Lane keeping control system and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9550526-B2
Application number	US-201213656299-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 19, 2012
Priority date	Sep 3, 2012
Publication date	Jan 24, 2017
Grant date	Jan 24, 2017

Abstract

Disclosed is a lane keeping control system, including: a target distance calculator configured to calculate a target distance by receiving a speed of a vehicle; and a target trace generator configured to generate coordinates of a target point separated by the target distance by receiving vehicle information and camera image information and generate a target trace to the target point as a circular trace. Accordingly, by variably calculating a target distance according to a speed of a vehicle, generating a target trace of a vehicle according to the target distance as a profile (curvature) in a form of a circular trace, and applying the generated profile (curvature) to a lane keeping control, smooth lane keeping control may be achieved and a sense of steering difference of a driver may be minimized.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lane keeping control system, comprising:
a processor that comprises:
a target distance calculator configured to calculate, based on a speed of a vehicle, a target distance relative to a position of the vehicle;
a target trace generator configured to:
generate, based on the target distance, coordinates of a target point of the vehicle,
wherein the target distance is a distance between the position of the vehicle and the target point, and
generate a target trace from the position of the vehicle to the target point as a circular trace;

a target yaw rate calculator configured to calculate a target yaw rate based on vehicle information received from a vehicle sensor and the target trace; and

a steering control apparatus configured to control steering of the vehicle according to the calculated target yaw rate,
wherein the target trace generator is configured to calculate the coordinates of the target point by equations,

y
=

ρ
road

⁡

(

L
2

-

ɛ
2

)

2
⁢

(

1
-

ρ
road

⁢
ɛ

)

-

ɛ
⁢

⁢
and
⁢

⁢
x

=

L
2

-

y
2

,

where y is the transverse distance to the target point, x is the longitudinal distance to the target point, ρ road is a curvature of a center of a lane, L is the target distance, and ε is an offset value from the center of the lane, and
wherein the curvature of the target trace for keeping the target point is calculated by an equation,

ρ
des

=

1

R
des

=

2

L
2

⁢

(

y
⁢

⁢
cos
⁢

⁢
ϕ

-

x
⁢

⁢
sin
⁢

⁢
ϕ

)

,

where ρ des is the curvature of the target trace, R des is a radius of the curvature of the target trace, L is the target distance, φ is a heading angle of the vehicle with respect to a center of a lane, and x and y are the longitudinal distance and the transverse distance to the target point.

2. The lane keeping control system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a target steering angle calculator configured to calculate a target steering angle based on the vehicle information and the target yaw rate.

3. The lane keeping control system of claim 2 , further comprising:
a target steering torque controller configured to calculate a target steering torque based on the vehicle steering angle and the target steering angle.

4. The lane keeping control system of claim 3 , wherein the target steering torque controller is configured to calculate the target steering torque through feed forward and feedback controls based on the target steering angle and a steering angle of the vehicle.

5. The lane keeping control system of claim 2 , wherein the target steering angle calculator is configured to calculate the target steering angle through feed forward and feedback controls based on the target yaw rate and the yaw rate of the vehicle.

6. The lane keeping control system of claim 1 , wherein the target distance calculator is configured to:
determine a time for reaching of the vehicle to a normal state, a transverse offset error between a center of a lane and the vehicle, and a degree of overshoot by simulating a driving of the vehicle while varying the target distance, the speed of the vehicle, and curvature of a lane; and
set the target distance for each speed according to the determination.

7. The lane keeping control system of claim 1 , wherein the target yaw rate calculator is configured to calculate the target yaw rate based on the curvature of the target trace and the speed of the vehicle by an equation,
YR des =ρ des V x ,

where YR des is the target yaw rate, ρ des is the curvature of the target trace, and V x is the speed of the vehicle.

8. A lane keeping control method performed by a controller comprising a processor, the method comprising:
receiving vehicle information and image information from a vehicle sensor and a camera sensor;
calculating, based on a speed of a vehicle, a target distance relative to a position of the vehicle based on the vehicle information and the image information;
gener

Assignees

• Hyundai Mobis Co Ltd
• Hyundai Mobis Co Ltd

Inventors

• You Eun Young
• Shin Kwang Keun Joseph

Classifications

• B60W2552/30

  Road curve radius · CPC title

• B60W30/12 Primary

  Lane keeping · CPC title

• B62D15/025 Primary

  Active steering aids, e.g. helping the driver by actively influencing the steering system after environment evaluation (B62D1/28 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60W2520/10

  Longitudinal speed · CPC title

• B60W2710/207

  Steering angle of wheels · CPC title