Method and system for controlling idle stop of vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9528488-B2
Application number	US-201514947154-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 20, 2015
Priority date	Aug 7, 2012
Publication date	Dec 27, 2016
Grant date	Dec 27, 2016

Abstract

A method and a system for controlling idle stop of a vehicle that can reduce braking noise and prevent startup delay may be included, wherein the method for controlling may include estimating a disk temperature, determining whether the estimated disk temperature may be lower than or equal to a first predetermined temperature, and prohibiting engine stop according to the idle stop when the estimated disk temperature may be higher than the first predetermined temperature.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for controlling idle stop of a vehicle, comprising:
a speed sensor for detecting a vehicle speed;
a brake pedal position sensor for detecting operation of a brake; and
a controller for controlling the idle stop and restart of the vehicle based on detected values by the speed sensor and the brake pedal position sensor,
wherein the controller estimates a disk temperature based on the detected values by the speed sensor and the brake pedal position sensor, prohibits engine stop of an engine according to the idle stop when the estimated disk temperature is higher than or equal to a first predetermined temperature, and executes the engine stop of the engine according to the idle stop when the estimated disk temperature is lower than the first predetermined temperature.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller determines work distributed to one disk from work done by braking force for a unit time, determines a temperature rise of the one disk by converting the work distributed to the one disk into heat, and determines the disk temperature based on the temperature rise of the one disk.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the controller determines the disk temperature by adding temperature rises of the disk for n unit times, and the n is integer larger than or equal to 1.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller determines whether an engine stop condition according to the idle stop is satisfied, and stops an engine when the engine stop condition is satisfied and the estimated disk temperature is lower than or equal to the first predetermined temperature.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein when the estimated disk temperature is higher than the first predetermined temperature, the engine stop according to the idle stop is prohibited.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein when the estimated disk temperature is lower than or equal to a second predetermined temperature, the controller repeats estimating the disk temperature.

7. The system of claim 4 , wherein the controller restarts the engine when an engine restart condition is satisfied after the engine is stopped.

8. The system of claim 7 , further comprising an electric brake system for braking the vehicle,
wherein the controller operates an electric brake system until a predetermined condition is satisfied when the engine is restarted.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Goh Sang Bum

Classifications

• B60W10/04 Primary

  including control of propulsion units · CPC title

• B60W2510/184

  Brake temperature, e.g. of fluid, pads or discs · CPC title

• B60Y2300/45

  Engine shutdown at standstill · CPC title

• F02N2200/08

  said parameters being related to the vehicle or its components · CPC title

• F02N2200/0801

  Vehicle speed · CPC title