System and method for dynamically determining vehicle loading and vertical loading distance for use in a vehicle dynamic control system
First Claim
1. A method of controlling a safety system for a vehicle comprising:
- determining an adaptive roll gradient; and
controlling the safety system in response to the adaptive roll gradient.
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Abstract
A control system (18) and method for an automotive vehicle (10) includes a roll rate sensor (34) generating a roll rate signal, a lateral acceleration sensor (32) generating a lateral acceleration signal, a longitudinal acceleration sensor (36) generating a longitudinal acceleration signal, and a yaw rate sensor (28) generating a yaw rate signal. A safety system (44) and the sensors are coupled to a controller. The controller (26) determines an added mass and the height of the added mass or a roll gradient, a roll acceleration coefficient and/or a roll rate parameter that take into account the added mass and height from the roll rate, the lateral acceleration, the longitudinal acceleration, and the yaw rate and controlling the safety system in response thereto.
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83 Claims
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1. A method of controlling a safety system for a vehicle comprising:
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determining an adaptive roll gradient; and
controlling the safety system in response to the adaptive roll gradient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of controlling a safety system for a vehicle comprising:
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determining an adaptive roll acceleration coefficient; and
controlling the safety system in response to the adaptive roll acceleration coefficient. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A method of controlling a safety system for a vehicle comprising:
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determining an adaptive roll rate coefficient; and
controlling the safety system in response to the adaptive roll rate coefficient. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A method of controlling a safety system for a vehicle comprising:
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generating a roll rate signal indicative of a roll rate of the vehicle;
determining an added mass in response to the roll rate signal; and
controlling the safety system in response to the added mass. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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58. A method of controlling a safety system for a vehicle comprising:
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generating a roll rate signal indicative of a roll rate of the vehicle;
determining a height of an added mass in response to the roll rate signal; and
controlling the safety system in response to the height of the added mass. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61, 62)
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63. A method of controlling a safety system for a vehicle comprising:
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determining a roll gradient;
determining a roll acceleration coefficient;
determining an added mass and a height of the added mass from the roll gradient and the roll acceleration coefficient; and
controlling the safety system in response to the added mass and height. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80)
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81. A method for controlling a safety system for a vehicle comprising:
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determining a roll rate;
determining a lateral acceleration;
determining a longitudinal acceleration;
determining a yaw rate;
determining an added mass and a height of the added mass from the roll rate, the lateral acceleration, the longitudinal acceleration and the yaw rate; and
controlling the safety system in response to the added mass and height.
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82. A control system for an automotive vehicle comprising:
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a roll rate sensor generating a roll rate signal;
a lateral acceleration sensor generating a lateral acceleration signal;
a longitudinal acceleration sensor generating a longitudinal acceleration signal;
a yaw rate sensor generating a yaw rate signal;
a safety system; and
a controller coupled to a roll rate sensor, the longitudinal acceleration sensor, the lateral acceleration sensor, the yaw rate sensor and the safety system, said controller determining an added mass and a height of the added mass from the roll rate, the lateral acceleration, the longitudinal acceleration, and the yaw rate and controlling the safety system in response to the added mass and height. - View Dependent Claims (83)
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