IP Library Granted Patent US 11,285,938
Granted Patent B2
US 11,285,938 · App. 16/479,606 · Granted Mar 29, 2022

Method for controlling a vehicle on a bend and roll stability control system

Inventors: Michael Heise (Hannover, DE); Tobias Munko (Hannover, DE); Klaus Plaehn (Seelze, DE)
Assignee: ZF CV SYSTEMS EUROPE BV
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Patent No.
US 11,285,938
App. No.
16/479,606
Granted
Mar 29, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for controlling a vehicle when driving on a bend, includes determining bend information, wherein the bend information characterizes a further course of the bend in a direction of travel after a current position of the vehicle, determining predicted lateral acceleration values based on the bend information, wherein each of the predicted lateral acceleration values indicates a lateral acceleration predicted to act on the vehicle at a respective one of a plurality of future positions over the further course of the bend, and determining the probability of overturning at the future positions based on the predicted lateral acceleration values by comparing the predicted lateral acceleration values with a lateral acceleration limit value. A roll stability control system outputs a reduced deceleration request if the predicted lateral acceleration values undershoot the lateral acceleration limit value at least in certain regions.

Claims (29)

1. A method for controlling a vehicle when driving on a bend, wherein the vehicle has a roll stability control system for determining a probability of overturning and for outputting a deceleration request based on the probability of overturning, the method comprising:

determining bend information, wherein the bend information characterizes a further course of the bend in a direction of travel after a current position of the vehicle and is determined by a sensor system in the vehicle, wherein the sensor system captures a vehicle environment around the vehicle and outputs sensor data to the roll stability control system on a basis thereof;

determining predicted lateral acceleration values based on the bend information, wherein each of the predicted lateral acceleration values indicates a lateral acceleration predicted to act on the vehicle at a respective one of a plurality of future positions over the further course of the bend; and

determining the probability of overturning at the future positions based on the predicted lateral acceleration values by comparing the predicted lateral acceleration values with a lateral acceleration limit value;

determining, by the roll stability control system, a bend radius at the future positions from the sensor data;

wherein the roll stability control system determines the predicted lateral acceleration values from the bend radius at the future positions, wherein a vehicle speed is additionally taken into account for this purpose, and outputs a reduced deceleration request if the predicted lateral acceleration values undershoot the lateral acceleration limit value at least in certain regions,

wherein the reduced deceleration request is lower than a current deceleration request requested by the roll stability control system at the current position of the vehicle, and

wherein, for the reduced deceleration request, the predicted lateral acceleration values remain lower than the lateral acceleration limit value.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the current deceleration request is determined based on a lateral acceleration estimated at the current position of the vehicle and/or the predicted lateral acceleration values at the future positions on the bend.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the lateral acceleration estimated at the current position of the vehicle is determined by a lateral acceleration sensor and/or from a steering angle taking into account a vehicle speed and/or from a yaw rate measured by a yaw rate sensor taking into account the vehicle speed and/or from wheel speeds measured at individual wheels of the vehicle.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bend information is determined from a map system based on the current position of the vehicle, and wherein the further course of the bend is stored in the map system.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a portion of the bend information is determined from a map system based on the current position of the vehicle, and wherein a plausibility of a portion of the bend information which is not obtained by the map system is checked by the portion of the bend information which is obtained from the map system.

6. A roll stability control system for determining a probability of overturning of a vehicle when driving on a bend and for outputting a deceleration request based on the probability of overturning, configured to:

determine bend information, wherein the bend information characterizes a further course of the bend in a direction of travel after a current position of the vehicle and is determined by a sensor system in the vehicle, wherein the sensor system captures a vehicle environment around the vehicle and outputs sensor data to the roll stability control system on a basis thereof;

determine, by the roll stability control system, a bend radius at future positions of the bend from the sensor data;

determine predicted lateral acceleration values based on the bend information, wherein each of the predicted lateral acceleration values indicates a lateral acceleration predicted to act on the vehicle at a respective one of a plurality of future positions over the further course of the bend; and

determine the probability of overturning at the future positions based on the predicted lateral acceleration values by comparing the predicted lateral acceleration values with a lateral acceleration limit value;

wherein the roll stability control system determines the predicted lateral acceleration values from the bend radius at the future positions of the bend, wherein a vehicle speed is additionally taken into account for this purpose, and outputs a reduced deceleration request if the predicted lateral acceleration values undershoot the lateral acceleration limit value at least in certain regions,

wherein the reduced deceleration request is lower than a current deceleration request requested by the roll stability control system at the current position of the vehicle, and

wherein, for the reduced deceleration request, the predicted lateral acceleration values remain lower than the lateral acceleration limit value.

7. The roll stability control system of claim 6 , wherein the vehicle comprises a sensor system, the sensor system including one or more of a camera, a radar system, and a LIDAR system.

8. A method for controlling a vehicle when driving on a bend, wherein the vehicle has a roll stability control system for determining a probability of overturning and for outputting a deceleration request based on the probability of overturning, the method comprising:

determining bend information, wherein the bend information characterizes a further course of the bend in a direction of travel after a current position of the vehicle and is determined by a sensor system in the vehicle, wherein the sensor system captures a vehicle environment around the vehicle and outputs sensor data to the roll stability control system on a basis thereof;

determining, by the roll stability control system, a bend radius at future positions of the bend from the sensor data;

determining predicted lateral acceleration values based on the bend information, wherein each of the predicted lateral acceleration values indicates a lateral acceleration predicted to act on the vehicle at a respective one of a plurality of future positions over the further course of the bend; and

determining the probability of overturning at the future positions based on the predicted lateral acceleration values by comparing the predicted lateral acceleration values with a lateral acceleration limit value;

wherein the roll stability control system determines the predicted lateral acceleration valves from the bend radius at the future positions of the bend and outputs a reduced deceleration request if the predicted lateral acceleration values undershoot the lateral acceleration limit value at least in certain regions,

wherein a vehicle speed and current deceleration request requested at the current position of the vehicle is additionally used to determine the predicted lateral acceleration values, wherein a change in the vehicle speed at the future positions of the bend is determined from the current deceleration request, and

wherein the reduced deceleration request is lower than the current deceleration request requested by the roll stability control system at the current position of the vehicle, and wherein, for the reduced deceleration request, the predicted lateral acceleration values remain lower than the lateral acceleration limit value.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 11, 2021
From: WABCO EUROPE BVBA
To: ZF CV SYSTEMS EUROPE BV
Reel/Frame 056196/0042 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 30, 2019
From: HEISE, MICHAEL; MUNKO, TOBIAS; PLAEHN, KLAUS
To: WABCO EUROPE BVBA
Reel/Frame 049897/0520 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2017 001 709.3 · Feb 22, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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