Vehicle drift control method and system, and vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12534063-B2
Application number	US-202519011786-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 7, 2025
Priority date	Jul 18, 2022
Publication date	Jan 27, 2026
Grant date	Jan 27, 2026

Abstract

A vehicle drift control method includes obtaining a required whole vehicle torque and state parameters of a vehicle in response to a drift operation instruction of a user. The state parameters include a first vehicle speed, a first yaw rate, and a first mass center sideslip angle. The method also includes determining a front axle torque ratio based on the state parameters; determining a required front axle torque and a required rear axle torque based on the front axle torque ratio and the required whole vehicle torque; and controlling torques of a front axle motor and a rear axle motor based on the required front axle torque and the required rear axle torque respectively.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A vehicle drift control method, comprising:
obtaining a required whole vehicle torque and state parameters of a vehicle in response to a drift operation instruction of a user, the state parameters comprising a first vehicle speed, a first yaw rate, and a first mass center sideslip angle; determining a front axle torque ratio based on the state parameters; determining a required front axle torque and a required rear axle torque based on the front axle torque ratio and the required whole vehicle torque; and controlling torques of a front axle motor and a rear axle motor based on the required front axle torque and the required rear axle torque respectively.

2 . The vehicle drift control method according to claim 1 , wherein
the determining the front axle torque ratio based on the state parameters comprises: determining an original front axle torque ratio based on the first vehicle speed; determining a first front axle torque ratio correction coefficient based on the first yaw rate; determining a second front axle torque ratio correction coefficient based on the first mass center sideslip angle; and determining the front axle torque ratio based on the original front axle torque ratio, the first front axle torque ratio correction coefficient, and the second front axle torque ratio correction coefficient.

3 . The vehicle drift control method according to claim 2 , wherein
the state parameters further comprise at least one of a first accelerator pedal depth and a first brake pedal depth; before the determining the front axle torque ratio based on the original front axle torque ratio, the first front axle torque ratio correction coefficient, and the second front axle torque ratio correction coefficient, the method further comprises: determining a third front axle torque ratio correction coefficient based on the first accelerator pedal depth; and/or determining a front axle torque ratio correction value based on the first brake pedal depth; and the determining the front axle torque ratio based on the original front axle torque ratio, the first front axle torque ratio correction coefficient, and the second front axle torque ratio correction coefficient comprises: determining the front axle torque ratio based on the original front axle torque ratio, the first front axle torque ratio correction coefficient, the second front axle torque ratio correction coefficient, and at least one of the third front axle torque ratio correction coefficient and the front axle torque ratio correction value.

4 . The vehicle drift control method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a control intensity based on the state parameters, the control intensity being negatively related to a difficulty of an electronic stability control system entering vehicle stability control, and the state parameters comprising a second yaw rate and a second mass center sideslip angle.

5 . The vehicle drift control method according to claim 4 , wherein
the determining the control intensity based on the state parameters comprises: determining a first control intensity coefficient based on the second yaw rate; determining a second control intensity coefficient based on the second mass center sideslip angle; and determining the control intensity based on the first control intensity coefficient and the second control intensity coefficient.

6 . The vehicle drift control method according to claim 5 , wherein
the state parameters further comprise at least one of a second vehicle speed, a second accelerator pedal depth, and a second brake pedal depth; before the determining the control intensity based on the first control intensity coefficient and the second control intensity coefficient, the method further comprises: determining a third control intensity coefficient based on the second vehicle speed; and/or determining a fourth control intensity coefficient based on the second accelerator pedal depth; and/or determining a fifth control intensity coefficient based on the second brake pedal depth; and the determining the control intensity based on the first control intensity coefficient and the second control intensity coefficient comprises: determining the control intensity based on the first control intensity coefficient, the second control intensity coefficient, and at least one of the third control intensity coefficient, the fourth control intensity coefficient and the fifth control intensity coefficient.

7 . The vehicle drift control method according to claim 1 , after the response to the drift operation instruction of the user, the method further comprising:
generating a self-check control instruction when the drift operation instruction is received, to control a plurality of target control systems related to drift mode control to perform self-check and obtain self-check feedback information of each target control system; and controlling the vehicle to enter a drift mode when the self-check feedback information of each of the target control systems is preset conformity information.

8 . The vehicle drift control method according to claim 7 , when the self-check feedback information of each of the target control systems is the preset conformity information, the method further comprising:
generating a pre-adjustment control instruction; and executing, by at least one pre-adjustment control system among the plurality of target control systems, the pre-adjustment control instruction, to cause the at least one pre-adjustment control system to meet requirements of the drift mode.

9 . The vehicle drift control method according to claim 8 , wherein
the at least one pre-adjustment control system comprises a whole vehicle thermal management system; and the executing, by the at least one pre-adjustment control system among the plurality of target control systems, the pre-adjustment control instruction comprises: controlling a temperature of each subsystem of the whole vehicle thermal management system within a corresponding preset drift temperature range.

10 . The vehicle drift control method according to claim 8 , wherein
the at least one pre-adjustment control system further comprises a battery management system; and the executing, by the at least one pre-adjustment control system among the plurality of target control systems, the pre-adjustment control instruction comprises: controlling the battery management system to adjust discharge power of a battery to target discharge power.

11 . The vehicle drift control method according to claim 10 , wherein
the controlling the battery management system to adjust the discharge power of the battery to the target discharge power comprises: controlling the battery management system to adjust a temperature of a battery module to a first preset temperature range, the first preset temperature range being a temperature range of the battery module with maximum power release efficiency; and obtaining current discharge power, and controlling the battery management system to adjust the current discharge power to the target discharge power, wherein the current discharge power is preset conventional discharge power corresponding to an actual SOC, and the target discharge power is greater than the current discharge power.

12 . The vehicle drift control method according to claim 8 , wherein
the at least one pre-adjustment control system further comprises a front motor controller and a rear motor controller; and the executing, by the at least one pre-adjustment control system among the plurality of target control systems, the pre-adjustment control instruction comprises: controlling the front mo

Assignees

• Byd Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lian Yubo
• Ling Heping
• Shi Mingchuan
• Wang Hongxia
• Fu Luo

Classifications

• B60W2720/20

  Sideslip angle · CPC title

• B60W2720/14

  Yaw · CPC title

• B60W2540/215

  Selection or confirmation of options · CPC title

• B60W2540/12

  Brake pedal position · CPC title

• B60W2540/10

  Accelerator pedal position · CPC title