Control apparatus for vehicle and control method for vehicle

Inventors: Yuya Maeda (Tokyo, JP); Noeru Sato (Tokyo, JP); Fumiya Sato (Tokyo, JP)

Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION

B60T8/1763 B60T8/171 B60W40/068

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Patent No.: US 11,077,835
App. No.: 16/241,001
Granted: Aug 3, 2021
Kind: B2

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Abstract

A control apparatus for a vehicle includes: a first road surface friction coefficient calculator; a second road surface friction coefficient calculator; and a braking and driving force controller. The first road surface friction coefficient calculator calculates a first road surface friction coefficient that is a friction coefficient of a road surface in a contact with a wheel. The second road surface friction coefficient calculator calculates a second road surface friction coefficient on a basis of a detection value from a contactless sensor that contactlessly detects a road surface state.

Claims (61)

1. A control apparatus for a vehicle, the control apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to:

calculate a first road surface friction coefficient that is a friction coefficient of a road surface in a contact with a wheel;

calculate a second road surface friction coefficient on a basis of a detection value from a contactless sensor capable of contactlessly detecting a road surface state;

control a braking and driving force of the vehicle on a basis of the first road surface friction coefficient at a normal time, and control the braking and driving force of the vehicle on a basis of the second road surface friction coefficient in a case where it is determined on the basis of the second road surface friction coefficient that a low friction road surface having a low friction coefficient is present in front of the vehicle;

calculate the second road surface friction coefficient in each predetermined control cycle, including:

calculating a previous second road surface friction coefficient from a previous control cycle; and

calculating a current second road surface friction coefficient from a current control cycle, wherein the previous control cycle immediately precedes the current control cycle;

compare the previous second road surface friction coefficient with the current second road surface friction coefficient; and

determine that the low friction road surface is present in front of the vehicle when the current second road surface friction coefficient is less than the previous second road surface friction coefficient.

2. The control apparatus for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

control the braking and driving force within a range of a friction circle decided in accordance with the first road surface friction coefficient at the normal time, and

control the braking and driving force within the range of the friction circle while shrinking the friction circle before the vehicle reaches the low friction road surface in the case where it is determined that the low friction road surface is present in front of the vehicle.

3. The control apparatus for a vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to reduce a size of the friction circle from a size corresponding to the first road surface friction coefficient to a size corresponding to the second road surface friction coefficient before the vehicle reaches the low friction road surface.

4. The control apparatus for a vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to:

determine whether the low friction road surface is present in front of the vehicle,

calculate the second road surface friction coefficient in each predetermined control cycle, and

determine that the low friction road surface is present in front of the vehicle in a case where a value of the second road surface friction coefficient is smaller in a current control cycle than in a previous control cycle.

5. The control apparatus for a vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is configured to:

determine whether the low friction road surface is present in front of the vehicle,

calculate the second road surface friction coefficient in each predetermined control cycle, and

6. The control apparatus for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor is configured to control the braking and driving force of the vehicle on a basis of the second road surface friction coefficient in a case where it is determined at least twice that the low friction road surface is present while the vehicle is traveling a predetermined distance.

7. The control apparatus for a vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein

8. The control apparatus for a vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein

9. The control apparatus for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor is configured to lower a torque of a driving force of a front wheel and raise a toque of a rear wheel on a basis of the second road surface friction coefficient in a case where it is determined that the low friction road surface is present in front of the vehicle.

10. The control apparatus for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein