Inclination detector and onboard apparatus
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1. An inclination detector comprising:
- an inclination computing device that calculates one of or both of a road surface gradient θ
1 and a pitching angle θ
2 from acceleration Gx in back and forth direction and from acceleration Gz in up and down direction of a vehicle and from real acceleration Gw in direction of travel of the vehicle, the road surface gradient being an inclination in back and forth direction of a road surface on which the vehicle is placed, and the pitching angle θ
2 being an inclination in the back and forth direction of the vehicle with respect to the road surface; and
a first communication interface that transmits, to an onboard apparatus including an optical axis adjuster installed in the vehicle, a value calculated by the inclination computing device, wherein the pitching angle θ
2 as the calculated value is used for controlling an angle of light output by a light of the vehicle,wherein the inclination computing device is configured tocalculate the road surface gradient θ
1 through an expression (1-2) which is derived from an expression (1-1) by linearly approximating sin−
1 in the expression (1-1), where g is gravitational acceleration and γ
is a predetermined coefficient,
θ
1=sin−
1{(−
Gx2−
Gz2+Gw2+g2)/2Gwg}
(1-1)
θ
1=γ
(−
Gx2−
Gz2+Gw2+g2)/2Gw g
(1-2)calculate the pitching angle θ
2 through an expression (2-2) which is derived from an expression (2-1) by linearly approximating tan−
1 and sin−
1 in the expression (2-1), where α and
β
are predetermined coefficients, and
θ
2=tan−
1(Gx/Gz)+sin−
1{(Gx2+Gz2+Gw2−
g2)/2Gw/sqrt(Gx2+Gz2)}
(2-1)
θ
2=α
(Gx/Gz)+β
{(Gx2+Gz2+Gw2−
g2)/2Gw/sqrt(Gx2+Gz2)}
(2-2)obtain in advance the coefficients α
, β
, and γ
to be applied to the expressions (1-2) and (2-2).
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Abstract
A real acceleration computing unit 3 calculates the real acceleration Gw in the direction of travel of a vehicle by acquiring the velocity V a wheel speed sensor 12 installed in the vehicle detects. A road surface gradient computing unit 5 calculates the inclination of a road surface (road surface gradient θ1) from the real acceleration Gw and the accelerations Gx and Gz in the back and forth and up and down directions of the vehicle an acceleration sensor 11 installed in the vehicle detects. A pitching angle computing unit 6 calculates the inclination of the vehicle with respect to the road surface (pitching angle θ2) from the real acceleration Gw and the accelerations Gx and Gz.
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8 Claims
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1. An inclination detector comprising:
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an inclination computing device that calculates one of or both of a road surface gradient θ
1 and a pitching angle θ
2 from acceleration Gx in back and forth direction and from acceleration Gz in up and down direction of a vehicle and from real acceleration Gw in direction of travel of the vehicle, the road surface gradient being an inclination in back and forth direction of a road surface on which the vehicle is placed, and the pitching angle θ
2 being an inclination in the back and forth direction of the vehicle with respect to the road surface; anda first communication interface that transmits, to an onboard apparatus including an optical axis adjuster installed in the vehicle, a value calculated by the inclination computing device, wherein the pitching angle θ
2 as the calculated value is used for controlling an angle of light output by a light of the vehicle,wherein the inclination computing device is configured to calculate the road surface gradient θ
1 through an expression (1-2) which is derived from an expression (1-1) by linearly approximating sin−
1 in the expression (1-1), where g is gravitational acceleration and γ
is a predetermined coefficient,
θ
1=sin−
1{(−
Gx2−
Gz2+Gw2+g2)/2Gwg}
(1-1)
θ
1=γ
(−
Gx2−
Gz2+Gw2+g2)/2Gw g
(1-2)calculate the pitching angle θ
2 through an expression (2-2) which is derived from an expression (2-1) by linearly approximating tan−
1 and sin−
1 in the expression (2-1), where α and
β
are predetermined coefficients, and
θ
2=tan−
1(Gx/Gz)+sin−
1{(Gx2+Gz2+Gw2−
g2)/2Gw/sqrt(Gx2+Gz2)}
(2-1)
θ
2=α
(Gx/Gz)+β
{(Gx2+Gz2+Gw2−
g2)/2Gw/sqrt(Gx2+Gz2)}
(2-2)obtain in advance the coefficients α
, β
, and γ
to be applied to the expressions (1-2) and (2-2). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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