ACCELERATION ESTIMATION DEVICE AND VEHICLE

• US 20070213904A1
• Filed: 03/05/2007
• Published: 09/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha (Yamaha Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha (Yamaha Corporation)
• Inventors: NISHIIKE, Yoshitaka, NISHIIKE, Yoshinobu, WATANABE, Hiroto
• Granted Patent: US 7,292,925 B1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/45
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 2250/06 Sensor zero-point adjustment; Offset compensation
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 2270/411 Offset failure
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 8/1706 for single-track vehicles, e.g. motorcycles
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 8/172 Determining control parameters used in the regulation, e.g. by calculations involving measured or detected parameters B60T8/17551 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/184 with wheel brakes
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0013 Optimal controllers
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2520/105 Longitudinal acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2720/16 Pitch
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/107 Longitudinal acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 15/08 with conversion into electric or magnetic values
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 15/18 in two or more dimensions
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 21/00 Testing or calibrating of apparatus or devices covered by the preceding groups

Abstract

In an acceleration estimation device for estimating acceleration of a vehicle, a Karman filter for a constant speed estimates x-direction acceleration offset and z-direction acceleration offset when a motorcycle is stopped and is traveling at constant speed. An offset storage stores an x-direction acceleration offset estimated value and a z-direction acceleration offset estimated value. An offset corrector corrects an x-direction acceleration and a z-direction acceleration on the basis of the x-direction acceleration offset estimated value and the z-direction acceleration offset estimated value when the motorcycle is accelerated and decelerated. A Karman filter for acceleration/deceleration estimates the pitch angle of a vehicle body when the motorcycle is accelerated and decelerated. An acceleration corrector obtains an X-direction acceleration and a Z-direction acceleration on the basis of the estimated pitch angle. A vehicle speed operation unit integrates over time the X-direction acceleration to calculate an X-direction speed.

Claims

1. An acceleration estimation device for estimating acceleration of a vehicle, comprising:

a first acceleration sensor arranged to detect an acceleration in a forward-and-backward direction of the vehicle;

a second acceleration sensor arranged to detect an acceleration in an up-and-down direction of the vehicle;

a wheel speed detector arranged to detect a wheel speed of the vehicle;

an offset estimator arranged to estimate offset in the first acceleration sensor and offset in the second acceleration sensor using a relationship among a detected value in the first acceleration sensor, a detected value in the second acceleration sensor, and a detected value in the wheel speed detector when the vehicle is at a substantially constant speed; and

a corrector arranged to correct the detected value in the first acceleration sensor and the detected value in the second acceleration sensor on the basis of an estimated value of the offset in the first acceleration sensor and an estimated value of the offset in the second acceleration sensor that are obtained by the offset estimator when the vehicle is accelerated or decelerated.

2. The acceleration estimation device according to claim 1, wherein the offset estimator includes:

a first Karman filter arranged to estimate the offset in the first acceleration sensor and the offset in the second acceleration sensor using a relationship among the acceleration in a traveling direction of the vehicle that is substantially perpendicular to a direction of gravity, the acceleration in a vertical direction parallel to the direction of gravity, the detected value in the first acceleration sensor, the detected value in the second acceleration sensor, a speed in the traveling direction, a speed in the vertical direction, the speed of the vehicle obtained from the detected value in the wheel speed detector, and a pitch angle of the vehicle.

3. The acceleration estimation device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a pitch angle estimator arranged to estimate a pitch angle of the vehicle when the vehicle is accelerated or decelerated; and

an acceleration calculator arranged to calculate an acceleration in a traveling direction of the vehicle that is perpendicular to the direction of gravity, and an acceleration in the vertical direction parallel to the direction of gravity on the basis of the detected value in the first acceleration sensor and the detected value in the second acceleration sensor that are corrected by the corrector and the pitch angle estimated by the pitch angle estimator.

4. The acceleration estimation device according to claim 3, further comprising a speed calculator arranged to integrate a calculated value of the acceleration in the traveling direction obtained by the acceleration calculator to calculate a speed in the traveling direction.

5. The acceleration estimation device according to claim 3, wherein the pitch angle estimator includes:

a second Karman filter arranged to estimate the pitch angle of the vehicle using a relationship among the detected value in the first acceleration sensor and the detected value in the second acceleration sensor that are corrected by the corrector, the acceleration in the traveling direction, the acceleration in the vertical direction, and the pitch angle of the vehicle.

6. The acceleration estimation device according to claim 1, wherein the offset estimator is arranged to determine that the vehicle is in a substantially constant speed state when a rate of change in the wheel speed detected by the wheel speed detector is not more than a predetermined threshold value.

7. A vehicle comprising:

a vehicle body;

a wheel provided on the vehicle body;

an acceleration estimation device arranged on the vehicle body; and

a controller;

wherein

the acceleration estimation device includes;

a first acceleration sensor on the vehicle and arranged to detect an acceleration in a forward-and-backward direction of the vehicle,

a second acceleration sensor on the vehicle and arranged to detect an acceleration in an up-and-down direction of the vehicle;

a wheel speed detector arranged to detect a wheel speed of the vehicle;

an offset estimator arranged to estimate offset in the first acceleration sensor and offset in the second acceleration sensor using a relationship among a detected value in the first acceleration sensor, a detected value in the second acceleration sensor, and a detected value in the wheel speed detector when the vehicle is at a substantially constant speed; and

a corrector arranged to correct the detected value in the first acceleration sensor and the detected value in the second acceleration sensor on the basis of an estimated value of the offset in the first acceleration sensor and an estimated value of the offset in the second acceleration sensor that are obtained by the offset estimator when the vehicle is accelerated or decelerated; and

the controller controls the rotation of the wheel on the basis of at least one of the detected value in the first acceleration sensor and the detected value in the second acceleration sensor that are corrected by the acceleration estimation device.