Vehicle rollover detection method and apparatus
First Claim
1. A method for detecting the possibility of rollover of a vehicle, comprising:
- detecting an actual roll angular velocity of the vehicle;
obtaining an actual roll angle of the vehicle;
determining an actual lateral acceleration of the vehicle;
providing a two-dimensional map correlating values of the roll angular velocity with values of the roll angle to define a rollover judgment threshold;
changing the threshold based on the actual roll angle and the actual lateral acceleration;
forming a plot of the actual roll angular velocity versus the actual roll angle on the two-dimensional map; and
judging that there is a possibility that the vehicle rolls over when the plot exceeds the threshold.
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Abstract
There is provided a method for detecting the possibility of rollover of a vehicle, including the steps of: detecting an actual roll angular velocity of the vehicle; obtaining an actual roll angle of the vehicle; determining an actual lateral acceleration of the vehicle; providing a two-dimensional map correlating values of the roll angular velocity with values of the roll angle to define a rollover judgment threshold; changing the threshold based on the actual roll angle and the actual lateral acceleration; forming a plot of the actual roll angular velocity versus the actual roll angle on the two-dimensional map; and judging that there is a possibility that the vehicle rolls over when the plot exceeds the threshold.
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1. A method for detecting the possibility of rollover of a vehicle, comprising:
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detecting an actual roll angular velocity of the vehicle;
obtaining an actual roll angle of the vehicle;
determining an actual lateral acceleration of the vehicle;
providing a two-dimensional map correlating values of the roll angular velocity with values of the roll angle to define a rollover judgment threshold;
changing the threshold based on the actual roll angle and the actual lateral acceleration;
forming a plot of the actual roll angular velocity versus the actual roll angle on the two-dimensional map; and
judging that there is a possibility that the vehicle rolls over when the plot exceeds the threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An apparatus for detecting the possibility of rollover of a vehicle, comprising:
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means for detecting an actual roll angular velocity of the vehicle;
means for obtaining an actual roll angle of the vehicle;
means for determining an actual lateral acceleration of the vehicle;
means for providing a two-dimensional map correlating values of the roll angular velocity with values of the roll angle to define a rollover judgment threshold;
means for changing the threshold based on the actual roll angle and the actual lateral acceleration;
means for forming a plot of the actual roll angular velocity versus the actual roll angle on the two-dimensional map; and
means for judging that there is a possibility that the vehicle rolls over when the plot exceeds the threshold. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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8. An apparatus for detecting the possibility of rollover of a vehicle, comprising:
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a rate sensor to detect an actual roll angular velocity of the vehicle; and
a controller connected to the rate sensor to read the actual roll angular velocity and storing therein a roll angular velocity versus roll angle map, the roll angular velocity versus roll angle map having threshold lines in first and third quadrants of the map to define rollover ranges on farther sides of the threshold lines from an origin of the map, the controller being configured to;
calculate an actual roll angle of the vehicle from the actual roll angular velocity;
determine an actual lateral acceleration of the vehicle;
calculate a threshold change factor from the actual roll angle and the actual lateral acceleration;
change the threshold lines with reference to the threshold change factor so as to adjust the rollover ranges;
form a plot of the actual roll angular velocity versus the actual roll angle on the map; and
judge the possibility of rollover of the vehicle when the plot falls within either of the rollover ranges. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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