system cooperation control due to removal of the forward collision situation.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the driver avoidance determination control is performed through a step of detecting vehicle information, a step of creating an emergency flag due to the forward collision situation, and a step of determining the emergency steering by detecting operation of a steering wheel.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the system emergency steering control is performed through a step of performing avoidance period control by the ESA control, a step of determining counter steer, a step of determining lane departure possibility, a post-cooperative system avoidance stable control step of performing the secondary collision avoidance after the forward collision avoidance by the system cooperation control, and a step of determining vehicle stabilization for ending the ESA control.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the emergency steering is determined when a second threshold is satisfied on a basis of second vehicle driving information as a counter steer factor.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the second vehicle driving information includes the steering angular speed value, a product value of the steering angle value and a yaw rate, the vehicle speed value, and a product value of the yaw rate and a transverse acceleration to which the second threshold is set.

8. The method of claim 5 ,
wherein, when determination of the counter steer is not applied and an emergency flag is removed by the forward collision situation, the system cooperation control is converted into a post-avoidance stable control, and
wherein in the post-avoidance stable control, the ESA control transits from an avoidance period control to a stable control period due to a steering angle change by intervention of the LKAS control.

9. The method of claim 5 ,
wherein, when the determination of the counter steer is applied and there is no lane departure possibility, the system cooperation control is converted into a post-independent system avoidance stable control, and
wherein, in the post-independent system avoidance stable control, the ESA control transits from an avoidance period control to a stable control period without intervention of the LKAS control.

10. The method of claim 5 , wherein the vehicle stabilization is determined when a third threshold is satisfied on a basis of forward collision information and third vehicle driving information as driver intention factors.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the forward collision information is an emergency flag by the forward collision situation, and the third vehicle driving information includes the steering angle value, the steering angular speed value, the yaw rate error value, and a timer lapse value to which the third threshold is set.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein removal of the emergency flag is converted into the normal driving control.

13. A vehicle comprising:
the emergency steering controller configured to execute the method of claim 1 , wherein the emergency steering controller is configured:
to perform avoidance period control through the ESA control when recognizing the emergency steering in a collision avoidance signal generation condition according to a time in which there is a possible forward collision situation;
to perform cooperation control of the LKAS control for the ESA control when recognizing an excessive steering that causes the lane departure during the ESA control; and
to perform the secondary collision avoidance after the forward collision avoidance by assisting the ESA control through the LKAS control; and

the chassis system that includes at least one of Electronic Control Suspension (ECS), an Motor Driven Power Steering System (MDPS), Electronic Stability Control (ESC), Rear Wheel Steering (RWS), and All Wheel Drive (AWD), and that is configured to perform chassis integration control in the possible forward collision situation.

14. The vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the ESA control is performed by an Emergency Steering Assist System and the LKAS control is performed by the LKAS.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Park Jae-Il
• Hwang Sung-Wook

Classifications

• B62D15/0265

  Automatic obstacle avoidance by steering · CPC title

• B60W10/20 Primary

  including control of steering systems · CPC title

• B60W2520/125

  Lateral acceleration · CPC title

• B60W2552/50

  Barriers · CPC title

• B60W30/12

  Lane keeping · CPC title