Physical quantity control device usable in vehicle motion control

• US 5,155,686 A
• Filed: 05/30/1990
• Issued: 10/13/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Yamamoto, Osamu, Akuta, Yoshimitsu, Shiraishi, Shuji, Kin, Keiyu
• Primary Examiner(s): Black, Thomas G.
• Application Number:
  US07/530,361
• Time in Patent Office: 867 Days
• Field of Search: 364/426.02, 364/426.03, 364/431.05, 123/352, 123/354, 123/349, 303/95, 180/197
• US Class Current: 701/70
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 28/16 responsive to, or preventing, skidding of wheels brake control systems for vehicle drive stability B60T8/1755; arrangements responsive to a speed condition for adjusting wheel braking force B60T8/32; control of vehicle driving stability otherwise than by controlling the propulsion unit only B60W30/02; preventing wheel slippage by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 8/173 Eliminating or reducing the effect of unwanted signals, e.g. due to vibrations or electrical noise
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 8/175 Brake regulation specially adapted to prevent excessive wheel spin during vehicle acceleration, e.g. for traction control safety devices for propulsion unit control responsive to, or preventing, skidding of wheels B60K28/16
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 8/17636 Microprocessor-based systems
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0011 Proportional Integral Differential [PID] controller
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0052 Filtering, filters

Abstract

A physical quantity control device includes first and second control elements having different sensitivities from one another, the first and second control elements providing outputs to change at least one physical quantity in response to first and second operational quantities individually input to the first and second control elements. First and second computing circuits are provided for computing the first and second operational quantities in response to a deviation between a predetermined target value and the physical quantity, wherein the physical quantity is feedback controlled to converge with the predetermined target value. Further, first and second filters for passing frequencies individually corresponding to the sensitivies of the first and second control elements, respectively, the first filter being provided in a feedback loop including the first control elements and the first computing circuit, and the second filter being provided in a second feedback loop including the second control element and the second computing circuit. Further, the output of the first and second control elements is preferably input to an operation means to generate the physical quantity, wherein the physical quantity controlled is a vehicle motion.

Claims

1. A vehicle motion control device, comprising:

an operating means for outputting a physical quantity which effects a vehicle motion;

first and second control means having different sensitivities from one another and having outputs therefrom, said outputs of said first and second control means being input to said operating means in response to first and second operational quantities individually input to said first and second control means, respectively, wherein the output of said operating means is responsive to the input received from said first and second control means;

first and second computing means coupled to said first and second control means for computing said first and second operational quantities in response to a filtered deviation between a predetermined target value and said output physical quantity, wherein said output physical quantity is feedback controlled to converge with said predetermined target value; and

first and second filter means coupled to said computing means for passing frequencies individually corresponding to the sensitivities of said first and second control means, respectively, and for outputting said filtered deviation into said first and second computing means, said first filter means being provided in a feedback loop including said first control means and said first computing means, and said second filter means being provided in a second feedback loop including said second control means and said second computing means.

2. The vehicle motion control device of claim 1, wherein said first filter means includes a first physical quantity filter in said first feedback loop for filtering said output physical quantity from said operating means at a frequency corresponding to the sensitivity of said first control means, and wherein said second filter means includes a second physical quantity filter in said second feedback loop for filtering said output physical quantity at a frequency corresponding to the sensitivity of said second control means.

3. The vehicle motion control device of claim 1, wherein said first filter means includes,

(a) a first target value filter in said first feedback loop for filtering said target value at a frequency corresponding to the sensitivity of said first control means, and

(b) a first physical quantity filter in said first feedback loop for filtering said output physical quantity from said operating means at a frequency corresponding to the sensitivity of said first control means;

and

wherein said second filter means includes,

(a) a second target value filter in said second feedback loop for filtering said target value at a frequency corresponding to the sensitivity of said second control means, and

(b) a second physical quantity filter in said second feedback loop for filtering said output physical quantity at a frequency corresponding to the sensitivity of said second control means.

4. The vehicle motion device of claim 1, wherein said first filter includes a first deviation filter in said first feedback loop for filtering a deviation between a target value and said output physical quantity at a frequency corresponding to the sensitivity of said first control means, and

wherein said second filter means includes a second deviation filter in said second feedback loop for filtering a deviation between the target value and said output physical quantity at a frequency corresponding to the sensitivity of said second control means.

5. The vehicle motion control device of any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein said operating means comprises a driving wheel of the vehicle, said first control means comprises a throttle valve opening control means and said second control means comprises a fuel quantity change control means for controlling a fuel supply quantity to an engine of the vehicle.

6. The vehicle motion control device of claim 5, wherein said first computing means includes means for obtaining said first operational quantity by adding an initial throttle opening defined according to a transmitting limit torque of said driving wheel preliminarily set according to a road surface condition during running of a vehicle, to an operational quantity obtained according to a signal having a frequency corresponding to the sensitivity of said first control means.

7. The vehicle motion control device of any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein said operating means comprises a driving wheel, and said first control means comprises a throttle value opening control means, and said second control means comprises a brake controlling solenoid for controlling a braking pressure of a brake to be mounted to said driving wheel.

8. The vehicle motion control device of claim 7, wherein said first computing means includes means for obtaining said first operational quantity by adding an initial throttle opening defined according to a transmitting limit torque of said driving wheel preliminarily set according to a road surface condition during running of a vehicle, to an operational quantity obtained according to a signal having a frequency corresponding to the sensitivity of said first control means.

9. A physical quantity control device, comprising:

first and second control means having different sensitivities from one another and having outputs therefrom, said outputs of said first and second control means being provided to change at least one physical quantity in response to first and second operational quantities individually input to said first and second control means;

first and second computing means coupled to said first and second control means for computing said first and second operational quantities in response to a filtered deviation between a predetermined target value and said physical quantity, wherein said physical quantity is feedback controlled to converge on said predetermined target value; and

first and second filter means coupled to said computing means, for passing frequencies individually corresponding to the sensitivities of said first and second control means, respectively, and for outputting said filtered deviation into said first and second computing means, said first filter means being provided in a feedback loop including said first control means and said first computing means, and said second filter means being provided in a second feedback loop including said second control means and said second computing means.

10. The physical quantity control device of claim 9, wherein said first filter means comprises a first physical filter in said first feedback loop for filtering said physical quantity at a frequency corresponding to the sensitivity of said first control means, and wherein said second filter means comprises a second physical quantity filter in said second feedback loop for filtering said physical quantity at a frequency corresponding to the sensitivity of said second control means.

11. The physical quantity control device of claim 9, wherein the sensitivity of said first control means corresponds to a fluctuating frequency of said target value, and

said first filter means comprises a target value filter in said first feedback loop for filtering said target value at a frequency corresponding to the sensitivity of said first control means, and a first physical quantity filter in said first feedback loop for filtering said physical quantity at a frequency corresponding to the sensitivity of said first control means, and

wherein said second filter means comprises a second physical quantity filter provided in said second feedback loop for filtering said physical quantity at a frequency corresponding to the sensitivity of said second control means.

12. A physical quantity control device, comprising:

first and second control means having different sensitivities from one another and having outputs therefrom, said outputs of said first and second control means being provided to change at least one physical quantity in response to first and second operational quantities individually input to said first and second control means;

first and second computing means coupled to said first and second control means for computing said first and second operational quantities in response to a filtered deviation between a predetermined target value and said physical quantity, wherein said physical quantity is feedback controlled to converge on said predetermined target value; and

first and second physical quantity filters coupled to said computing means for filtering said physical quantity at frequencies individually corresponding to the sensitivities of said first and second control means, respectively, and for outputting said filtered deviation into said first and second computing means and

first and second target value filters for filtering said target value at said frequencies individually corresponding to the sensitivities of said first and second control means, respectively,

wherein said first computing means is so constructed as to define said first operational quantity to be input to said first control means according to a deviation between a first physical quantity containing a first frequency component passed through said first physical quantity filter and a first target value containing said first frequency component passed through said first target value filter, and

wherein said second computing means is so constructed as to define said second operational quantity to be input to said second control means according to a deviation between a second physical quantity containing a second frequency component passed through said second physical quantity filter and a second target value containing said second frequency component passed through said second target value filter.