IP Library Granted Patent US 12,515,639
Granted Patent B2
US 12,515,639 · App. 18/287,496 · Granted Jan 6, 2026

Vehicle control based on dynamically configured longitudinal wheel slip limits

Inventors: Yangyan Gao (Palo Alto, CA); Leon Henderson (Härryda, SE); Jakub Prokes (Gothenburg, SE)
Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
B60W30/045B60T8/17552B60W30/18145B60T2201/16B60W2300/125B60W2552/30B60W2720/26B60W2720/30
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Patent No.
US 12,515,639
App. No.
18/287,496
Granted
Jan 6, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A computer-implemented method performed in a vehicle control unit for controlling motion of a heavy-duty vehicle, the method comprising obtaining a vehicle motion request, wherein the vehicle motion request is indicative of a target curvature c req and a target acceleration a req , determining a motion support device (MSD) control allocation (T i /λ i /ω i /δ i ) based on the vehicle motion request, determining a dynamic longitudinal wheel slip limit (λ lim /ω lim ) based on the vehicle motion request and separately from the MSD control allocation, where the dynamic longitudinal wheel slip limit increases with a decreasing target curvature, and controlling the motion of the heavy-duty vehicle based on the MSD control allocation constrained by the dynamic longitudinal wheel slip limit.

Claims (25)

1 . A computer-implemented method performed in a vehicle control unit for controlling motion of a heavy-duty vehicle, the method comprising:

obtaining a vehicle motion request, wherein the vehicle motion request is indicative of a target curvature and a target acceleration;

determining a motion support device (MSD) control allocation based on the vehicle motion request;

determining a dynamic longitudinal wheel slip limit based on the vehicle motion request and separately from the MSD control allocation, where the dynamic longitudinal wheel slip limit increases with a decreasing target curvature, and where the dynamic longitudinal wheel slip limit is determined by minimizing local Hamiltonian functions at one or more wheels; and

controlling the motion of the heavy-duty vehicle based on the MSD control allocation constrained by the dynamic longitudinal wheel slip limit.

2 . The method of claim 1 , comprising obtaining the vehicle motion request from a driver input and/or from an autonomous or semi-autonomous traffic situation management (TSM) function.

3 . The method of claim 1 , comprising determining the MSD control allocation based on a B-matrix control allocation method.

4 . The method of claim 1 , comprising determining the MSD control allocation at least partly as a target wheel torque.

5 . The method of claim 1 , comprising determining the MSD control allocation at least partly as a target wheel slip or wheel speed relative to ground.

6 . The method of claim 1 , comprising determining the MSD control allocation at least partly as a target steering angle.

7 . The method of claim 1 , comprising determining the dynamic longitudinal wheel slip limit based on a current wheel slip angle and on a required lateral force, where the dynamic longitudinal wheel slip limit decreases if the current wheel slip angle increases.

8 . The method of claim 1 , comprising determining a dynamic steering angle limit in addition to the dynamic longitudinal wheel slip limit.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein each minimization of local Hamiltonian functions at one or more wheels comprises a linear search of a tire force curve.

10 . The method of claim 1 , comprising determining the dynamic longitudinal wheel slip limit based on a stability condition involving a maximum acceptable yaw moment of the vehicle.

11 . A computer program product comprising program code for performing, when executed by a computer, the steps of claim 1 .

12 . A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising a computer program comprising program code, which when executed by a computer, performs the steps of claim 1 .

13 . A control unit, comprising:

processing circuitry;

an interface coupled to the processing circuitry; and

a memory coupled to the processing circuitry, wherein the memory comprises machine readable computer program instructions that, when executed by the processing circuitry, causes the control unit to perform operations of:

obtaining a vehicle motion request, wherein the vehicle motion request is indicative of a target curvature and a target acceleration;

determining a motion support device (MSD) control allocation based on the vehicle motion request;

determining a dynamic longitudinal wheel slip limit based on the vehicle motion request and separately from the MSD control allocation, where the dynamic longitudinal wheel slip limit increases with a decreasing target curvature, and where the dynamic longitudinal wheel slip limit is determined by minimizing local Hamiltonian functions at one or more wheels; and

controlling the motion of the heavy-duty vehicle based on the MSD control allocation constrained by the dynamic longitudinal wheel slip limit.

14 . A heavy-duty vehicle comprising the control unit of claim 13 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 26, 2023
From: GAO, YANGYAN; HENDERSON, LEON; PROKES, JAKUB
To: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
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Continuity (1)
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