Method for controlling coasting drive of environmentally friendly vehicle

• US 10,166,968 B2
• Filed: 05/23/2017
• Issued: 01/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Inventors: Kim, Do Hee, Hyun, Jaekyu, Jo, Kyu Hwan
• Primary Examiner(s): Dager, Jonathan M
• Application Number:
  US15/602,817
• Publication Number:
  US 20180170347A1
• Time in Patent Office: 588 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/06 including control of combustion engines
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/08 including control of electric propulsion units, e.g. motors or generators
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 20/11 using model predictive control [MPC] strategies, i.e. control methods based on models predicting performance utilising navigation and traffic information in the control strategy B60W20/12
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 20/12 using control strategies taking into account route information estimation or calculation of non-directly measurable driving parameters B60W40/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2030/18081 With torque flow from driveshaft to engine, i.e. engine being driven by vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2520/10 Longitudinal speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2552/15 Road slope, i.e. the inclination of a road segment in the longitudinal direction
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2555/60 Traffic rules, e.g. speed limits or right of way
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/50 of positioning data, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System] data
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2720/10 Longitudinal speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/18072 Coasting
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/18127 Regenerative braking
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/0097 Predicting future conditions
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/60 Other road transportation technologies with climate change mitigation effect
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/62 Hybrid vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/72 Electric energy management in electromobility

Abstract

A method for controlling a coasting drive of an environmentally friendly vehicle includes: calculating a coasting velocity of the environmentally friendly vehicle at a deceleration event point based on a target coasting distance up to the deceleration event point and a gradient at the deceleration event point; calculating a control target velocity of the environmentally friendly vehicle based on a target velocity of the environmentally friendly vehicle at the deceleration event point and the calculated coasting velocity; and determining control torque to adjust a velocity of the environmentally friendly vehicle to the target velocity to be output to a powertrain of the environmentally friendly vehicle based on the calculated control target velocity.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a coasting drive of an environmentally friendly vehicle, the method comprising:

calculating, by a control unit, a coasting velocity of the environmentally friendly vehicle at a deceleration event point based on a target coasting distance up to the deceleration event point and a gradient at the deceleration event point;

calculating, by the control unit, a control target velocity of the environmentally friendly vehicle based on a target velocity of the environmentally friendly vehicle at the deceleration event point and the calculated coasting velocity; and

determining, by the control unit, control torque to adjust a velocity of the environmentally friendly vehicle to the target velocity to be output to a powertrain of the environmentally friendly vehicle based on the calculated control target velocity.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the control unit, whether a residual distance up to the deceleration event point is equal to or less than the target coasting distance,

wherein when the residual distance is equal to or less than the target coasting distance, calculating the coasting velocity of the environmentally friendly vehicle is performed.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

controlling, by the control unit, a distance calculating unit to calculate the target coasting distance based on the target coasting distance based on a type of a deceleration event, the target velocity, and a gradient transmitted from a navigation apparatus.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling of the control torque to be output to the powertrain of the vehicle includes:

controlling, by the control unit, a torque output unit to output feed forward torque stored in a map table, which is the control torque corresponding to the control target velocity and the velocity of the environmentally friendly vehicle.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling of the control torque to be output to the powertrain of the vehicle includes:

outputting, by the control unit, feedback torque corresponding to the control torque based on a vehicle velocity difference which is a difference between the velocity and the control target velocity of the environmentally friendly vehicle.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling of the control torque to be output to the powertrain of the vehicle includes:

controlling, by the control unit, a torque output unit to output feed forward torque stored in a map table, which corresponds to the velocity of the environmentally friendly vehicle and the control target velocity,

outputting, by the control unit, feedback torque corresponding to the control target velocity based on a vehicle velocity difference which is the difference between the velocity and the control target velocity,

controlling, by the control unit, an adjustment factor output unit to adjust an application ratio of the feed forward torque stored in the map table, which corresponds to the vehicle velocity difference and the residual distance up to the deceleration event point, and

controlling, by the control unit, a final control torque output unit to calculate final control torque corresponding to the control torque based on the output feed forward torque and the feedback torque and the adjusted application ratio and output the calculated final control torque to the powertrain.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein:

in the case of an adjustment factor output by the adjustment factor output unit and to adjust the application ratio, as the residual distance increases and the vehicle difference increases, the application ratio of the feed forward torque increases.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein:

the control unit controls the feed forward torque to be output before outputting the feedback torque based on the adjustment factor output by the adjustment factor output unit and to adjust the application ratio and controls the feed forward torque and the feedback torque to be mixed and used and thereafter, controls the feedback torque to be output when the vehicle approaches a position corresponding to the deceleration event.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein:

the final control torque is calculated by an Equation;

α

*FF tq.+(1−

α

)*FB tq., wherein the α

represents the adjustment factor output by the adjustment factor output unit and to adjust the application ratio, the FF tq. represents the feed forward torque, and the FB tq. represents the feedback torque.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions executed by a processor, the computer readable medium comprising:

program instructions that calculate a coasting velocity of an environmentally friendly vehicle at a deceleration event point based on a target coasting distance up to the deceleration event point and a gradient at the deceleration event point;

program instructions that calculate a control target velocity of the environmentally friendly vehicle based on a target velocity of the environmentally friendly vehicle at the deceleration event point and the calculated coasting velocity; and

program instructions that determine control torque to adjust a velocity of the environmentally friendly vehicle to the target velocity to be output to a powertrain of the environmentally friendly vehicle based on the calculated control target velocity.