INTEGRATED VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM

• US 20100145549A1
• Filed: 07/31/2009
• Published: 06/10/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Lee, Jae Kwan, Kim, Jong Dae
• Granted Patent: US 8,285,444 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/06 including control of combustion engines
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/10 including control of change-speed gearings
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/184 with wheel brakes
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/20 including control of steering systems
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/22 including control of suspension systems
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0006 Digital architecture hierarchy
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0031 Mathematical model of the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/02 Control of vehicle driving stability
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/04 Monitoring the functioning of the control system

Abstract

Disclosed herein is an integrated vehicle control system, which eliminates the possibility of interfering with motion control devices and is capable of accurately controlling the targeted behavior of a vehicle.

Claims

1. An integrated vehicle control system, comprising:

a sensor unit for obtaining information about a vehicle and peripheral information;

a plurality of actuators for controlling behavior of the vehicle;

an integrated control unit for calculating control target values for one or more of the actuators, based on the vehicle information and the peripheral information received from the sensor unit;

a coordinator for performing feedforward decoupling control so that possible interference components that may occur on the actuators due to the control target values offset each other; and

a driving unit for converting values output from the coordinator into drive values for the respective actuators.

2. The integrated vehicle control system according to claim 1, wherein the coordinator includes one or more feedforward parameters required to offset mutual interference components between the actuators that may interfere with each other.

3. The integrated vehicle control system according to claim 2, wherein the feedforward parameters correspond to control parameters of the respective actuators obtained based on a full vehicle model.

4. The integrated vehicle control system according to claim 3, wherein the coordinator is configured to output to the driving unit a decoupling control value to which a control component corresponding to a control input value expected for a target actuator which is a control target is added, and from which interference components attributable to control input values of actuators other than the target actuator are subtracted.

5. The integrated vehicle control system according to claim 4, wherein the integrated control unit is configured based on the full vehicle model.

6. The integrated vehicle control system according to claim 5, wherein the integrated control unit performs feedback control to detect results of control through the actuators.

7. The integrated vehicle control system according to claim 1, wherein the driving unit comprises driving elements included in installation regions of the respective actuators, the driving elements being operated autonomously in parallel with each other.

8. The integrated vehicle control system according to claim 7, wherein the plurality of actuators comprises an actuator used for an Advanced Safety Vehicle (ASV).

16. A motor vehicle comprising the integrated vehicle control system of claim 1.

9. An integrated vehicle control system, comprising:

a sensor unit for obtaining information about a vehicle;

one or more actuators;

an integrated control unit;

a coordinator; and

a driving unit.

10. The integrated vehicle control system of claim 9, wherein the sensor unit is further used for obtaining peripheral information.

11. The integrated vehicle control system of claim 9, wherein the one of more actuators are used for controlling behavior of the vehicle.

12. The integrated vehicle control system of claim 9, wherein the integrated control unit is used for calculating control target values for one or more of the actuators.

13. The integrated vehicle control system of claim 12, wherein calculating control target values is based on the vehicle information and the peripheral information received from the sensor unit.

14. The integrated vehicle control system of claim 9, wherein the coordinator is used for performing feedforward decoupling control so that possible interference components that may occur on the actuators due to the control target values offset each other.

15. The integrated vehicle control system of claim 9, wherein the driving unit is used for converting values output from the coordinator into drive values for the respective actuators.

17. A motor vehicle comprising the integrated vehicle control system of claim 9.