Granted Patent B2

US 12,391,086 · App. 18/784,040 · Granted Aug 19, 2025

Inventors: Yohei Kawasaki (Tokyo, JP); Yosuke Wada (Tokyo, JP); Shunichi Miyagishi (Tokyo, JP)

Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.

B60G17/0162B62J45/412B62J45/414B62K25/04B60G2300/12B60G2400/0511B60G2400/0513B60G2400/104B60G2400/202B60G2400/208B62K2025/044

Abstract

Claims (24)

1. A control device that controls a suspension mechanism of a straddled vehicle, comprising:

a wheel speed sensor configured to detect a wheel speed of the straddled vehicle;

an estimation unit configured to estimate a stroke speed of the suspension mechanism, based on a change in the wheel speed detected by the wheel speed sensor; and

a correction unit configured to correct the stroke speed estimated by the estimation unit, in accordance with a circumferential length of a grounding part of a tire changed by turning of the straddled vehicle.

2. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the estimation unit is configured to estimate the stroke speed, based on a value obtained by multiplying the change in the wheel speed detected by the wheel speed sensor by a gain, and

the correction unit is configured to correct the stroke speed by correcting the gain in accordance with the circumferential length.

3. The vehicle control device according to claim 1 , further comprising an acceleration sensor configured to detect acceleration in a vehicle width direction generated in the straddled vehicle, wherein the correction unit is configured to:

calculate a roll angle of the straddled vehicle based on the acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor, and determine the circumferential length based on the roll angle; and

generate a correction value for correcting the stroke speed, based on the determined circumferential length.

4. The control device according to claim 3 , further comprising:

a vehicle speed sensor configured to detect a vehicle speed of the straddled vehicle; and

an angular velocity sensor configured to detect an angular velocity in a yaw direction of the straddled vehicle,

wherein the determination unit is configured to further calculate a rudder angle of the straddled vehicle based on the angular velocity detected by the angular velocity sensor and the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed sensor, calculate a camber angle of a wheel of the straddled vehicle based on the rudder angle and the roll angle, and determine the circumferential length based on the camber angle.

5. The control device according to claim 4 , wherein the determination unit is configured to determine the circumferential length from the camber angle, based on information indicating a relationship between the camber angle and the circumferential length.

6. The control device according to claim 5 , wherein the information is acquired by measuring the circumferential length while changing the camber angle in a state in which the tire is pressed against ground with a constant load.

7. The control device according to claim 1 , further comprising a control unit configured to control the suspension mechanism based on the stroke speed corrected by the correction unit.

8. The control device according to claim 7 , wherein the control unit is configured to conduct sky-hook control of the straddled vehicle based on the stroke speed corrected by the correction unit.

9. A vehicle comprising a control device according to claim 1 .

10. An estimation method for estimating a stroke speed of a suspension mechanism of a straddled vehicle, comprising:

detecting a wheel speed of the straddled vehicle;

estimating the stroke speed, based on a change in the detected wheel speed; and

correcting the estimated stroke speed, in accordance with a circumferential length of a grounding part of a tire changed by turning of the straddled vehicle.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform an estimation method according to claim 10 .

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