Vehicle control system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11739703-B2
Application number	US-202217669594-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 11, 2022
Priority date	Mar 2, 2021
Publication date	Aug 29, 2023
Grant date	Aug 29, 2023

Abstract

A control system for a vehicle is provided, which includes a driving force source configured to generate torque for driving drive wheels, a steering angle related value sensor configured to detect a steering angle related value of a steering device, and a controller configured to control the torque to control the vehicle attitude based on the steering angle related value. The controller acquires a current traveling mode defining a response of acceleration or deceleration of the vehicle to an accelerator pedal operation. Based on the steering angle related value, when determined that a turning operation of the steering device in one direction is performed, the controller performs a torque decreasing control to add deceleration to the vehicle. When the acquired traveling mode is a high response traveling mode, the controller increases a reduction amount of the torque in the torque decreasing control more than in a low response traveling mode.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control system for a vehicle, the control system comprising:
a driving force source configured to generate torque for driving drive wheels of the vehicle;
a steering angle related value sensor configured to detect a steering angle related value of a steering device of the vehicle; and
a controller configured to control the torque generated by the driving force source to control an orientation of the vehicle based on the steering angle related value,
wherein the controller is configured to:
acquire a current traveling mode defining a response of acceleration or deceleration of the vehicle to operation of an accelerator pedal;
based on the steering angle related value, when the controller determines that a turning operation of the steering device in one direction is carried out and the vehicle is at a beginning of slewing based on the turning operation, perform a torque decreasing control for reducing the torque generated by the driving force source so as to add deceleration to the vehicle; and
when the acquired traveling mode is a traveling mode in which the response is high, increase a reduction amount of the torque in the torque decreasing control more than when in a traveling mode in which the response is low.

2. The control system of claim 1 , further comprising a traveling mode selection switch configured to accept an operation for selecting one of a plurality of traveling modes,
wherein the controller acquires the current traveling mode based on the operation of the traveling mode selection switch.

3. The control system of claim 2 , wherein the steering angle related value is a steering angle.

4. The control system of claim 1 , wherein the steering angle related value is a steering angle.

5. The control system of claim 1 , wherein the steering angle related value is one of a steering angle, an angular velocity of the steering angle, a yaw rate, and a lateral acceleration.

6. The control system of claim 1 , wherein the traveling mode in which the response is low is a normal mode, and the traveling mode in which the response is high is a sport mode in which a target acceleration of the vehicle corresponding to an accelerator opening is higher than that in the normal mode.

7. The control system of claim 5 , wherein the steering angle related value is the angular velocity of the steering angle.

8. The control system of claim 1 , the controller determines that the turning operation of the steering device in one direction is carried out when an angular velocity of the steering angle is greater than a predetermined threshold.

Assignees

• Mazda Motor

Inventors

• Ogawa Daisaku
• Umetsu Daisuke

Classifications

• F02D41/12 Primary

  for deceleration {(F02D41/0005, F02D41/107 take precedence)} · CPC title

• F02D41/021

  Introducing corrections for particular conditions exterior to the engine (conjoint control of vehicle sub-units for propelling the vehicle B60W30/18) · CPC title

• F02P5/145

  using electrical means · CPC title

• F02D2200/50

  said parameters being related to the vehicle or its components · CPC title

• F02D2200/602

  Pedal position · CPC title