IP Library Granted Patent US 11,318,950
Granted Patent B2
US 11,318,950 · App. 16/088,972 · Granted May 3, 2022

Calculation apparatus, control method, program and storage medium

Inventors: Masahiro Kato (Kawagoe, JP); Ryoko Niihara (Kawagoe, JP)
Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATION
B60W40/114B60W2420/52B60W2520/10B60W2520/105B60W2520/125B60W2520/16B60W2520/18B60W2540/18B60W2555/20
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Patent No.
US 11,318,950
App. No.
16/088,972
Granted
May 3, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

In cases when it is determined that a measured yaw angle (Ψ L ) can be calculated on the basis of the output of a LIDAR ( 12 ), a control unit ( 15 ) calculates the measured yaw angle (Ψ L ) as the estimated yaw angle (Ψ E ), and performs calibration processing on a gyro sensitivity coefficient (A), a gyro offset coefficient (B), a steering angle sensitivity coefficient (C) and a steering angle offset coefficient (D). Meanwhile, in cases when it has been determined that the measured yaw angle (Ψ L ) cannot be calculated, the control unit ( 15 ) calculates a gyro sensor-based yaw rate (Ψ ⋅ G ) on the basis of the steering angle sensitivity coefficient (C) and the steering angle offset coefficient (D) while calculating a steering angle-based yaw rate (Ψ ⋅ S ) on the basis of the steering angle sensitivity coefficient (C) and the steering angle offset coefficient (D), and weights these calculated values in accordance with the degrees of their reliabilities to thereby calculate an estimated yaw rate (Ψ ⋅ E ) for calculating the estimated yaw angle (Ψ E ).

Claims (39)

1. A calculation apparatus comprising:

a memory configured to store one or more programs; and

a control unit coupled to the memory and configured to execute the one or more programs to:

measure a yaw angle for a first processing time,

determine the measured yaw angle as an estimated yaw angle for the first processing time,

calculate a measured yaw rate from the estimated yaw angle,

correct, on a basis of the measured yaw rate and a speed of a moving body for the first processing time, calculation information to be used for calculation of an estimated yaw rate in a case that a measured yaw angle, for a second processing time subsequent to the first processing time, is not obtained,

calculate the estimated yaw rate for the second processing time based on the speed of the moving body and the corrected calculation information from the first processing time during which the measured yaw angle was obtained, and

calibrate output of one or more sensors included on the moving body based on the corrected calculation information.

2. The calculation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit is further configured to execute the one or more programs to:

calculate a second yaw rate of the moving body based on output of an angular speed sensor mounted on the moving body and the corrected calculation information;

calculate a third yaw rate of the moving body based on a steering angle of the moving body, a speed of the moving body and the calculation information; and

calculate the estimated yaw rate based on the second yaw rate and the third yaw rate.

3. The calculation apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the control unit is further configured to execute the one or more programs to correct, on a basis of the measured yaw angle and the speed of the moving body, each of first conversion information and second conversion information as the calculation information, the measured yaw angle being obtained from the information associated with surroundings of the moving body, the first conversion information used to calculate the second yaw rate, the second conversion information being used to calculate the third yaw rate.

4. The calculation apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the control unit is further configured to execute the one or more programs to determine weights, which are used for calculating the estimated yaw rate, on the second yaw rate and on the third yaw rate on a basis of at least one of

temperature variation amount,

variation amount of lateral acceleration of the moving body, and

variation amount of roll angle of the moving body,

which are calculated from the first processing time of correcting the calculation information.

5. The calculation apparatus according to claim 4 ,

wherein the control unit is further configured to execute the one or more programs to determine the weights on the second yaw rate and on the third yaw rate on a basis of

at least one of variation amount of longitudinal acceleration of the moving body and variation amount of a pitch angle of the moving body which are calculated from the first processing time of correcting the calculation information

in addition to the temperature variation amount, the variation amount of the lateral acceleration and the variation amount of the roll angle.

6. A control method executed by a calculation apparatus, comprising:

measuring a yaw angle for a first processing time;

determining the measured yaw angle as an estimated yaw angle for the first processing time;

calculating a measured yaw rate from the estimated yaw angle;

correcting, on a basis of the measured yaw rate and a speed of a moving body for the first processing time, calculation information to be used for calculation of an estimated yaw rate in a case that a measured yaw angle, for a second processing time subsequent to the first processing time, is not obtained;

calculating the estimated yaw rate for the second processing time based on the speed of the moving body and the corrected calculation information from the first processing time during which the measured yaw angle was obtained; and

calibrating output of one or more sensors included on the moving body based on the corrected calculation information.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions executed by a computer, the instructions comprising:

measuring a yaw angle for a first processing time;

determining the measured yaw angle as an estimated yaw angle for the first processing time;

calculating a measured yaw rate from the estimated yaw angle;

correcting, on a basis of the measured yaw rate and a speed of a moving body for the first processing time, calculation information to be used for calculation of an estimated yaw rate in a case that a measured yaw angle, for a second processing time subsequent to the first processing time, is not obtained;

calculating the estimated yaw rate for the second processing time based on the speed of the moving body and the corrected calculation information from the first processing time during which the measured yaw angle was obtained; and

calibrating output of one or more sensors included on the moving body based on the corrected calculation information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2018
From: KATO, MASAHIRO; NIIHARA, RYOKO
To: PIONEER CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046993/0493 →
Continuity (1)
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