Controller for vehicle, computer-readable medium storing control program for vehicle, and control method for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12145589-B2
Application number	US-202117496279-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 7, 2021
Priority date	Oct 12, 2020
Publication date	Nov 19, 2024
Grant date	Nov 19, 2024

Abstract

A controller for a vehicle is configured to execute a process that detects an anomaly of a steering device and a process that performs an automatic turning control that causes the vehicle to turn automatically along a traveling route. The controller is configured to perform the automatic turning control by controlling the steering device when an anomaly of the steering device is not detected. The controller is configured to, when an anomaly of the steering device is detected, calculate, as a predicted value, a load on the substitute device on an assumption that the automatic turning control is performed by activating the substitute device, and perform the automatic turning control by controlling the substitute device when an allowable range that is a set of values of a load allowable to the substitute device includes the predicted value.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A controller for a vehicle, the vehicle including a wheel, a driving device that transmits a driving force to the wheel, a steering device that controls a steered angle of the wheel, and a braking device that applies a braking force to the wheel, the controller comprising processing circuitry configured to execute:
an anomaly detecting process that detects an anomaly of the steering device; and
a process that performs an automatic turning control that causes the vehicle to turn automatically along a traveling route, wherein
each of the braking device and the driving device is a substitute device configured to be activated in place of the steering device,
the process that performs the automatic turning control includes performing the automatic turning control by controlling the steering device when an anomaly of the steering device is not detected, and
the process that performs the automatic turning control includes, when an anomaly of the steering device is detected;
setting, as an allowable upper limit, the longest activation time for which the braking device can be activated continuously,
predicting only time for which the braking device of the braking device and the driving device is activated on an assumption that the automatic turning control is performed by activating both the braking device and the driving device, and setting a predicted time as a predicted value, and
performing the automatic turning control by controlling both the braking device and the driving device when a range up to the allowable upper limit includes the predicted value.

2. The controller for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the wheel includes a front wheel and a rear wheel,
the steering device includes a front-wheel steering device that controls a steered angle of the front wheel and a rear-wheel steering device that controls a steered angle of the rear wheel,
the anomaly detecting process is a process that detects an anomaly of the front-wheel steering device and an anomaly of the rear-wheel steering device,
the process that performs the automatic turning control includes
performing the automatic turning control by controlling the front-wheel steering device and the rear-wheel steering device when neither an anomaly of the front-wheel steering device nor an anomaly of the rear-wheel steering device is detected, and
performing the automatic turning control by controlling both the braking device and the driving device when both an anomaly of the front-wheel steering device and an anomaly of the rear-wheel steering device are detected,
one of the front-wheel steering device and the rear-wheel steering device is a first steering device, and the other is a second steering device, and
the process that performs the automatic turning control includes
determining whether the vehicle can be caused to reach a target point on the traveling route if the automatic turning control is performed by controlling only the second steering device in a case in which an anomaly of the second steering device is not detected but an anomaly of the first steering device is detected,
performing the automatic turning control by controlling the second steering device and both the braking device and the driving device when determining that the vehicle cannot be caused to reach the target point, and
performing the automatic turning control by controlling the second steering device when determining that the vehicle can be caused to reach the target point.

3. The controller for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the process that performs the automatic turning control includes stopping the vehicle when the predicted value is not included in the range up to the allowable upper limit.

4. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a control program executed by a controller for a vehicle, the vehicle including a wheel, a driving device that transmits a driving force to the wheel, a steering device that controls a steered angle of the wheel, and a braking device that applies a braking force to the wheel, the control program being configured to cause the controller to execute:
an anomaly detecting process that detects an anomaly of the steering device; and
a process that performs an automatic turning control that causes the vehicle to turn automatically along a traveling route, wherein
each of the braking device and the driving device is a substitute device configured to be activated in place of the steering device,
the process that performs the automatic turning control includes performing the automatic turning control by controlling the steering device when an anomaly of the steering device is not detected, and
the process that performs the automatic turning control includes, when an anomaly of the steering device is detected;
setting, as an allowable upper limit, the longest activation time for which the braking device can be activated continuously,
predicting only time for which the braking device of the braking device and the driving device is activated on an assumption that the automatic turning control is performed by activating both the braking device and the driving device, and setting a predicted time as a predicted value, and
performing the automatic turning control by controlling both the braking device and the driving device when a range up to the allowable upper limit includes the predicted value.

5. A control method for a vehicle, the vehicle including a wheel, a driving device that transmits a driving force to the wheel, a steering device that controls a steered angle of the wheel, and a braking device that applies a braking force to the wheel, the control method comprising:
detecting an anomaly of the steering device; and
performing an automatic turning control that causes the vehicle to turn automatically along a traveling route, wherein
each of the braking device and the driving device is a substitute device configured to be activated in place of the steering device,
the performing the automatic turning control includes causing the vehicle to turn automatically along the traveling route by controlling the steering device when an anomaly of the steering device is not detected, and
the performing the automatic turning control includes, when an anomaly of the steering device is detected;
setting, as an allowable upper limit, the longest activation time for which the braking device can be activated continuously,
predicting only time for which the braking device of the braking device and the driving device is activated on an assumption that the vehicle is caused to turn automatically along the traveling route by activating both the braking device and the driving device, and setting a predicted time as a predicted value, and
causing the vehicle to turn automatically along the traveling route by controlling both the braking device and the driving device when a range up to the allowable upper limit includes the predicted value.

Assignees

• Advics Co Ltd
• J Quad Dynamics Inc

Inventors

• Hashimoto Yosuke

Classifications

• B60W10/18

  including control of braking systems · CPC title

• B60W50/0205

  Diagnosing or detecting failures; Failure detection models · CPC title

• B62D7/14

  the pivotal axes being situated in more than one plane transverse to the longitudinal centre line of the vehicle, e.g. all-wheel steering · CPC title

• B60W10/20

  including control of steering systems · CPC title

• B60W2710/20

  Steering systems · CPC title