Vehicle startup control device and startup control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9670974-B2
Application number	US-201314395633-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 19, 2013
Priority date	Apr 23, 2012
Publication date	Jun 6, 2017
Grant date	Jun 6, 2017

Abstract

A device for controlling a start of a vehicle includes a rotation speed obtaining unit that obtains an actual engine rotation speed of the engine, a target rotation speed computing unit that computes a target rotation speed of the engine in the slip control, a control target value computing unit that computes a control target value, which is a target value for controlling the engine rotation speed to the target rotation speed based on the actual engine rotation speed and the target rotation speed, and an instruction value computing unit that computes an instruction value for the lock-up clutch necessary to control the engine rotation speed to the control target value based on the control target value.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A device for controlling a start of a vehicle in which an output of an engine is output from a transmission via a torque converter having a lock-up clutch, the device comprising:
a start request detection unit adapted to detect a start request for the vehicle;
a hydraulic pressure control circuit adapted to control a torque transmittable by the lock-up clutch by controlling an engagement force of the lock-up clutch in response to the start request for the vehicle; and
a control unit adapted to instruct the hydraulic pressure control circuit to perform a slip control for the lock-up clutch during a vehicle start,
wherein the control unit has
a rotation speed obtaining unit adapted to obtain an engine rotation speed of the engine at a current timing,
a target rotation speed computing unit adapted to compute a target rotation speed of the engine in the slip control at a current timing,
a control target value computing unit adapted to compute a control target value, which is a target value necessary in an immediately following control cycle to control the engine rotation speed to the target rotation speed based on the engine rotation speed and the target rotation speed at a predetermined control cycle ((t−1), t, (t+1)), and
an instruction value computing unit adapted to compute an instruction value for an engagement force of the lock-up clutch necessary to control the engine rotation speed to the control target value in the immediately following control cycle,
wherein the instruction value computing unit computes the instruction value for the engagement force of the lock-up clutch based on the engine rotation speed at a current time (t) and the control target value of the immediately following control cycle (t+1).

2. The vehicle start control device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a vehicle speed detection unit adapted to detect a vehicle speed of the vehicle; and
an accelerator pedal opening detection unit adapted to detect an accelerator pedal opening of the engine,
wherein the target rotation speed computing unit computes the target rotation speed based on the vehicle speed and the accelerator pedal opening when the accelerator pedal opening is equal to or lower than a predetermined value.

3. The vehicle start control device according to claim 1 , wherein the control target value computing unit computes the control target value by adding or subtracting a value obtained by multiplying a predetermined factor by a difference between the engine rotation speed and the target rotation speed to or from the engine rotation speed.

4. The vehicle start control device according to claim 3 , wherein the control target value computing unit computes the factor based on at least one of a difference between the engine rotation speed and the target rotation speed or a change amount of the difference between the engine rotation speed and the target rotation speed.

5. The vehicle start control device according to claim 3 , further comprising an accelerator pedal opening detection unit adapted to detect an accelerator pedal opening of the engine, wherein the control target value computing unit computes the factor based on the engine rotation speed when the accelerator pedal opening is reduced by a predetermined value or larger.

6. The vehicle start control device according to claim 1 , wherein the instruction value computing unit computes an engagement force of the lock-up clutch corresponding to the control target value based on a fluid torque change amount of the torque converter corresponding to the engine rotation speed and an inertia torque change amount of the torque converter.

7. A method for controlling a start of a vehicle in which an output of an engine is output from a transmission via a torque converter having a lock-up clutch, the method comprising:
a first process of obtaining an engine rotation speed of the engine at a current timing;
a second process of computing a target rotation speed of the engine at a current timing when a slip control is performed for the torque converter;
a third process of computing a control target value which is a target value necessary in an immediately following control cycle to control the engine rotation speed to the target rotation speed based on the engine rotation speed and the target rotation speed at a predetermined control cycle ((t−1), t, (t+1));
a fourth process of computing an instruction value to the lock-up clutch necessary to control the engine rotation speed to the control target value of the immediately following control cycle based on the engine rotation speed at a current time (t) and the control target value of the immediately following control cycle (t+1);
a fifth process of controlling a torque transmittable by the lock-up clutch by controlling an engagement force of the lock-up clutch based on the instruction torque; and
a sixth process of repeating the first to fifth processes.

8. A device for controlling a start of a vehicle in which an output of an engine is output from a transmission via a torque converter having a lock-up clutch, the device comprising:
a start request detection means adapted to detect a start request for the vehicle;
a hydraulic pressure control circuit means adapted to control a torque transmittable by the lock-up clutch by controlling an engagement force of the lock-up clutch in response to the start request for the vehicle; and
a control means adapted to instruct the hydraulic pressure control circuit means to perform a slip control for the lock-up clutch during a vehicle start,
wherein the control means has
a rotation speed obtaining means adapted to obtain an engine rotation speed of the engine at a current timing,
a target rotation speed computing means adapted to compute a target rotation speed of the engine in the slip control at a current timing,
a control target value computing means adapted to compute a control target value, which is a target value necessary in an immediately following control cycle to control the engine rotation speed to the target rotation speed based on the engine rotation speed and the target rotation speed at a predetermined control cycle ((t−1), t, (t+1)), and
an instruction value computing means adapted to compute an instruction value for an engagement force of the lock-up clutch necessary to control the engine rotation speed to the control target value in the immediately following control cycle,
wherein the instruction value computing means computes the instruction value for the engagement force of the lock-up clutch based on the engine rotation speed at a current time (t) and the control target value of the immediately following control cycle (t+1).

Assignees

• Jatco Ltd
• Nissan Motor

Inventors

• Kawaguchi Takateru
• Suzuki Akito
• Nakashima Kenji
• Hayakawa Aki
• Endo Yasuhiro
• Sekiya Hiroshi
• Tanabe Akihiro
• Izumi Tetsuya
• Uchida Masaaki

Classifications

• F16D48/066 Primary

  Control of fluid pressure, e.g. using an accumulator (F16D48/062, F16D48/068 take precedence) · CPC title

• F16D2500/70404

  Force · CPC title

• F16D2500/50227

  Control of clutch to control engine · CPC title

• F16D2500/3166

  Detection of an elapsed period of time · CPC title

• F16D2500/70426

  Clutch slip · CPC title