IP Library Granted Patent US 11,760,322
Granted Patent B2
US 11,760,322 · App. 16/485,530 · Granted Sep 19, 2023

On-vehicle control device

Inventors: Tetsuya Yamada (Tokyo, JP); Shogo Nakao (Tokyo, JP); Toshiyuki Innami (Hitachinaka, JP); Koichi Yokoura (Hitachinaka, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
B60T8/173B60T8/1755B60T8/88B60W50/0205
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Patent No.
US 11,760,322
App. No.
16/485,530
Granted
Sep 19, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An on-vehicle control device includes: a control unit that controls an attitude of a vehicle based on a value of a behavior sensor that detects a behavior of the vehicle, and prohibits control based on the behavior sensor when the value of the behavior sensor exceeds a threshold; and a travel environment determination unit that determines a travel environment of the vehicle based on image information captured by a camera, and in which the control unit changes the threshold to a lower value based on the travel environment determined by the travel environment determination unit.

Claims (20)

1. An on-vehicle control device comprising:

a control unit that controls an attitude of a vehicle based on a value of a behavior sensor that detects a behavior of the vehicle, and prohibits control via a control intervention based on the behavior sensor when the value of the behavior sensor exceeds a threshold; and

a travel environment determination unit that determines a travel environment of the vehicle, wherein

the behavior sensor is an acceleration sensor that detects a longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle,

the control unit changes the threshold of the acceleration sensor to a lower value when the travel environment determination unit determines that a distance between the vehicle and an obstacle on a front side is longer than a distance stored in the on-vehicle control device,

the control intervention is suppressible based on an incorrect value of the acceleration sensor while the vehicle is traveling on a road having no obstacle on the front side; and

the travel environment determination unit includes at least a camera.

2. The on-vehicle control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the control unit changes the threshold to a lower value when the travel environment is a predetermined travel environment.

3. The on-vehicle control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the behavior sensor is a yaw rate sensor that detects a yaw rate of the vehicle, and

the control unit changes the threshold of the yaw rate sensor to a lower value when the travel environment determination unit determines that the vehicle is traveling on a straight road.

4. The on-vehicle control device according to claim 3 , wherein

the travel environment determination unit acquires information on a steering angle from the vehicle in addition to the image information captured by the camera to determine that the vehicle is traveling on the straight road.

5. The on-vehicle control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the travel environment determination unit determines a friction coefficient of a road on which the vehicle is traveling, based on the image information captured by the camera, and

the control unit changes the threshold of the acceleration sensor to a lower value in accordance with the friction coefficient.

6. The on-vehicle control device according to claim 1 , further comprising

a storage unit that stores the travel environment determined by the travel environment determination unit in association with the threshold, which needs to be changed to a lower value, of the behavior sensor,

wherein the control unit reads the threshold, which needs to be changed to a lower value in accordance with the travel environment, from the storage unit and changes the threshold.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 30, 2021
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058481/0935 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 13, 2019
From: YAMADA, TETSUYA; NAKAO, SHOGO; INNAMI, TOSHIYUKI; YOKOURA, KOICHI
To: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 050037/0763 →