IP Library Granted Patent US 12,434,688
Granted Patent B2
US 12,434,688 · App. 18/562,855 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Vehicle integrated control device and vehicle integrated control method

Inventors: Kenta Maeda (Tokyo, JP); Masaru Yamasaki (Tokyo, JP); Kentarou Ueno (Hitachinaka, JP); Shuji Ohshita (Hitachinaka, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
B60W30/025B60W40/08B60W2720/16B60W2720/18
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Patent No.
US 12,434,688
App. No.
18/562,855
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle integrated control device improves ride comfort and prevents the onset of motion sickness. The vehicle integrated control device acquires a target momentum of a control axis related to a driving task of the vehicle and generates a first motion parameter and a second motion parameter different from the first motion parameter that is based on the first motion parameter to optimize a sensitivity index. A limit generation unit generates a motion limit amount of the second motion parameter based on the first motion parameter and an operation range of an actuator, a final target generation unit that corrects the second motion parameter based on the motion limit amount, and an operation amount assignment unit that determines an operation amount of an actuator based on the first motion parameter and the second motion parameter corrected by the final target generation unit.

Claims (23)

1. A vehicle integrated control device that controls a motion parameter of a vehicle in which a plurality of actuators are installed, which are configured by a direction of movement on up to three control axes and the direction of rotation around the control axes, the device comprising:

a first target value generation unit that acquires a target momentum of a control axis related to a driving task of the vehicle and generates a first motion parameter that is at least one motion parameter;

a second target value generation unit that generates a second motion parameter different from the first motion parameter based on the first motion parameter to optimize a sensitivity index;

a limit generation unit that generates a motion limit amount of the second motion parameter based on the first motion parameter and an operation range of an actuator;

a final target generation unit that corrects the second motion parameter based on the motion limit amount; and

an operation amount assignment unit that generates an operation amount of an actuator based on the first motion parameter and the second motion parameter corrected by the final target generation unit.

2. The vehicle integrated control device according to claim 1 , wherein the second target value generation unit generates the second motion parameter to minimize on motion sickness incidence.

3. The vehicle integrated control device according to claim 1 , wherein the second target value generation unit generates a roll angle such that a combined acceleration of an inertia acceleration and a gravity acceleration generated in a left and right direction is in a vertically downward direction and a deviation between the combined acceleration and a gravity acceleration expected by an occupant is reduced.

4. The vehicle integrated control device according to claim 1 , wherein the second target value generation unit generates a pitch angle such that a combined acceleration of an inertia acceleration and a gravity acceleration generated in a front and rear direction is in a vertically downward direction and a deviation between the combined acceleration and a gravity acceleration expected by an occupant is reduced.

5. The vehicle integrated control device according to claim 1 , wherein the final target generation unit corrects the second motion parameter based on a vehicle speed, an acceleration, or a jerk of the vehicle, or a curvature of a road shape determined based on the first motion parameter, or a plurality of these parameters.

6. The vehicle integrated control device according to claim 1 , wherein the final target generation unit corrects the second motion parameter such that the larger or smaller the vehicle speed, the acceleration, or the jerk of the vehicle, or the curvature of the road shape determined based on the first motion parameter, or a plurality of these parameters, the fewer or greater a number of points that take an extreme value.

7. The vehicle integrated control device according to claim 1 , wherein the limit generation unit generates the second motion parameter generated based on the first motion parameter as the motion limit amount of the second motion parameter in a case where the actuator is in the operation range.

8. The vehicle integrated control device according to claim 7 , wherein the limit generation unit generates the motion limit amount of the second motion parameter generated based on the first motion parameter in a case where the actuator is not in the operation range.

9. The vehicle integrated control device according to claim 1 , wherein the limit generation unit generates an upper limit of a change width with respect to the second motion parameter based on an operation range of the actuator, and generates a motion limit amount of the second motion parameter based on the upper limit of the change width.

10. The vehicle integrated control device according to claim 1 , wherein the motion limit amount of the second motion parameter generates an upper limit or a lower limit of the roll angle or the pitch angle.

11. The vehicle integrated control device according to claim 1 , further comprising a third target value generation unit that divides the second motion parameter by a constant and generates a third motion parameter that is a target motion limit amount to be an operation range of the actuator.

12. The vehicle integrated control device according to claim 11 , wherein the final target generation unit generates a final target value by a weighted sum of the second motion parameter and the third motion parameter.

13. A vehicle integrated control method of controlling a motion parameter of a vehicle in which a plurality of actuators are installed, which are configured by a direction of movement on up to three control axes and the direction of rotation around the control axes, the method comprising:

acquiring a target momentum of a control axis related to a driving task of the vehicle and generating a first motion parameter that is at least one motion parameter by a first target value generation unit;

generating a second motion parameter different from the first motion parameter based on the first motion parameter to optimize a sensitivity index by a second target value generation unit;

generating a motion limit amount of the second motion parameter based on the first motion parameter and an operation range of an actuator by a limit generation unit;

correcting the second motion parameter based on the motion limit amount by a final target generation unit; and

generating an operation amount of an actuator based on the first motion parameter and the second motion parameter corrected by the final target generation unit by an operation amount assignment unit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2023
From: MAEDA, KENTA; YAMASAKI, MASARU; UENO, KENTAROU; OHSHITA, SHUJI
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 065627/0174 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-091001 · May 31, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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