Vehicle speed acquisition device and abnormal noise diagnostic system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12570294-B2
Application number	US-202418657979-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 8, 2024
Priority date	Jul 14, 2023
Publication date	Mar 10, 2026
Grant date	Mar 10, 2026

Abstract

The vehicle speed acquisition device of the present disclosure acquires the position information at a predetermined first time interval, acquires the sound pressure of the sound emitted from the vehicle at the second time interval shorter than the first time interval, estimates the vehicle speed at the acquisition timing of the position information and the vehicle speed at the acquisition timing of the sound pressure based on the acquired position information and the first and second time intervals, acquires the estimation accuracy of the vehicle speed based on the change rate of the vehicle speed between the acquisition timings of the position information and the change rate of the sound pressure between the acquisition timings of the sound pressure, and associates the acquired estimation accuracy with the vehicle speed at the acquisition timing of the estimated sound pressure.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A vehicle speed acquisition device that acquires a vehicle speed of a vehicle based on position information of the vehicle, the vehicle speed acquisition device comprising:
a GPS sensor configured to acquire the position information at a first time interval that is determined in advance; a microphone configured to acquire a sound pressure of sound emitted from the vehicle at a second time interval that is shorter than the first time interval; and a processor programmed to:
estimate the vehicle speed at an acquisition timing of the position information and the vehicle speed at an acquisition timing of the sound pressure, based on the position information and the first and the second time intervals;
acquire a change rate of the vehicle speed between acquisition timings of the position information, based on the vehicle speed at the acquisition timing of the position information that is estimated, and the first time interval;
acquire a change rate of the sound pressure between acquisition timings of the sound pressure, based on the sound pressure that is acquired, and the second time interval; and
acquire an estimation accuracy of the vehicle speed, based on the change rate of the vehicle speed and the change rate of the sound pressure, and associating the estimation accuracy that is acquired, with the vehicle speed at the acquisition timing of the sound pressure that is estimated.

2 . The vehicle speed acquisition device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is programmed to associate information, indicating that the estimation accuracy is high, with the vehicle speed at the acquisition timing of the sound pressure that is estimated, when a product value of the change rate of the vehicle speed and the change rate of the sound pressure is a positive value.

3 . The vehicle speed acquisition device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is programmed to associate information, indicating that the estimation accuracy is high, with the vehicle speed at the acquisition timing of the sound pressure that is estimated, when a quotient obtained by dividing one of the change rate of the vehicle speed and the change rate of the sound pressure by another one of the change rate of the vehicle speed and the change rate of the sound pressure is included within a range that is determined in advance.

4 . The vehicle speed acquisition device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor associates information, indicating that the estimation accuracy is high, with the vehicle speed at the acquisition timing of the sound pressure estimated by the processor, when a product value of the change rate of the vehicle speed and the change rate of the sound pressure is a positive value, and a quotient obtained by dividing one of the change rate of the vehicle speed and the change rate of the sound pressure by another one of the change rate of the vehicle speed and the change rate of the sound pressure is included within a range that is determined in advance, associates information, indicating that the estimation accuracy is moderate, with the vehicle speed at the acquisition timing of the sound pressure estimated by the processor, when the product value is a positive value and the quotient is not included within the range, or the product value is not a positive value and the quotient is included within the range, and associates information, indicating that the estimation accuracy is low, with the vehicle speed at the acquisition timing of the sound pressure estimated by the processor, when the product value is not a positive value and the quotient is not included within the range.

5 . An abnormal noise diagnostic system, comprising: the vehicle speed acquisition device according to claim 1 ;
a mobile terminal that is configured to acquire the position information and data regarding the sound emitted from the vehicle, and that also includes the vehicle speed acquisition device; and a diagnostic device that is built by machine learning, so as to diagnose an abnormal noise occurring in the vehicle, based on the data of the sound transmitted from the mobile terminal, and the vehicle speed acquired by the vehicle speed acquisition device, wherein the diagnostic device selects the vehicle speed to be used for diagnosis of the abnormal noise, based on the estimation accuracy associated with the vehicle speed from the mobile terminal.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ueda Yu

Classifications

• B60W2420/54

  Audio sensitive means, e.g. ultrasound · CPC title

• B60W2556/20

  Data confidence level · CPC title

• B60W2520/10

  Longitudinal speed · CPC title

• B60W2556/50

  of positioning data, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System] data · CPC title

• B60W2050/021

  Means for detecting failure or malfunction · CPC title