IP Library Granted Patent US 10,358,137
Granted Patent B2
US 10,358,137 · App. 15/392,535 · Granted Jul 23, 2019

Vehicle control device and vehicle control method

Inventor: Hiroshi Ienaga (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 10,358,137
App. No.
15/392,535
Granted
Jul 23, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle control device includes: a requested torque acquisition module that acquires a requested torque requested to a motor that drives a wheel; a control subject designation module that designates one of a wheel speed and a motor rotation speed as a control subject on the basis of the requested torque; and a control module that performs feedback control in a manner that the control subject designated by the control subject designation module becomes equal to a target value.

Claims (39)

1. A vehicle control device comprising:

a requested torque acquisition module that acquires a requested torque requested to a motor that drives a wheel;

a control subject designation module that:

designates a motor rotation speed as a control subject in a case where the requested torque is a predetermined threshold or more; and

designates a wheel speed as the control subject in a case where the requested torque is less than the predetermined threshold; and

a control module that performs feedback control in a manner that the designated control subject becomes equal to a target value.

2. The vehicle control device according to claim 1 , comprising a slip determination module that determines a slip of the wheel on the basis of a comparison result between the target value and the designated control subject,

wherein the control module performs the feedback control in a case where the slip determination module determines that the slip is occurring.

3. The vehicle control device according to claim 2 , wherein, while the slip determination module is determining that the slip is occurring, the control module does not switch the control subject in accordance with the designation of the control subject.

4. The vehicle control device according to claim 1 , further comprising a slip determination module that determines a slip of the wheel,

wherein, while the slip determination module is determining that the slip is occurring, the control module does not switch the control subject in accordance with the designation of the control subject.

5. The vehicle control device according to claim 1 , wherein the control module performs the feedback control on the basis of a control gain according to the designated control subject.

6. The vehicle control device according to claim 2 , wherein the control module performs the feedback control on the basis of a control gain according to the designated control subject.

7. The vehicle control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control module calculates a torque down amount of the motor so as to make the designated control subject equal to the target value, and

wherein the vehicle control device further includes a torque limiting module that limits the torque down amount on the basis of the requested torque.

8. The vehicle control device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the control module calculates a torque down amount of the motor so as to make the designated control subject equal to the target value, and

wherein the vehicle control device further includes a torque limiting module that limits the torque down amount on the basis of the requested torque.

9. The vehicle control device according to claim 7 , wherein the torque limiting module limits the torque down amount in a manner that the torque down amount becomes smaller as the requested torque decreases.

10. The vehicle control device according to claim 8 , wherein the torque limiting module limits the torque down amount in a manner that the torque down amount becomes smaller as the requested torque decreases.

11. The vehicle control device according to claim 9 , wherein the torque limiting module sets the torque down amount to a constant value regardless of the requested torque in a case where the requested torque is a predetermined value or less.

12. The vehicle control device according to claim 10 , wherein the torque limiting module sets the torque down amount to a constant value regardless of the requested torque in a case where the requested torque is a predetermined value or less.

13. A vehicle control method comprising:

acquiring a requested torque requested by a driver;

designating a motor rotation speed as a control subject in a cash where the requested torque is a predetermined threshold or more;

designating a wheel speed as the control subject in a case where the requested torque is less than the predetermined threshold; and

performing feedback control in a manner that the designated control subject becomes equal to a target value.

14. A vehicle control device comprising:

circuitry configured to:

acquire a requested torque requested to a motor that drives a wheel;

designate a motor rotation speed as a control subject in a case where the requested torque is a predetermined threshold or more;

designate a wheel speed as the control subject in a case where the requested torque is less than the predetermined threshold; and

perform feedback control in a manner that the designated control subject becomes equal to a target value.

15. A vehicle control device comprising:

a requested torque acquisition module that acquires a requested torque requested to a motor that drives a wheel;

a control subject designation module that designates one of a wheel speed and a motor rotation speed as a control subject on the basis of the requested torque;

a slip determination module that determines a slip of the wheel on the basis of a comparison result between a target value and the designated control subject; and

a control module that performs, in a case where the slip determination module determines that the slip is occurring, feedback control in a manner that the designated control subject becomes equal to the target value.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2018
From: IENAGA, HIROSHI
To: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 046302/0715 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 12, 2017
From: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: SUBARU CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042624/0886 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-038097 · Feb 29, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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