DRIVING TORQUE COMMAND GENERATING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE

• US 20200130672A1
• Filed: 10/03/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Inventors: Oh, Ji Won, Chang, Young Joon, Eo, Jeong Soo, Jung, Youn Kwang, Kim, Sung Jae
• Granted Patent: US 11,407,402 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/06 including control of combustion engines
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/08 including control of electric propulsion units, e.g. motors or generators
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 20/11 using model predictive control [MPC] strategies, i.e. control methods based on models predicting performance utilising navigation and traffic information in the control strategy B60W20/12
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 20/15 Control strategies specially adapted for achieving a particular effect
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 20/17 for noise reduction
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0012 Feedforward or open loop systems
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0041 of the drive line
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2510/0638 Engine speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2510/081 Speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2520/28 Wheel speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/10 Accelerator pedal position
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2710/0666 Engine torque
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2710/083 Torque
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/20 Reducing vibrations in the driveline
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/0098 Details of control systems ensuring comfort, safety or stability not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/40 Engine management systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/62 Hybrid vehicles

Abstract

A driving torque command generating apparatus and method of operating a hybrid electric vehicle can obtain torsional state observation values using an engine speed, a motor speed, and a wheel speed detected by an engine speed detector, a motor speed detector, and a wheel speed detector, respectively, together with a motor torque command generated in a previous period, and generate an engine torque command and a motor torque command of a driving torque command based on a driving input value input by a driving input detector and the torsional state observation values.

Claims

1. A driving torque command generating apparatus of a hybrid electric vehicle, the apparatus comprising:

a driving input detector detecting a driving input value of a driver, including a pedal input value in response to manipulation of an accelerator pedal;

an engine speed detector detecting an engine speed of an engine of a vehicle;

a motor speed detector detecting a motor speed of a motor functioning as a driving source of the vehicle;

a wheel speed detector detecting a wheel speed of a wheel of the vehicle; and

a controller obtaining torsional state observation values using a measured engine speed, a measured motor speed, and a measured wheel speed detected by the engine speed detector, the motor speed detector, and the wheel speed detector, respectively, together with a motor torque command generated in a previous period, and generating an engine torque command and a motor torque command of a driving torque command based on the driving input value input by the driving input detector and the torsional state observation values.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller comprises:

a target torque generator generating a target engine torque and a target motor torque, with which the engine and the motor are controlled, from the driving input value input by the driving input detector;

a first torque command generator generating a feedforward engine torque command and a feedforward motor torque command from the target engine torque and the target motor torque, using a torque gradient determined based on vehicle status information;

a torsion observer generating the torsional state observation values by observing a torsional state of the vehicle drive system, from the measured engine speed, the measured motor speed, and the measured wheel speed, together with the motor torque command generated in the previous period by a driving torque command generator;

a second torque command generator generating a feedback torque command, with which torsion of the vehicle drive system is reduced, based on the torsional state observation values generated by the torsion observer; and

the driving torque command generator generating the engine torque command and the motor torque command from the feedforward engine torque command and the feedforward motor torque command generated by the first torque command generator and the feedback torque command generated by the second torque command generator.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the driving torque command generator generates the engine torque command and the motor torque command by correcting the feedforward engine torque command and the feedforward motor torque command by the feedback torque command, with which torsion of the vehicle drive system is reduced.

4. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the torsion observer comprises:

an engine speed observer observing the engine speed based on the measured engine speed, an observed engine speed observed in the previous period and received as feedback information, and an engine torque command of the previous period generated by the driving torque command generator; and

a motor speed observer observing the motor speed based on the measured motor speed, an observed motor speed observed in the previous period and received as feedback information, and a motor torque command of the previous period generated by the driving torque command generator,

wherein the torsional state observation values are determined from an observed engine speed observed by the engine speed observer and an observed motor speed observed by the motor speed observer.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the torsional state observation values in the vehicle drive system comprise:

torsional state observation values on a damper, obtained by observing a torsional state of the damper between the engine and the motor; and

torsional state observation values on a transmission, obtained by observing a torsional state of the transmission located on an output side of the motor.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the torsional state observation values on the damper comprise a torsional angular velocity, a torsional angular acceleration, and a torsion angle on the damper, and

the torsional state observation values on the transmission comprise a torsional angular velocity, a torsional angular acceleration, and a torsion angle on the transmission.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the torsional angular velocity on the damper is determined by a difference between the observed engine speed and the observed motor speed, and

the torsion angle on the damper is determined by integrating the torsional angular velocity on the damper.

8. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the torsional angular velocity on the transmission is determined to be a difference between the observed motor speed and the equivalent wheel speed, the torsion angle on the transmission is calculated by integrating the torsional angular velocity on the transmission, and the equivalent wheel speed is obtained by converting the measured wheel speed to a speed on the motor using the gear ratio corresponding to the current gear stage.

9. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the second torque command generator generates a first feedback torque command to be a sum of products of the torsional angular velocity, the torsional angular acceleration, and the torsion angle on the damper, which are the torsional state observation values on the damper, multiplied with respective predetermined control gains, and generates a second feedback torque command to be a sum of products of the torsional angular velocity, the torsional angular acceleration, and the torsion angle on the transmission, which are the torsional state observation values on the transmission, multiplied with respective predetermined control gains.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the driving torque command generator generates a final engine torque command by correcting the feedforward engine torque command, generated by the first torque command generator, using the first feedback torque command, and generates a final motor torque command by correcting the feedforward motor torque command, generated by the second torque command generator, using the second feedback torque command.

11. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the driving torque command generator generates a final motor torque command by correcting the feedforward motor torque command, generated by the first torque command generator, using the first feedback torque command and the second feedback torque command, and determines the feedforward engine torque command, generated by the first torque command generator, as a final engine torque command.

12. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the driving torque command generator generates a final motor torque command by correcting the feedforward motor torque command, generated by the first torque command generator, using the first feedback torque command and the second feedback torque command,

wherein the final motor torque command is limited so that the final motor torque command is within a preset allowed amount of motor capacity, and the feedforward engine torque command is corrected by an excessive amount of the first feedback torque command or the second feedback torque command exceeding the allowed amount, so that a corrected command value is determined as the final engine torque command.

13. A driving torque command generating method of a hybrid electric vehicle, the method comprising:

detecting, by a driving input detector, a driving input value of a driver, including a pedal input value in response to manipulation of an accelerator pedal;

detecting, by an engine speed detector, an engine speed of an engine of a vehicle;

detecting, by a motor speed detector, a motor speed of a motor functioning as a driving source of the vehicle;

detecting, by a wheel speed detector, a wheel speed of a wheel of the vehicle; and

obtaining, by a controller, torsional state observation values using a measured engine speed, a measured motor speed, and a measured wheel speed detected by the engine speed detector, the motor speed detector, and the wheel speed detector, respectively, together with a motor torque command generated in a previous period; and

generating, by the controller, an engine torque command and a motor torque command of a driving torque command based on the driving input value input by the driving input detector and the torsional state observation values.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the process of generating, by the controller, the engine torque command and the motor torque command comprises:

generating a target engine torque and a target motor torque, with which the engine and the motor are controlled, from the driving input value input by the driving input detector;

generating a feedforward engine torque command and a feedforward motor torque command from the target engine torque and the target motor torque, using a torque gradient determined based on vehicle status information;

generating a feedback torque command, with which torsion of the vehicle drive system is reduced, based on the torsional state observation values; and

generating the engine torque command and the motor torque command from the feedforward engine torque command and the feedforward motor torque command and the feedback torque command.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the controller generates the engine torque command and the motor torque command by correcting the feedforward engine torque command and the feedforward motor torque command by the feedback torque command, with which torsion of the vehicle drive system is reduced.

16. The method according to claim 13, wherein the process of obtaining, by the controller, the torsional state observation values comprises:

observing, by the engine speed observer, the engine speed based on the measured engine speed, an observed engine speed observed in the previous period and received as feedback information, and an engine torque command of the previous period;

observing, by the motor speed observer, the motor speed based on the measured motor speed, an observed motor speed observed in the previous period and received as feedback information, and a motor torque command of the previous period; and

determining the torsional state observation values from an observed engine speed observed by the engine speed observer and an observed motor speed observed by the motor speed observer.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the torsional state observation values in the vehicle drive system comprise:

torsional state observation values on a damper, obtained by observing a torsional state of the damper between the engine and the motor; and

torsional state observation values on a transmission, obtained by observing a torsional state of the transmission located on an output side of the motor.

18. The method according to claim 16, wherein the torsional state observation values on the damper comprise a torsional angular velocity, a torsional angular acceleration, and a torsion angle on the damper, and

the torsional state observation values on the transmission comprise a torsional angular velocity, a torsional angular acceleration, and a torsion angle on the transmission.

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein the torsional angular velocity on the damper is determined by a difference between the observed engine speed and the observed motor speed, and

the torsion angle on the damper is determined by integrating the torsional angular velocity on the damper.

20. The method according to claim 18, wherein the torsional angular velocity on the transmission is determined to be a difference between the observed motor speed and the equivalent wheel speed, the torsion angle on the transmission is calculated by integrating the torsional angular velocity on the transmission, and the equivalent wheel speed is obtained by converting the measured wheel speed to a speed on the motor using the gear ratio corresponding to the current gear stage.