IP Library Granted Patent US 11,628,840
Granted Patent B2
US 11,628,840 · App. 16/973,495 · Granted Apr 18, 2023

Vehicle control apparatus, vehicle control method, and vehicle control system

Inventors: Masamichi Imamura (Atsugi, JP); Satoshi Nakagawa (Hadano, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
B60W30/18145B60W10/184B60W10/20B60W30/12B60W30/18172B60W2520/20B60W2710/182B60W2710/202B60W2720/20
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Patent No.
US 11,628,840
App. No.
16/973,495
Granted
Apr 18, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle control apparatus according to the present invention outputs a signal regarding a target braking/driving force for guiding a vehicle in a target traveling direction to a braking/driving controller. The signal regarding the target braking/driving force is acquired based on information regarding a running route of the vehicle and a physical amount regarding a motion state of the vehicle. The vehicle control apparatus outputs a signal regarding a steering correction torque for correcting a steering torque according to a behavior of the vehicle to a steering force controller. The signal regarding the steering correction torque is acquired based on a vehicle-body slip angle of the vehicle and the target braking/driving force.

Claims (24)

1. An apparatus comprising:

a vehicle control apparatus, wherein the vehicle control apparatus is configured to:

output a signal regarding a target braking/driving force configured to guide a vehicle in a target traveling direction to a braking/driving controller configured to control a braking/driving actuator of the vehicle, the signal regarding the target braking/driving force being acquired based on information regarding a running route of the vehicle that is input from an external world recognition sensor and a physical amount regarding a motion state of the vehicle that is input from a vehicle motion state detection sensor,

output a signal regarding a steering correction torque for correcting a steering torque according to a behavior of the vehicle to a steering force controller configured to control a steering actuator of the vehicle, the signal regarding the steering correction torque being acquired based on a vehicle-body slip angle of the vehicle and the target braking/driving force, the vehicle-body slip angle being acquired based on the physical amount regarding the motion state of the vehicle, and

set a base-point steering angle that makes the steering torque zero to a steering angle at which a front-wheel slip angle acquired based on the vehicle-body slip angle is equivalent to zero, and outputs a signal regarding the base-point steering angle to the steering force controller as the signal regarding the steering correction torque

wherein the base-point steering angle is variably set according to the front-wheel slip angle and the target braking/driving force.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the apparatus outputs a signal regarding a gain of the steering torque that is acquired based on the vehicle-body slip angle to the steering force controller as the signal regarding the steering correction torque.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the apparatus outputs a signal regarding a gain of the steering torque that is acquired based on the target braking/driving force to the steering force controller as the signal regarding the steering correction torque.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the apparatus outputs a signal regarding a base-point steering angle that makes the steering torque zero, the base-point steering angle being acquired based on the target braking/driving force, to the steering force controller as the signal regarding the steering correction torque.

5. A vehicle control method comprising:

acquiring a signal regarding a target braking/driving force configured to guide a vehicle in a target traveling direction based on information regarding a running route of the vehicle that is input from an external world recognition sensor and a physical amount regarding a motion state of the vehicle that is input from a vehicle motion state detection sensor;

outputting the acquired signal regarding the target braking/driving force to a braking/driving controller configured to control a braking/driving actuator of the vehicle;

acquiring a signal regarding a steering correction torque for correcting a steering torque according to a behavior of the vehicle based on a vehicle-body slip angle of the vehicle and the target braking/driving force, the vehicle-body slip angle being acquired based on the physical amount regarding the motion state of the vehicle;

outputting the acquired signal regarding the steering correction torque to a steering force controller configured to control a steering actuator of the vehicle;

setting a base-point steering angle that makes the steering torque zero to a steering angle at which a front-wheel slip angle acquired based on the vehicle-body slip angle is equivalent to zero; and

outputting a signal regarding the base-point steering angle to the steering force controller as the signal regarding the steering correction torque

wherein the base-point steering angle is variably set according to the front-wheel slip angle and the target braking/driving force.

6. A vehicle control system comprising:

a apparatus configured to output a signal regarding a target braking/driving force configured to guide a vehicle in a target traveling direction, the signal regarding the target braking/driving force being acquired based on information regarding a running route of the vehicle that is input from an external world recognition sensor and a physical amount regarding a motion state of the vehicle that is input from a vehicle motion state detection sensor, and

a signal regarding a steering correction torque for correcting a steering torque according to a behavior of the vehicle, the signal regarding the steering correction torque being acquired based on a vehicle-body slip angle of the vehicle and the target braking/driving force, the vehicle-body slip angle being acquired based on the physical amount regarding the motion state of the vehicle;

a braking/driving controller configured to receive an input of the signal regarding the target braking/driving force output from the vehicle control apparatus and control a braking/driving actuator of the vehicle; and

a steering force controller configured to receive an input of the signal regarding the steering correction torque output from the vehicle control apparatus and control a steering actuator of the vehicle,

wherein the vehicle control apparatus sets a base-point steering angle that makes the steering torque zero to a steering angle at which a front-wheel slip angle acquired based on the vehicle-body slip angle is equivalent to zero, and outputs a signal regarding the base-point steering angle to the steering force controller as the signal regarding the steering correction torque

wherein the base-point steering angle is variably set according to the front-wheel slip angle and the target braking/driving force.

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 Dec 9, 2020
From: IMAMURA, MASAMICHI; NAKAGAWA, SATOSHI
To: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054590/0773 →