Steering control device

Inventors: Hiroto Suzuki (Nagoya, JP); Isao Namikawa (Okazaki, JP); Yoshio Kudo (Machida, JP); Yuki Suehiro (Ichikawa, JP); Kosuke Akatsuka (Mishima, JP)

Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

B62D5/006 B62D5/0409 B62D5/0424 B62D5/046 B62D15/0235

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Patent No.: US 12,037,055
App. No.: 17/729,083
Granted: Jul 16, 2024
Kind: B2

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Abstract

A steering control device includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to calculate a target rotation angle of a shaft rotating with a turning operation of turning wheels based on a steering angle of a steering wheel acquired from a rotation angle of a reaction motor, to calculate a command value based on the target rotation angle and a steering torque acquired from a torsion angle of a torsion bar twisting with an operation of the steering wheel, and to compensate for the torsion angle by adding the torsion angle as a compensation value to the steering angle. The electronic control unit is configured to change a value of the torsion angle that is added to the steering angle according to a degree of change of a state variable used to calculate the command value.

Claims (32)

1. A steering control device configured to control a reaction motor that generates a steering reaction force applied to a steering wheel based on a command value that is calculated according to a steering state, transmission of power between the steering wheel and a turning shaft that turns turning wheels being cut off, and the steering control device being configured to control a turning motor that generates a turning force for turning the turning wheels according to the steering state, the steering control device comprising an electronic control unit configured to:

calculate a target rotation angle of a shaft rotating with a turning operation of the turning wheels based on a steering angle of the steering wheel acquired from a rotation angle of the reaction motor;

calculate the command value based on the target rotation angle and a steering torque acquired from a torsion angle of a torsion bar twisting with an operation of the steering wheel; and

compensate for the torsion angle by adding the torsion angle as a compensation value to the steering angle,

wherein the electronic control unit is configured to change a value of the torsion angle that is added to the steering angle according to a degree of change of a state variable used to calculate the command value.

2. The steering control device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the electronic control unit is configured to calculate the command value using an axial force of the turning shaft which is calculated based on the state variable; and

the electronic control unit is configured to change the value of the torsion angle that is added to the steering angle, according to a slope that is a rate of change of the axial force with respect to the state variable.

3. The steering control device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the electronic control unit is configured to calculate the command value using an axial force of the turning shaft which is calculated based on the state variable; and

the electronic control unit is configured to determine whether the torsion angle of the torsion bar is to be added to the steering angle, based on a slope that is a rate of change of the axial force with respect to the state variable.

4. The steering control device according to claim 2 , wherein the axial force is an angle axial force that is calculated based on the target rotation angle.

5. The steering control device according to claim 3 , wherein the axial force is an angle axial force that is calculated based on the target rotation angle.

6. The steering control device according to claim 2 , wherein the axial force is a distributed axial force that is acquired by summing values obtained by multiplying an angle axial force that is an axial force of the turning shaft calculated based on the target rotation angle and a current axial force that is an axial force of the turning shaft calculated based on a value of a current of the turning motor by respective distribution proportions that are individually set based on the target rotation angle and a vehicle speed.

7. The steering control device according to claim 3 , wherein the axial force is a distributed axial force that is acquired by summing values obtained by multiplying an angle axial force that is an axial force of the turning shaft calculated based on the target rotation angle and a current axial force that is an axial force of the turning shaft calculated based on a value of a current of the turning motor by respective distribution proportions that are individually set based on the target rotation angle and a vehicle speed.

8. The steering control device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the electronic control unit is configured to calculate the command value using a distributed axial force that is acquired by summing values obtained by multiplying an angle axial force that is an axial force of the turning shaft calculated based on the target rotation angle and a current axial force that is an axial force of the turning shaft calculated based on a value of a current of the turning motor by respective distribution proportions that are individually set based on the target rotation angle and a vehicle speed; and

the electronic control unit is configured to change the value of the torsion angle that is added to the steering angle according to the distribution proportion that is individually set for the current axial force and a lateral acceleration that is an acceleration at a time when a vehicle is turning.

9. The steering control device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the electronic control unit is configured to determine whether the torsion angle of the torsion bar is to be added to the steering angle, based on the distribution proportion that is individually set for the current axial force and a lateral acceleration that is an acceleration at a time when a vehicle is turning.

10. The steering control device according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic control unit is configured to change the value of the torsion angle that is added to the steering angle according to a slope that is a rate of change of the target rotation angle with respect to the steering angle.

11. The steering control device according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic control unit is configured to determine whether the torsion angle of the torsion bar is to be added to the steering angle, according to a slope that is a rate of change of the target rotation angle with respect to the steering angle.

12. The steering control device according to claim 1 , wherein:

13. The steering control device according to claim 1 , wherein:

14. The steering control device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the electronic control unit is configured to change the value of the torsion angle that is added to the steering angle according to a first slope that is a rate of change of the current axial force with respect to the target rotation angle and a second slope that is a rate of change of the distributed axial force with respect to the target rotation angle.

Assignments (1)

ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2022

From: SUZUKI, HIROTO; NAMIKAWA, ISAO; KUDO, YOSHIO; SUEHIRO, YUKI; AKATSUKA, KOSUKE

To: JTEKT CORPORATION; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Priority Claims (1)

JP 2021-082376 · May 14, 2021 · national

Continuity (1)

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