Method of decreasing vibration during release of stop gear of vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017297560-A1
Application number	US-201715453031-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 8, 2017
Priority date	Apr 14, 2016
Publication date	Oct 19, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method of decreasing vibration during release of a stop gear of a vehicle can be applied to an eco-friendly vehicle for decreasing vibration generated when a driver releases a P step of a gear lever while torsion occurs in a drive shaft of the vehicle. Reaction force torque of a driving motor is controlled so as to output reaction force that has been generated in a parking sprag by a driving motor when torsion occurs in the drive shaft after entrance of the gear lever into the P step, so as to decrease vibration generated because torsion reaction force of the drive shaft vanishes at the same time.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method of reducing vibration during release of a stop gear of a vehicle, the method comprising:
determining, by a controller, whether a position of a gear lever of the vehicle is a P step for stop on a slope; determining, by the controller, whether torsion occurs in a drive shaft connected to a driving wheel of the vehicle; and performing, by the controller, control of torque of reaction force of a driving motor so as to generate torque of reaction force by driving the driving motor of the vehicle when it is predicted that the stop of the vehicle is released in a state where torsion occurs in the drive shaft.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein whether the vehicle is stopped on a slope is determined using information obtained from at least one of an inclination angle sensor and a map, and it is determined that the vehicle is stopped when the position of the gear lever is the P step for stop.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein when the position of the gear lever is the P step for stop, it is determined that the vehicle is stopped, and when an absolute value of a difference between drive shaft position information at a time of entrance of the gear lever into the P step and positional information of the drive shaft after entrance into the P step is equal to or greater than a first set value, it is determined that torsion occurs in the drive shaft.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein after the gear lever enters the P step, when a current position variation value of the drive shaft after entrance into the P step is maintained to be equal to or less than a second set value for a predetermined time, it is determined to start control of torque of reaction force of the motor.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining of the occurrence of torsion comprises determining that torsion occurs in the drive shaft according to a brake release when a position value of a brake pedal of the vehicle is equal to or less than a first reference value.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the control of torque of reaction force of the motor is determined to be started when the position value of the brake pedal is maintained to be equal to or less than the first reference value for a predetermined time.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein when force that is applied toward a driving direction of the vehicle and is calculated using a weight of the vehicle and an inclination angle of a road where the vehicle is parked is equal to or more than a threshold value, it is determined that torsion occurs in the drive shaft of the vehicle.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a reaction force torque satisfies TQ ctrl.1 =m νeh ·g·sin θ, and a reaction force torque where errors generated when the stop of the vehicle is released are corrected satisfies TQ ctrl =TQ ctrl.1 +J·{dot over (w)} mot , where TQ ctrl.1 is the reaction force torque, TQ ctrl is the corrected reaction force torque, J is a rotational inertia of the drive shaft, w mot is a motor velocity, m veh is a vehicle weight, θ is an inclination angle of a road, and g is acceleration of gravity.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:
in order to determine whether the control of torque of reaction force of the motor is terminated, a motor command torque is received and compared with a motor reaction force torque when the position of the gear lever is not the P step for stop; as a comparison result, when a direction of the motor reaction force torque is not a direction of the motor command torque, a motor output torque is maintained to the motor reaction force torque for a predetermined time and then gradually is changed to the motor command torque; and it is determined that the control of torque of reaction force of the motor is terminated when a difference between the motor output torque and the motor command torque is a threshold value or less.

10 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
determining that the control of torque of reaction force of the motor is terminated, as the comparison result, when the motor reaction force torque is greater than the motor command torque, if the motor command torque becomes greater than the motor reaction force torque.

11 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising, when the motor reaction force torque is greater than the motor command torque:
maintaining the motor output torque to the motor reaction force torque for the predetermined time and then gradually changing the motor output torque to the motor command torque, as the comparison result; and determining that the control of torque of reaction force of the motor is terminated when a difference between the motor output torque and the motor command torque is equal to or less than a threshold value.

12 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
immediately determining that the control of torque of reaction force of the motor is terminated, as the comparison result, when the motor reaction force torque is less than the motor command torque.

13 . The method of claim 1 , wherein when a position value of a brake pedal of the vehicle is equal to or more than a second reference value in a state where torsion occurs in the drive shaft, it is determined that the stop of the vehicle is released.

14 . A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions executed by a processor, the computer readable medium comprising:
program instructions that determine whether a position of a gear lever of a vehicle is a P step for stop on a slope; program instructions that determine whether torsion occurs in a drive shaft connected to a driving wheel of the vehicle; and program instructions that perform control of torque of reaction force of a driving motor so as to generate torque of reaction force by driving the driving motor of the vehicle when it is predicted that the stop of the vehicle is released in a state where torsion occurs in the drive shaft.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ko Young Kwan
• Ihm Hyung Bin
• Chung Tae Young

Classifications

• Y02T10/70

  Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries · CPC title

• B60W2552/15

  Road slope, i.e. the inclination of a road segment in the longitudinal direction · CPC title

• B60W30/18027

  Drive off, accelerating from standstill · CPC title

• B60L50/16

  with provision for separate direct mechanical propulsion · CPC title

• B60W10/182

  including control of parking brakes · CPC title