IP Library Granted Patent US 12,420,810
Granted Patent B2
US 12,420,810 · App. 18/321,031 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Vehicle travel control system

Inventor: Yanqing Liu (Susono, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60W40/107B60W40/11B60W40/112B60W2420/00
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Patent No.
US 12,420,810
App. No.
18/321,031
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Out of two areas divided by a virtual line passing through the center of gravity position in the front-back direction of a vehicle, a second acceleration sensor is arranged in an area different from the area where a first acceleration sensor is arranged. Out of two areas divided by a virtual line passing through the center of gravity position in the vehicle width direction, the third acceleration sensor is arranged in an area different from the area where the first acceleration sensor is arranged. At least one of the following conditions is satisfied: the first condition where the third acceleration sensor is located between the first acceleration sensor and the second acceleration sensor in the vehicle width direction; and the second condition where the second acceleration sensor is located between the first acceleration sensor and the third acceleration sensor in the front-back direction of the vehicle.

Claims (13)

1. A vehicle travel control system comprising:

a first acceleration sensor arranged closer to one wheel than the center of gravity position of a sprung structure of a vehicle, the first acceleration sensor detecting vertical acceleration;

a second acceleration sensor arranged in an area different from an area where the first acceleration sensor is arranged, out of two areas divided by a virtual line passing through the center of gravity position in the front-back direction of the vehicle, the second acceleration sensor detecting vertical acceleration;

a third acceleration sensor arranged in an area different from an area where the first acceleration sensor is arranged, out of two areas divided by a virtual line passing through the center of gravity position in the vehicle width direction, the third acceleration sensor detecting vertical acceleration; and

a control device configured to derive heave acceleration, roll angular acceleration, and pitch angular acceleration at the center of gravity position based on the vertical acceleration detected by each of the first acceleration sensor, the second acceleration sensor, and the third acceleration sensor, wherein

at least one of the following conditions is satisfied:

a first condition where the third acceleration sensor is located between the first acceleration sensor and the second acceleration sensor in the vehicle width direction; and

a second condition where the second acceleration sensor is located between the first acceleration sensor and the third acceleration sensor in the front-back direction of the vehicle, wherein

the first condition includes a condition where the third acceleration sensor is located near an intermediate position between the first acceleration sensor and the second acceleration sensor in the vehicle width direction, and

the second condition includes a condition where the second acceleration sensor is located near an intermediate position between the first acceleration sensor and the third acceleration sensor in the front-back direction of the vehicle, and wherein

the first condition includes a condition where the third acceleration sensor is located near a virtual line passing through the center of gravity position in the front-back direction of the vehicle, and

the second condition includes a condition where the second acceleration sensor is located near a virtual line passing through the center of gravity position in the vehicle width direction.

2. The vehicle travel control system according to claim 1 that is not provided with any acceleration sensors that detect vertical acceleration other than the first to third acceleration sensors.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 22, 2023
From: LIU, YANQING
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-105929 · Jun 30, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240001937A1 · Jan 4, 2024
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