Control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11685264-B2
Application number	US-202117158042-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 26, 2021
Priority date	Jan 31, 2020
Publication date	Jun 27, 2023
Grant date	Jun 27, 2023

Abstract

A control device includes a torque controller configured to control a torque of a motor that outputs a driving force for traveling of a vehicle, a first vehicle speed acquirer configured to acquire a first vehicle speed based on a speed of wheels of the vehicle, and a second vehicle speed acquirer configured to acquire a second vehicle speed based on a torque output by the motor, in which the torque controller determines a torque of the motor on the basis of either or both of the first vehicle speed and the second vehicle speed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control device comprising:
a torque controller configured to control a torque of a motor that outputs a driving force for traveling of a vehicle;
a first vehicle speed acquirer configured to acquire a first vehicle speed based on a speed of wheels of the vehicle;
a second vehicle speed acquirer configured to acquire a second vehicle speed based on a torque output by the motor; and
a reference vehicle speed setter configured to set a reference vehicle speed on the basis of either or both of the first vehicle speed and the second vehicle speed,
wherein the torque controller determines a torque of the motor on the basis of either or both of the first vehicle speed and the second vehicle speed,
the torque controller determines a torque of the motor such that a difference between the reference vehicle speed and the first vehicle speed or the second vehicle speed is small, and
the reference vehicle speed setter sets the reference vehicle speed on the basis of a speed difference adjustment coefficient that adjusts a difference between the reference vehicle speed and the first vehicle speed or a difference between the reference vehicle speed and the second vehicle speed, and sets the speed difference adjustment coefficient such that, as the vehicle speed increases, the difference between the reference vehicle speed and the first vehicle speed decreases and the difference between the reference vehicle speed and the second vehicle speed increases,
wherein the reference vehicle speed setter sets the speed difference adjustment coefficient such that the difference between the reference vehicle speed and the second vehicle speed is minimized when the vehicle speed of the vehicle is a first threshold value, and the difference between the reference vehicle speed and the first vehicle speed is minimized when the vehicle speed of the vehicle is a second threshold value that is larger than the first threshold value, and
wherein the first vehicle speed is acquired from driven wheels,
the second vehicle speed is acquired from driving wheels connected to the motor,
the torque controller determines a torque of the motor in a first period,
the first vehicle speed acquirer calculates the first vehicle speed in a second period longer than the first period, and
the torque controller determines a torque of the motor on the basis of a speed ratio of the driving wheels to the driven wheels when a vehicle speed of the vehicle is equal to or higher than a third threshold value larger than the second threshold value.

2. The control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the torque controller switches from a state of determining a torque of the motor on the basis of the second vehicle speed to a state of determining a torque of the motor on the basis of both the first vehicle speed and the second vehicle speed if a vehicle speed that is the first vehicle speed or the second vehicle speed is equal to or higher than a first threshold value.

3. The control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the torque controller calculates a ratio of the reference vehicle speed to the first vehicle speed as a slip ratio when a vehicle speed of the vehicle is equal to or higher than the third threshold value, and curb a torque of the motor when the slip ratio exceeds a predetermined value.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Miura Masaya

Classifications

• B60L3/104 Primary

  by indirect measurement of vehicle speed · CPC title

• B60L15/20 Primary

  for control of the vehicle or its driving motor to achieve a desired performance, e.g. speed, torque, programmed variation of speed · CPC title

• B60L2240/461

  Speed · CPC title

• B60L2240/423

  Torque · CPC title

• B60L2240/12

  Speed · CPC title