Vehicle stoppage assistance apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11420601-B2
Application number	US-201816628871-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 26, 2018
Priority date	Jul 26, 2017
Publication date	Aug 23, 2022
Grant date	Aug 23, 2022

Abstract

A control device is provided with: a moving distance estimation unit that calculates an estimated value of a vehicle moving distance on the basis of a pulse signal inputted from a wheel speed sensor and a wheel dynamic load radius stored in a storage unit; a moving distance deriving unit that derives the calculated value of the vehicle moving distance on the basis of information acquired by monitoring systems; a vehicle stop position setting unit that sets a target vehicle stop position on the basis of the information acquired by the monitoring systems; a correction unit that corrects the target vehicle stop position on the basis of the calculated value of the moving distance and the estimated value of the moving distance; and a brake control unit that assists vehicle stoppage so as to stop the vehicle when it is determined that the vehicle has reached the target vehicle stop position on the basis of the vehicle moving distance calculated from a wheel rotation amount and the target vehicle stop position.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle stoppage assistance apparatus for a vehicle including a monitoring system that monitors a periphery of the vehicle and a wheel speed sensor that outputs a pulse signal corresponding to a rotated angle of a wheel, the vehicle stoppage assistance apparatus comprising:
a storage unit that stores a radius of the wheel or a correlation value of the radius;
a moving distance estimation unit that calculates an estimated value of a moving distance of the vehicle in a specified time based on a number of pulses included in the pulse signal input from the wheel speed sensor within the specified time and the radius of the wheel;
a moving distance deriving unit that derives a calculated value of the moving distance of the vehicle in the specified time based on information obtained by the monitoring system that monitors the periphery of the vehicle;
a vehicle stop position setting unit that sets a target vehicle stop position, which is a target of a stop position of the vehicle, based on the information obtained by the monitoring system that monitors the periphery of the vehicle;
a correction unit that corrects the target vehicle stop position set by the vehicle stop position setting unit toward a side of moving closer to the vehicle when the calculated value of the moving distance is greater than the estimated value of the moving distance, and corrects the target vehicle stop position toward a side of moving away from the vehicle when the calculated value of the moving distance is smaller than the estimated value of the moving distance; and
an assistance control unit that performs a stoppage assistance control of assisting stoppage of the vehicle so that the vehicle stops when the assistance control unit determines that the vehicle has reached the target vehicle stop position based on the moving distance of the vehicle, calculated on a basis of the pulse signal input from the wheel speed sensor, and the target vehicle stop position.

2. The vehicle stoppage assistance apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein after the target vehicle stop position is set by the vehicle stop position setting unit, the correction unit corrects the target vehicle stop position based on the estimated value of the moving distance and the calculated value of the moving distance when the vehicle is traveling at greater than or equal to a specified speed.

3. The vehicle stoppage assistance apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising an update unit that updates the radius of the wheel or the correlation value of the radius stored in the storage unit on a basis of a difference obtained by subtracting the estimated value of the moving distance from the calculated value of the moving distance after the stoppage assistance control is performed by the assistance control unit.

4. The vehicle stoppage assistance apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein an execution cycle of a process using the pulse signal output from the wheel speed sensor is shorter than a cycle of a process using the information obtained by the monitoring system.

5. The vehicle stoppage assistance apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising a drive control unit that drives a motor of the vehicle,
wherein, after the target vehicle stop position is set by the vehicle stop position setting unit and the vehicle is not traveling at greater than or equal to the specified speed, the drive control unit performs an acceleration control of accelerating the vehicle so that the vehicle is driven to travel at greater than or equal to the specified speed before the correction unit corrects the target vehicle stop position.

6. The vehicle stoppage assistance apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an update unit that updates the radius of the wheel or the correlation value of the radius stored in the storage unit on a basis of a difference obtained by subtracting the estimated value of the moving distance from the calculated value of the moving distance after the stoppage assistance control is performed by the assistance control unit.

7. The vehicle stoppage assistance apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein an execution cycle of a process using the pulse signal output from the wheel speed sensor is shorter than a cycle of a process using the information obtained by the monitoring system.

8. The vehicle stoppage assistance apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein an execution cycle of a process using the pulse signal output from the wheel speed sensor is shorter than a cycle of a process using the information obtained by the monitoring system.

9. A control device for a vehicle including a monitoring system that monitors a periphery of the vehicle and a wheel speed sensor that outputs a pulse signal corresponding to a rotated angle of a wheel, the control device comprising:
a processor programmed to:
store a radius of the wheel or a correlation value of the radius;
calculate an estimated value of a moving distance of the vehicle in a specified time based on a number of pulses included in the pulse signal input from the wheel speed sensor within the specified time and the radius of the wheel;
derive a calculated value of the moving distance of the vehicle in the specified time based on information obtained by the monitoring system that monitors the periphery of the vehicle;
set a target vehicle stop position, which is a target of a stop position of the vehicle, based on the information obtained by the monitoring system that monitors the periphery of the vehicle;
correct the target vehicle stop position toward a side of moving closer to the vehicle when the calculated value of the moving distance is greater than the estimated value of the moving distance,
correct the target vehicle stop position toward a side of moving away from the vehicle when the calculated value of the moving distance is smaller than the estimated value of the moving distance; and
perform a stoppage assistance control of assisting stoppage of the vehicle so that the vehicle stops when processor determines that the vehicle has reached the target vehicle stop position based on the moving distance of the vehicle, calculated on a basis of the pulse signal input from the wheel speed sensor, and the target vehicle stop position.

10. The control device according to claim 9 , wherein after the target vehicle stop position is set, the processor is configured to correct the target vehicle stop position based on the estimated value of the moving distance and the calculated value of the moving distance when the vehicle is traveling at greater than or equal to a specified speed.

11. The control device according to claim 10 , wherein the processor is programmed to update the radius of the wheel or the correlation value of the radius on a basis of a difference obtained by subtracting the estimated value of the moving distance from the calculated value of the moving distance after the stoppage assistance control is performed.

12. The control device according to claim 10 , wherein an execution cycle of a process using the pulse signal output from the wheel speed sensor is shorter than a cycle of a process using the information obtained by the monitoring system.

13. The control device according to claim 10 , wherein, after the target vehicle stop position is set and the vehicle is not traveling at greater than or equal to the specified speed, the processor is programmed to perform an acceleration control of accelerating the vehicle so that the vehicle is driven to travel at greater than or equal to the specified speed before correcting the target vehicle stop position.

14. The control device according to claim

Assignees

• Advics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yasui Takuya
• Hashimoto Yosuke

Classifications

• B60T7/22 Primary

  initiated by contact of vehicle, e.g. bumper, with an external object, e.g. another vehicle {, or by means of contactless obstacle detectors mounted on the vehicle} · CPC title

• B60T2210/32

  Vehicle surroundings · CPC title

• B60W30/06

  Automatic manoeuvring for parking · CPC title

• B60T2240/00

  Monitoring, detecting wheel/tyre behaviour; counteracting thereof · CPC title

• B60R21/00

  Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants or pedestrians in case of accidents or other traffic risks (safety belts or body harnesses in vehicles B60R22/00; seats constructed to protect the occupant from the effect of abnormal g-forces, e.g. crash or safety seats, B60N2/42; energy-absorbing arrangements for hand wheels for steering vehicles B62D1/11; energy-absorbing arrangements for vehicle steering columns B62D1/19) · CPC title