Behavior control system for vehicle

• US 20050075778A1
• Filed: 11/17/2003
• Published: 04/07/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Inagaki, Shoji
• Granted Patent: US 7,142,969 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/70
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 2220/03 Driver counter-steering; Avoidance of conflicts with ESP control
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 8/1755 Brake regulation specially adapted to control the stability of the vehicle, e.g. taking into account yaw rate or transverse acceleration in a curve road vehicle drive control systems for control of driving stability otherwise than by controlling a particular sub-unit B60W30/02
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 8/1764 Regulation during travel on surface with different coefficients of friction, e.g. between left and right sides, mu-split or between front and rear

Abstract

In a vehicle behavior control system, a target braking force applied to each wheel of the vehicle is obtained based on a master cylinder pressure so as to be proportional to a vertical load of each wheel. When it is determined that a braking force is applied to the vehicle running on a road with uneven friction coefficient, an excess yaw moment caused by the difference between the target braking force and an actual braking force is calculated. A steering angle is corrected with a correcting steering angle estimated based on the excess yaw moment. A yaw rate difference is calculated as a difference between a normal yaw rate and an actual yaw rate of the vehicle based on the steering angle that has been corrected. It is determined whether the vehicle behavior is deteriorated based on the yaw rate difference. The vehicle behavior is then controlled to reduce the yaw rate difference.

Claims

1. A vehicle behavior control system comprising a controller that obtains a normal vehicle state value based on an operation amount of a vehicle operating member performed by a vehicle operator, and controls a vehicle behavior based on an actual vehicle state value and the normal vehicle state value, wherein the controller estimates an amount of correction with respect to the vehicle operating member by the vehicle operator, and obtains the normal vehicle state value based on the estimated amount of correction and an actual operation amount.

2. The vehicle behavior control system according to claim 1, wherein the controller obtains by subtracting the estimated amount of correction from the actual operation amount, and obtains the normal vehicle state value based on the corrected operation amount.

3. The vehicle behavior control system according to claim 1, wherein the controller estimates the vehicle behavior based on the actual vehicle state value and the normal vehicle state value, and control the vehicle behavior based on the estimated result.

4. The vehicle behavior control system according to claim 1, wherein the controller obtains the normal vehicle state value based on the amount of operation with respect to the vehicle operating member performed by the vehicle operator, and controls the vehicle behavior by controlling an actuator of the vehicle in accordance with a control value that brings the actual vehicle state value into the normal vehicle state value.

5. The vehicle behavior control system according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls the vehicle behavior by controlling a braking force applied to each of the wheels.

6. The vehicle behavior control system according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle operating member is a steering member of the vehicle, the operation amount is an amount of operating the steering member, and the amount of correction is a corrected amount of operating the steering member.

7. The vehicle behavior control system according to claim 6, wherein the controller estimates an excess yaw moment acting on the vehicle, which is caused by a characteristic of a road surface on which a braking operation is applied to the vehicle, and estimates the corrected amount of operating the steering member based on the estimated excess yaw moment.

8. The vehicle behavior control system according to claim 7, wherein the controller determines whether the vehicle is running on the road surface having the characteristic of uneven friction coefficient during the braking operation, and estimates the excess yaw moment based on a target braking force to be applied to each wheel of the vehicle for the stable braking operation, which obtained on the assumption that the road surface has uniform friction coefficient, and a braking force applied to each wheel of the vehicle, if it is determined that the braking operation is applied to the vehicle running on the road surface with the uneven friction coefficient.

9. A vehicle behavior control system comprising a controller that obtains a normal vehicle state value based on an operation amount of a vehicle operating member performed by a vehicle operator, and controls a vehicle behavior based on an actual vehicle state value and the normal vehicle state value, wherein the controller estimates an amount of correction with respect to the vehicle operating member performed by the vehicle operator, and correct the normal vehicle state value based on the estimated amount of correction.

10. The vehicle behavior control system according to claim 9, wherein the controller estimates the vehicle behavior based on the actual vehicle state value and the normal vehicle state value, and controls the vehicle behavior based on the estimated result.

11. The vehicle behavior control system according to claim 9, wherein the controller obtains the normal vehicle state value based on the amount of operation with respect to the vehicle operating member performed by the vehicle operator, and controls the vehicle behavior by controlling an actuator of the vehicle in accordance with a control value that brings the vehicle state value into the normal vehicle state value.

12. The vehicle behavior control system according to claim 9, wherein the controller controls the vehicle behavior by controlling a braking force applied to each of the wheels.

13. The vehicle behavior control system according to claim 9, wherein the vehicle operating member is a steering member of the vehicle, the operation amount is an amount of operating the steering member, the amount of correction is a corrected amount of operating the steering member, and the normal vehicle state value is a normal yaw rate.

14. The vehicle behavior control system according to claim 13, wherein the controller estimates an excess yaw moment acting on the vehicle, which is caused by a characteristic of a road surface on which a braking operation is applied to the vehicle, and estimates the corrected amount of operating the steering member based on the estimated excess yaw moment.

15. The vehicle behavior control system according to claim 14, wherein the controller determines whether the vehicle is running on the road surface having the characteristic of uneven friction coefficient during the braking operation, and estimates the excess yaw moment based on a target braking force to be applied to each wheel of the vehicle for the stable braking operation, which obtained on the assumption that the road surface has uniform friction coefficient, and a braking force applied to each wheel of the vehicle, if it is determined that the braking operation is applied to the vehicle running on the road surface with the uneven friction coefficient.

16. A vehicle behavior control system comprising a controller that obtains a normal vehicle state value based on an operation amount of a vehicle operating member performed by a vehicle operator, and controls the vehicle behavior by controlling an actuator of a vehicle in accordance with a control value for adjusting a vehicle state value into the normal vehicle state value, wherein the controller estimates an amount of correction with respect to the vehicle operating member performed by the vehicle operator, and corrects the control value based on the amount of correction.

17. The vehicle behavior control system according to claim 16, wherein the vehicle operating member is a steering member of the vehicle, the operation amount is an amount of operating the steering member, the amount of correction is a corrected amount of operating the steering member, and the control value is a difference between an actual yaw rate applied to the vehicle and a target yaw rate to be applied to the vehicle.

18. The vehicle behavior control system according claim 17, wherein the controller controls the vehicle behavior by controlling a braking force to be applied to each of the wheels such that the difference is reduced.

19. The vehicle behavior control system according to claim 17, wherein the controller estimates an excess yaw moment acting on the vehicle, which is caused by a characteristic of a road surface on which a braking operation is applied to the vehicle, and estimates a corrected amount of operating the steering member based on the estimated excess yaw moment.

20. The vehicle behavior control system according to claim 19, wherein the controller determines whether the vehicle is running on the road surface having the characteristic of uneven friction coefficient during the braking operation, and estimates the excess yaw moment based on a target braking force to be applied to each wheel of the vehicle for the stable braking operation, which obtained on the assumption that the road surface has uniform friction coefficient, and a braking force applied to each wheel of the vehicle, if it is determined that the braking operation is applied to the vehicle running on the road surface with the uneven friction coefficient.