Method for controlling an actuator of a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11794747-B2
Application number	US-202117516783-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 2, 2021
Priority date	Nov 9, 2020
Publication date	Oct 24, 2023
Grant date	Oct 24, 2023

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling at least one actuator of a vehicle, the actuator being configured to apply a torque on at least one wheel of the vehicle, wherein the applied torque is determined by a control function associated with a control bandwidth, the method comprising configuring the control function to control the applied torque to reduce a difference between a first parameter value related to a current rotational speed of the wheel and a second parameter value related to target rotational speed of the wheel; obtaining data indicative of a current operating condition of the vehicle; setting the control bandwidth of the control function in dependence of the current operating condition of the vehicle; and controlling the actuator using the control function.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for controlling at least one actuator of a vehicle, comprising:
configuring, by an actuator control, a control function associated with a control bandwidth to control a torque applied to at least one wheel of a vehicle by an actuator to reduce a difference between a first parameter value related to a current rotational speed of the at least one wheel and a second parameter value related to a target rotational speed of the at least one wheel;
obtaining, by the actuator control, data indicative of a current operating condition of the vehicle;
setting, by the actuator control, the control bandwidth of the control function in dependence of the current operating condition of the vehicle; and
controlling, by the actuator control, the actuator using the control function.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a first parameter value related to a current rotational speed of the wheel.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the control function is configured to control a speed of the actuator.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein an increased bandwidth of the control function is associated with an increased torque response for the actuator.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the control bandwidth of the control function is controlled using a predetermined set of feedback gains for the actuator, each feedback gain associated with a specific operating condition of the vehicle.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the control function is a PID-controller.

7. The method of claim 2 , wherein the control function is a proportionality controller, the method further comprising:
obtaining a signal indicative of a target bandwidth for the control function; and
configuring the control function using the target bandwidth and a proportionality parameter relating to the current operating condition of the vehicle.

8. A method, comprising:
obtaining, by a vehicle motion management system of a vehicle, current speed of the vehicle;
determining, by the vehicle motion management system, a current operating condition of the vehicle;
transmitting, by the vehicle motion management system, a control signal to an actuator control system, the control signal representing instructions which, when executed by the actuator control system, cause a control function of the actuator control system to control an actuator to apply a torque on at least one wheel of the vehicle for reducing a difference between a first parameter value related to a current rotational speed of the wheel based on the current speed of the vehicle and a second parameter value related to a target rotational speed of the wheel, in association with a control bandwidth, the control bandwidth being determinable in dependence of the current operating condition of the vehicle; and
controlling, by the actuator control system, the actuator using the control function.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
determining a target speed of the vehicle based on the current operating condition, wherein the target rotational speed of the wheel is based on the target speed of the vehicle.

10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
determining, based on the current operating condition, a desired operation performance of the vehicle, wherein the control bandwidth is further determinable in dependence of the desired operation performance of the vehicle.

11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
determining a target bandwidth; and
transmitting the control signal comprising the determined target bandwidth, wherein the control bandwidth is further determinable in dependence of the target bandwidth.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the current operating condition of the vehicle is based on at least one of a current vehicle condition and a current road condition at which the vehicle is operating.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the current operating condition is at least one of a current vehicle mass, an inclination of the road at which the vehicle is operating, vehicle speed, a friction level between the wheel of the vehicle and a road surface, and a current tire stiffness.

14. An actuator control system of a vehicle, the actuator control system configured to:
determine a first parameter value related to a current rotational speed of the wheel;
configure a control function associated with a control bandwidth to control a torque applied to at least one wheel of a vehicle by an actuator to reduce a difference between the first parameter value and a second parameter value related to a target rotational speed of the at least one wheel;
obtain data indicative of a current operating condition of the vehicle;
set the control bandwidth of the control function in dependence of the current operating condition of the vehicle; and
control the actuator using the control function.

Assignees

• Volvo Truck Corp

Inventors

• Arikere Adithya
• Laine Leo
• Sidhant Ray
• Henderson Leon
• Åsbogård Mattias
• Lindberg Johan

Classifications

• B60W30/18172 Primary

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• B62D15/021

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• B60W2520/28

  Wheel speed · CPC title

• B60W2520/40

  Torque distribution · CPC title