Apparatus and Method for Controlling Vehicle Motion
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1. A method for controlling a steering command of a transporter having at least one ground-contacting element, the method comprising:
- determining an initialization roll deadband value based on initialization of an inertial state estimator of the transporter;
determining a velocity-based roll deadband value based on a velocity of the at least one ground-contacting element;
determining a total deadband value based on the initialization roll deadband value and the velocity-based roll deadband value; and
determining a roll compensated steering command signal based on the total deadband value.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for controlling a steering command of a vehicle is provided. A deadband value based on a current state of a transporter is applied to a roll compensated steering command to control steering of the vehicle. A gain is applied to a steering command to control steering of the vehicle.
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1. A method for controlling a steering command of a transporter having at least one ground-contacting element, the method comprising:
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determining an initialization roll deadband value based on initialization of an inertial state estimator of the transporter; determining a velocity-based roll deadband value based on a velocity of the at least one ground-contacting element; determining a total deadband value based on the initialization roll deadband value and the velocity-based roll deadband value; and determining a roll compensated steering command signal based on the total deadband value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A controller for steering a transporter having at least one ground-contacting element, the controller comprising:
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a roll deadband compensation module having an output that is an initialization roll deadband value, the initialization roll deadband value is determined based on initialization of an inertial state estimator of the transporter; a velocity-based roll deadband module having an input of a velocity of the at least one ground-contacting element and an output of a velocity-based roll deadband value, the velocity-based roll deadband value is determined based on the velocity of the at least one ground-contacting element; and a total deadband module having inputs of the velocity-based roll deadband value and the initialization roll deadband value and an output of the total deadband value, the output is determined based on the velocity-based roll deadband value and the initialization roll deadband value; and a roll compensated steering module having input of a total deadband value and an output of a roll compensated steering command signal, the output is determined based on the total deadband value. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for controlling a steering command of a transporter having at least one ground-contacting element, the method comprising:
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determining a step gain value of a transporter, the step gain value is set equal to a step on gain value if a rider is stepping on to the transporter or a step off gain value if the rider is stepping off of the transporter; determining a mount state value of the transporter, the mount state value is based on whether the rider has one or two feet on the transporter; determining a reduction gain value based on an operation mode value of the transporter, a velocity of the at least one ground-contacting element and the mount state value; determining a yaw rate reduction gain, the yaw rate reduction gain is the minimum of the reduction gain value and the step gain value; and determining a transporter steering command based on the yaw rate reduction gain. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A controller for steering a transporter having at least one ground-contacting element, the controller comprising:
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a step mode module to compute a step gain value output, the step gain value output is a step on gain value if a rider is stepping on to the transporter and a step off gain value if the rider is stepping off of the transporter; a reduction gain module to compute a reduction gain value output based on inputs of an operation mode value of the transporter, a velocity of the at least one ground-contacting element and a mount state, the mount state value is based on whether the rider has one or two feet on the transporter; a comparator to determine a yaw rate reduction gain value, the yaw rate reduction gain value is the minimum of the reduction gain value and the step gain value; and a steering module that computes a transporter steering command based on the yaw rate reduction gain value. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A controller for steering a transporter having at least one ground-contacting element, the controller comprising:
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means for determining an initialization roll deadband value based on if an inertial state estimator of the transporter has been initialized; means for determining a velocity-based roll deadband value based on the velocity of the at least one ground-contacting element; means for determining a total deadband value based on the velocity-based roll deadband value and the initialization roll deadband value; means for determining a steering roll value based on a roll angle of the transporter and the total deadband value; and means for determining a roll compensated steering command signal based on the steering roll value.
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33. A method for controlling a steering command of a transporter having at least one ground-contacting element, the method comprising:
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determining an initialization roll deadband value based on initialization of a roll state estimator of the transporter; determining a velocity-based roll deadband value based on a velocity of the at least one ground-contacting element; determining a total deadband value based on the initialization roll deadband value and the velocity-based roll deadband value; and determining a roll compensated steering command signal based on the total deadband value.
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