System and method for predicting negative pressure of brake booster of vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11926297-B2
Application number	US-202017137936-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 30, 2020
Priority date	Dec 30, 2019
Publication date	Mar 12, 2024
Grant date	Mar 12, 2024

Abstract

A system for predicting a negative pressure of a brake booster of a vehicle includes: a driving information detector configured to detect driving information according to driving of the vehicle; and a controller configured to calculate a negative pressure of an intake manifold based on a pressure of the intake manifold and an atmospheric pressure that is the driving information and including a booster negative pressure predictor configured to predict the negative pressure of the brake booster by integrating over time a change rate according to a charging rate and a discharging rate of the negative pressure calculated using a previous negative pressure of the brake booster calculated in a previous cycle according to a logic for predicting the negative pressure of the brake booster and the negative pressure of the intake manifold and a brake pedal force of a current cycle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for predicting a negative pressure of a brake booster of a vehicle, comprising:
a driving information detector configured to detect driving information according to driving of the vehicle; and
a controller configured to calculate a negative pressure of an intake manifold based on a pressure of the intake manifold and an atmospheric pressure that is the driving information, the controller including a booster negative pressure predictor configured to predict the negative pressure of the brake booster by integrating over time a change rate according to a charging rate and a discharging rate of the negative pressure of the brake booster calculated using a previous negative pressure of the brake booster, which is calculated in a previous cycle according to a logic for predicting the negative pressure of the brake booster, and the negative pressure of the intake manifold and a brake pedal force of a current cycle,
wherein the controller is further configured to control the vehicle according to a result of predict the negative pressure of the brake booster.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein, when the predicted negative pressure of the brake booster is less than or equal to a reference negative pressure of a control for stopping an operation of an air conditioner of the vehicle, the controller is configured to determine that the predicted negative pressure of the brake booster is insufficient for stopping the operation of the air conditioner.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the driving information detector is configured to detect the driving information from at least one of a vehicle speed sensor, a vehicle acceleration sensor, a gear stage sensor, an accelerator pedal sensor, a brake pedal operation sensor, a brake pedal force sensor, a timer, or an atmospheric pressure sensor.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the booster negative pressure predictor is configured to collect the negative pressure of the intake manifold and the driving information and generate the negative pressure of the brake booster predicted in a cycle of a time period.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the booster negative pressure predictor comprises:
a charging model module configured to calculate a first differential pressure over time using the previous negative pressure of the brake booster calculated in the previous cycle and the negative pressure of the intake manifold of the current cycle;
a discharging model module configured to take a difference between the previous negative pressure of the brake booster calculated in the previous cycle and the negative pressure of the intake manifold of the current cycle as a basic factor, and compensate for the basic factor using the brake pedal force to calculate a second differential pressure over time;
a summing module configured to calculate a change rate by adding a discharging rate of the negative pressure of the brake booster corresponding to the second differential pressure to a charging rate of the negative pressure of the brake booster corresponding to the first differential pressure; and
an integration module configured to integrate the change rate over time and output the predicted negative pressure of the brake booster.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the charging rate of the negative pressure of the brake booster according to the first differential pressure is output as a positive value, and the discharging rate of the negative pressure of the brake booster according to the second differential pressure is output as a negative value.

7. The system of claim 5 , wherein the charging model module is configured to calculate the charging rate using a control map using the first differential pressure as an input value.

8. The system of claim 5 , wherein the discharging model module is configured to calculate a multiplication factor for correcting the discharging rate using a correction map using a displacement change amount of the brake pedal force as an input value.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein, when repeated braking due to an on state and an off state of a brake operation signal continuously occurs, the discharging model module is configured to use an additional correction amount to increase the discharging rate.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the discharging model module is configured to use an additional correction amount to increase the discharging rate when the discharging model module continuously detects that an acceleration of the vehicle or a speed of the vehicle has an amplitude greater than or equal to a reference amplitude.

11. The system of claim 5 , wherein the integration module is configured to feedback the predicted negative pressure of the brake booster to the charging model module and the discharging model module so that the predicted negative pressure is used to calculate a charging rate and a discharging rate of a next cycle generated after the current cycle.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to restart the vehicle in a state in which the vehicle has stopped by an idle stop and go (ISG) system when the predicted negative pressure of the brake booster is less than or equal to a reference negative pressure.

13. A method for predicting a negative pressure of a brake booster of a vehicle, comprising:
a) collecting, by a controller, driving information according to driving of the vehicle to calculate a negative pressure of an intake manifold based on a pressure of the intake manifold and an atmospheric pressure;
b) calculating, by the controller, a first differential pressure over time using a previous negative pressure of the brake booster calculated in a previous cycle and the negative pressure of the intake manifold of a current cycle;
c) taking, by the controller, a difference between the previous negative pressure of the brake booster calculated in the previous cycle and the negative pressure of the intake manifold of the current cycle as a basic factor to calculate a second differential pressure over time and compensating for the basic factor using the brake pedal force; and
d) calculating, by the controller, a change rate by adding a discharging rate of the negative pressure of the brake booster corresponding to the second differential pressure to a charging rate of the negative pressure of the brake booster corresponding to the first differential pressure to predict the negative pressure of the brake booster by integrating the change rate over time,
wherein the controller is further configured to control the vehicle according to a result of predict the negative pressure of the brake booster.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein step b) comprises setting, by the controller, an initial negative pressure of the brake booster generated when the previous cycle does not exist as a value less than the negative pressure of the intake manifold.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein step b) comprises calculating, by the controller, the charging rate using a control map using the first differential pressure as an input value.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein step c) comprises calculating, by the controller, a multiplication factor for correcting the discharging rate using a correction map using a displacement change amount of the brake pedal force as an input value.

17. The method of claim 13 , further comprising after step d), when the predicted negative pressure of the brake booster is less than or equal to a reference negative pressure of a control for stopping an operation of an air conditioner of the vehicle, determining, by the controller, that the predicted n

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp
• Hyundai Kefico Corp

Inventors

• Jung Tae Hun
• Kim Young-Jin

Classifications

• B60T17/221 Primary

  Procedure or apparatus for checking or keeping in a correct functioning condition of brake systems (hydraulic pressure systems in general F15B19/00, F15B21/04; testing structures or apparatus G01M) · CPC title

• B60H1/0073

  Control systems or circuits characterised by particular algorithms or computational models, e.g. fuzzy logic or dynamic models · CPC title

• F02N11/0818

  Conditions for starting or stopping the engine or for deactivating the idle-start-stop mode · CPC title

• G05B13/048

  using a predictor · CPC title

• B60T2210/30

  Environment conditions or position therewithin · CPC title