Yaw motion control device
First Claim
1. A sensor for detecting a dynamic vehicle condition corresponding to yaw motion, comprising:
- a detecting means for detecting wheel speed of left and right trailing wheels of the vehicle;
a calculating means for receiving the wheel speeds from said detecting means and calculating the difference therebetween; and
a filter means, receiving the output of said calculating means, for eliminating signal noise caused by vibration of vehicle wheels and suspension.
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Abstract
A yaw motion control device for a vehicle includes a steering angle sensor for detecting the steering angle of a steering wheel of the vehicle and a steering angle memory means operatively connected to the steering angle sensor for storing at least a previous value of the steering angle. A reference yaw rate generator generates a reference yaw rate in response to an input from the steering angle memory, and a yaw rate detector detects the yaw rate of the vehicle. Further, a yaw motion corrector controls the yaw motion of the vehicle in response to the outputs from the reference yaw rate generator means and the yaw rate detector. The yaw motion control device set forth above can also be employed with a vehicle speed detector for detecting the speed of the vehicle, and for outputting the vehicle speed to said reference yaw rate generator to provide greater accuracy in controlling the yaw motion of the vehicle.
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8 Claims
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1. A sensor for detecting a dynamic vehicle condition corresponding to yaw motion, comprising:
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a detecting means for detecting wheel speed of left and right trailing wheels of the vehicle; a calculating means for receiving the wheel speeds from said detecting means and calculating the difference therebetween; and a filter means, receiving the output of said calculating means, for eliminating signal noise caused by vibration of vehicle wheels and suspension. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A sensor for detecting a dynamic vehicle condition corresponding to yaw motion of a vehicle, comprising:
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a detecting means for detecting wheel speeds of left and right trailing wheels of the vehicle and producing separate output signals representing a left wheel speed of said left trailing wheel and a right wheel speed of said right trailing wheel; a yaw rate determining means, receiving said output signals from said detecting means representing the wheel speeds, for determining an approximate yaw rate by determining a product of a constant and a difference value, said difference value representing a difference between said left wheel speed and said right wheel speed, said constant having a value representing a distance between centerlines of said left and right trailing wheels; and a filter means, receiving the output of said yaw rate determining means, for eliminating signal noise caused by vibration of vehicle wheels and suspension.
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8. A sensor for detecting a dynamic vehicle condition corresponding to yaw motion, comprising:
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a detecting means for detecting wheel speed of left and right trailing wheels of the vehicle; a yaw rate determining means for receiving the wheel speeds from said detecting means, calculating a difference between said wheel speeds, and determining an approximate yaw rate based on said difference; and a filter means, receiving the output of said calculating means representing said approximate yaw rate, for eliminating signal noise caused by vibration of vehicle wheels and suspension.
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