Tire parameter estimation device and road surface judgment device
First Claim
1. A tire parameter estimation device, the device comprising:
- a wheel speed detecting section for detecting a wheel speed;
a road surface friction parameter generating section for generating a road surface friction parameter representing a friction state between a tire of a wheel and a road surface on the basis of the wheel speed detected by the wheel speed detecting section;
a memory section for storing the road surface friction parameter generated by the road surface friction parameter generating section; and
a tire parameter estimation section for estimating at least one tire parameter relating to the tire and the road surface on the basis of the road surface friction parameter stored in the memory section and the road surface friction parameter newly generated by the road surface friction parameter generating section.
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Abstract
A tire parameter estimation device that is economical and can accurately estimate tire parameters while taking into consideration both states of a vehicle and states of a road environment. A μ gradient detecting circuit detects a μ gradient on the basis of a wheel speed detected by a wheel speed detecting circuit. A gradient value comparing circuit determines a μ gradient section value μr, which is a mean value of the μ gradients from the μ gradient detecting circuit, and calculates a rate (=μr/μI) of the μ gradient mean value μr with respect to a μ gradient initial value μ. A tire temperature estimating circuit stores a table representing the relation between the rate and a tire temperature, and estimates a tire temperature corresponding to the rate calculated by the gradient value comparing circuit as the present tire temperature.
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15 Claims
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1. A tire parameter estimation device, the device comprising:
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a wheel speed detecting section for detecting a wheel speed;
a road surface friction parameter generating section for generating a road surface friction parameter representing a friction state between a tire of a wheel and a road surface on the basis of the wheel speed detected by the wheel speed detecting section;
a memory section for storing the road surface friction parameter generated by the road surface friction parameter generating section; and
a tire parameter estimation section for estimating at least one tire parameter relating to the tire and the road surface on the basis of the road surface friction parameter stored in the memory section and the road surface friction parameter newly generated by the road surface friction parameter generating section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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4. A road surface judgment device, the device comprising:
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a vehicle state detecting section for detecting a running state of a vehicle;
a road surface friction state estimating section for estimating a road surface friction state of a road surface on which the vehicle is running, on the basis of the running state of the vehicle detected by the vehicle state detecting section;
a road surface state measuring section for measuring a road surface state of the road surface on which the vehicle is running, on the basis of the running state of the vehicle detected by the vehicle state detecting section and a controlled state of the vehicle;
a referencing section for corresponding the road surface friction state with the road surface state to obtain a reference value;
a reference value changing section for changing the road surface friction state of the reference value to the road surface friction state estimated by the road surface friction state estimating section when the road surface state newly measured by the road surface state measuring section is the same as the road surface state of the reference value; and
a road surface state judging section for judging the road surface state of the road surface on which the vehicle is currently running, on the basis of the road surface friction state newly estimated by the road surface friction state estimating section and the reference value processed through the reference value changing section. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 14)
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8. A road surface judgment device, the device comprising:
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a vehicle state detecting section for detecting a vehicle running state;
a receiving section for receiving road surface environment information relating to a reference road surface;
a road surface state estimating section for estimating a road surface state of a road surface on which the vehicle is running, on the basis of the vehicle running state detected by the vehicle state detecting section;
a memory section for storing, as a reference value with respect to the reference road surface, the road surface state estimated by the road surface state estimating section each time the receiving section receives the road surface environment information; and
a judgment section for judging a state of a road surface other than the reference road surface, on the basis of the road surface state estimated by the road surface state estimating section and the reference value with respect to the reference road surface stored in the memory section, when the receiving section does not receive the road surface environment information. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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15. A road surface judgment device, the device comprising:
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a vehicle state detecting section for detecting a running state of a vehicle;
a road surface friction state estimating section for estimating a road surface friction state of a road surface on which the vehicle is running, on the basis of the running state of the vehicle detected by the vehicle state detecting section;
a road surface state measuring section for measuring a road surface state of the road surface on which the vehicle is running, on the basis of the running state of the vehicle detected by the vehicle state detecting section;
a referencing section for corresponding the road surface friction state with the road surface state to obtain a reference value;
a reference value changing section for changing the road surface friction state of the reference value to the road surface friction state estimated by the road surface friction state estimating section when the road surface state newly measured by the road surface state measuring section is the same as the road surface state of the reference value; and
a road surface state judging section for judging the road surface state of the road surface on which the vehicle is currently running, on the basis of the road surface friction state newly estimated by the road surface friction state estimating section and the reference value processed through the reference value changing section.
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