Method for calculating reference motion state amount of vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016016591-A1
Application number	US-201314772586-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 4, 2013
Priority date	Mar 4, 2013
Publication date	Jan 21, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Provided is a method of calculating a reference yaw rate as a reference motion state amount of a vehicle in a relationship of a first-order lag with respect to a normative yaw rate as a normative motion state amount of the vehicle. An overall weight (W) of the vehicle and a stability factor (Kh) of the vehicle are estimated (S 20 and S 30 ), cornering powers (Kf and Kr) of front and rear wheels and a yaw moment of inertia (Iz) of the vehicle are calculated based on the overall weight and the stability factor (S 60 to S 110 ). Then, a steering response time constant coefficient (Tp) for determining a time constant of the first-order lag is calculated based on the cornering powers (Kf and Kr) and the yaw moment of inertia (Iz) (S 120 ), and the reference yaw rate is calculated by using the coefficient (S 130 ).

First claim

1 .- 7 . (canceled)

8 . A method of calculating a reference motion state amount of a vehicle in a relationship of a first-order lag with respect to a normative motion state amount of the vehicle, the method comprising:
estimating an overall weight of the vehicle and a stability factor of the vehicle; estimating a change amount of the overall weight of the vehicle and a change amount of the vehicle longitudinal direction position of the vehicle center of gravity with respect to a standard state of the vehicle based on the estimated overall weight and stability factor; estimating a change amount of the yaw moment of inertia of the vehicle based on the change amount of the overall weight of the vehicle and the change amount of the vehicle longitudinal direction position of the vehicle center of gravity; calculating a sum of the estimated change amount of the yaw moment of inertia and a standard value of the yaw moment of inertia set in advance for the standard state of the vehicle as the estimated value of the yaw moment of inertia of the vehicle; calculating a time constant of the first-order lag by using the estimated value of the yaw moment of inertia; and calculating the reference motion state amount of the vehicle by using the calculated time constant.

9 . A method of calculating a reference motion state amount of a vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein the time constant of the first-order lag is a product of a vehicle speed and a coefficient, and the coefficient is calculated by using the estimated value of the yaw moment of inertia.

10 . A method of calculating a reference motion state amount of a vehicle according to claim 9 , further comprising calculating estimated values of cornering powers of a front wheel and a real wheel based on the overall weight of the vehicle and a vehicle longitudinal direction position of a center of gravity of the vehicle, wherein the coefficient is calculated by using the estimated value of the yaw moment of inertia and the estimated values of the cornering powers of the front wheel and the rear wheel.

11 . A method of calculating a reference motion state amount of a vehicle according to claim 8 , further comprising:
calculating the estimated value of the yaw moment of inertia of the vehicle and estimated values of cornering powers of a front wheel and a rear wheel by using a storage device for storing a relationship acquired in advance between the overall weight of the vehicle and the stability factor of the vehicle, and the yaw moment of inertia of the vehicle, and storing a relationship acquired in advance between the overall weight of the vehicle and the stability factor of the vehicle, and the cornering powers of the front wheel and the rear wheel; and calculating the time constant of the first-order lag by using the estimated value of the yaw moment of inertia and the estimated values of the cornering powers of the front wheel and the rear wheel.

12 . A method of calculating a reference motion state amount of a vehicle according to claim 11 , wherein the time constant of the first-order lag is a product of a vehicle speed and a coefficient, and the coefficient is calculated by using the estimated value of the yaw moment of inertia and the estimated values of the cornering powers of the front wheel and the rear wheel.

13 . A method of calculating a reference motion state amount of a vehicle according to claim 8 , further comprising setting, when one of the overall weight of the vehicle and the stability factor of the vehicle is equal to or less than a threshold value determined by another one thereof, the estimated value of the yaw moment of inertia to the standard value without calculating the estimated value of the yaw moment of inertia of the vehicle.

14 . A method of calculating a reference motion state amount of a vehicle according to claim 9 , further comprising setting, when one of the overall weight of the vehicle and the stability factor of the vehicle is equal to or less than a threshold value determined by another one thereof, the estimated value of the yaw moment of inertia to the standard value without calculating the estimated value of the yaw moment of inertia of the vehicle.

15 . A method of calculating a reference motion state amount of a vehicle according to claim 10 , further comprising setting, when one of the overall weight of the vehicle and the stability factor of the vehicle is equal to or less than a threshold value determined by another one thereof, the estimated value of the yaw moment of inertia to the standard value without calculating the estimated value of the yaw moment of inertia of the vehicle.

16 . A method of calculating a reference motion state amount of a vehicle according to claim 11 , further comprising setting, when one of the overall weight of the vehicle and the stability factor of the vehicle is equal to or less than a threshold value determined by another one thereof, the estimated value of the yaw moment of inertia to the standard value without calculating the estimated value of the yaw moment of inertia of the vehicle.

17 . A method of calculating a reference motion state amount of a vehicle according to claim 12 , further comprising setting, when one of the overall weight of the vehicle and the stability factor of the vehicle is equal to or less than a threshold value determined by another one thereof, the estimated value of the yaw moment of inertia to the standard value without calculating the estimated value of the yaw moment of inertia of the vehicle.

Assignees

• Yokota Takahiro
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yokota Takahiro

Classifications

• B60W40/114 Primary

  Yaw movement · CPC title

• B60W2040/1315

  Location of the centre of gravity · CPC title

• B60W30/02 Primary

  Control of vehicle driving stability · CPC title

• B60W30/045

  Improving turning performance · CPC title

• B60W2720/14

  Yaw · CPC title