IP Library Granted Patent US 9,352,747
Granted Patent B2
US 9,352,747 · App. 14/379,686 · Granted May 31, 2016

Vehicle travel control system

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Patent No.
US 9,352,747
App. No.
14/379,686
Granted
May 31, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle travel control system includes a first unit configured to calculate a target longitudinal acceleration/deceleration control command of the own vehicle based on a distance or a relative speed between the own vehicle and a forward obstacle, traveling route information from a vehicle navigation system or a Global Positioning System, and input information such as a vehicle speed set by a driver; a second unit configured to calculate a target longitudinal acceleration/deceleration control command according to a lateral jerk that acts on the own vehicle; and an arbitration unit configured to perform, based on the target longitudinal acceleration/deceleration control command calculated by the second unit, arbitration of the target longitudinal acceleration/deceleration control command calculated by the first unit, wherein output from the arbitration unit is set as a command to control the target longitudinal acceleration/deceleration control command of the own vehicle.

Claims (16)

1. A vehicle travel control system comprising:

a first unit configured to calculate a target longitudinal acceleration/deceleration control command of an own vehicle based on input information;

a second unit configured to calculate a target longitudinal acceleration/deceleration control command according to a lateral jerk which acts on the own vehicle; and

an arbitration unit configured to perform, based on the target longitudinal acceleration/deceleration control command calculated by the second unit, arbitration of the target longitudinal acceleration/deceleration control command calculated by the first unit, wherein

output from the arbitration unit is set as a command to control the target longitudinal acceleration/deceleration control command of the own vehicle,

the arbitration unit calculates an acceleration period, and a deceleration period, and a steady period based on a target longitudinal acceleration/deceleration control command calculated by the second unit, and

the arbitration unit performs arbitration according to the calculated period,

arbitration is to assign different values to at least the acceleration command, and

during the steady period the acceleration command is given a value of 0.

2. The vehicle travel control system according to claim 1 , wherein the input information is a distance or a relative speed between the own vehicle and a forward obstacle.

3. The vehicle travel control system according to claim 1 , wherein the input information is traveling route information from a vehicle navigation system or a Global Positioning System.

4. The vehicle travel control system according to claim 1 , wherein the input information is a vehicle speed set by a driver of the own vehicle, and

the first unit is configured to calculate the target longitudinal acceleration/deceleration control command with the vehicle speed as a target speed in such a manner that the vehicle speed is kept.

5. The vehicle travel control system according to claim 1 , wherein the input information is a plurality of pieces of information selected from a group of a distance or a relative speed between the own vehicle and a forward obstacle, traveling route information from a vehicle navigation system or a Global Positioning System, and a vehicle speed set by a driver of the own vehicle.

6. The vehicle travel control system according to claim 1 , further comprising a unit configured to switch a control gain which is for the target longitudinal acceleration/deceleration control command calculation by the second unit.

7. The vehicle travel control system according to claim 1 , wherein during the steady period the deceleration command is given a value of 0.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 25, 2021
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 056299/0447 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 25, 2014
From: NAGATSUKA, KEIICHIRO; YAMAKADO, MAKOTO; SASAKI, MITSUHIDE; UEYAMA, MIKIO
To: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 033598/0254 →