SPECIFICATION INFORMATION ESTIMATING DEVICE AND VEHICLE

• US 20120046806A1
• Filed: 05/13/2009
• Published: 02/23/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Yokota, Takahiro, Obuchi, Yutaka, Endo, Hiroaki, Toyoda, Yuuichi
• Application Number:
  US13/264,860
• Publication Number:
  US 20120046806A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/1
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 5/0457 characterised by control features of the drive means as such
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 6/003 in order to control vehicle yaw movement, i.e. around a vertical axis B62D6/007 takes precedence

Abstract

Disclosed is a specification information estimating device which estimates the steering gear ratio n of a vehicle. A specification information estimating device includes a steering angle sensor 26 and a yaw rate sensor 51 which acquire the wheel steering angle St and the yaw rate Yr of the vehicle during traveling, and an ECU 4 which estimates a steering gear ratio n on the basis of the wheel steering angle St and the yaw rate Yr acquired by the steering angle sensor 26 and the yaw rate sensor 51. Therefore, it is possible to estimate the steering gear ratio n of each vehicle without using a stability factor K_H.

Claims

1. A specification information estimating device which estimates the steering gear ratio of a vehicle, the device comprising:

a traveling data acquisition unit which acquires the steering angle and the yaw rate of the vehicle during traveling; and

a steering gear ratio estimation unit which estimates the steering gear ratio on the basis of the steering angle and the yaw rate acquired by the traveling data acquisition unit.

2. The device according to claim 1,

wherein the steering gear ratio estimation unit changes processing for estimating the steering gear ratio on the basis of a magnitude relationship between the steering angle and a predetermined threshold value.

3. The device according to claim 1,

wherein the traveling data acquisition unit further acquires the lateral acceleration of the vehicle during traveling, and

the steering gear ratio estimation unit estimates the steering gear ratio using the steering angle and the yaw rate acquired by the traveling data acquisition unit during traveling under the traveling condition that the lateral acceleration is within a predetermined range.

4. The device according to claim 3,

wherein the traveling data acquisition unit further acquires the vehicle speed of the vehicle during traveling, and

the traveling condition includes the condition that an operational value obtained by subtracting a value obtained by accumulating the yaw rate and the vehicle speed when the vehicle speed is within a predetermined range from the lateral acceleration is within a predetermined range, and the steering gear ratio estimation unit estimates the steering gear ratio using the steering angle and the yaw rate acquired by the traveling data acquisition unit during traveling in which the traveling condition is satisfied.

5. A vehicle which performs vehicle control on the basis of a steering gear ratio, the vehicle comprising:

a vehicle control unit which estimates the steering gear ratio on the basis of a steering angle and a yaw rate, and changes vehicle control presuming a change in the steering gear ratio.

6. A specification information estimating device which estimates the wheelbase of a vehicle, the device comprising:

a traveling data acquisition unit which acquires the steering angle and the yaw rate of the vehicle during traveling; and

a wheel base estimation unit which estimates the wheelbase on the basis of the steering angle and the yaw rate acquired by the traveling data acquisition unit.

7. A vehicle which performs vehicle control on the basis of a wheelbase, the vehicle comprising:

a vehicle control unit which estimates the wheelbase on the basis of a steering angle and a yaw rate, and changes vehicle control presuming a change in the wheelbase.