Relative vehicle platform having synchronized adaptive offset calibration for lateral accelerometer and steering angle sensor

• US 6,185,485 B1
• Filed: 12/22/1998
• Issued: 02/06/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Madau, Dinu Petre, Tseng, Hongtei Eric, Ashrafi, Behrouz
• Primary Examiner(s): Cuchlinski, Jr., William A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Beaulieu, Yonel
• Application Number:
  US09/218,281
• Time in Patent Office: 777 Days
• Field of Search: 701/1, 701/41, 701/42, 701/70, 701/71, 701/72, 701/73, 701/80, 701/37, 701/38, 180/197, 180/400, 280/5.5, 280/5.507
• US Class Current: 701/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 2210/22 Banked curves
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 8/1755 Brake regulation specially adapted to control the stability of the vehicle, e.g. taking into account yaw rate or transverse acceleration in a curve road vehicle drive control systems for control of driving stability otherwise than by controlling a particular sub-unit B60W30/02

Abstract

A system and method for vehicle dynamic control processes a compensated yaw rate signal measurement and a compensated lateral acceleration signal measurement (30, 32) to derive a signal measurement of road bank angle disturbance not compensated for in a compensated steering angle signal measurement and provides the derived signal to a controller (12). The compensated steering angle signal measurement is an input to the controller. Because a disturbance already compensated in the compensated steering angle signal measurement is transparent to the controller, the controller is able to adjust the control action of the vehicle dynamic control system based on the derived signal measurement of road bank angle disturbance not compensated for in a compensated steering angle signal measurement, thereby providing enhanced robustness of control.

Claims

1. A method of enhancing dynamic control system robustness in an automotive vehicle comprising:

compensating a steering angle signal from a steering angle sensor to provide a compensated steering angle signal measurement;

compensating a lateral acceleration signal from a lateral acceleration sensor to provide a compensated lateral acceleration signal measurement;

compensating a yaw rate signal from a yaw rate sensor to provide a compensated yaw rate signal measurement;

processing the compensated yaw rate signal measurement and the compensated lateral acceleration signal measurement to derive a signal measurement of road bank angle disturbance not compensated for in the compensated steering angle signal;

providing the compensated steering angle signal measurement and the signal measurement of road bank angle disturbance not compensated for in the compensated steering angle signal to adjust the control action of the vehicle dynamic control system.

2. A method as set forth in claim 1 including using respective calibration filters with identical synchronization to create the compensated lateral acceleration signal measurement and the compensated steering angle measurement respectively by processing the lateral acceleration signal and the steering angle signal respectively in the respective calibration filters.

3. A method as set forth in claim 1 including using the compensated yaw rate signal in controlling the vehicle dynamic control system.

4. An automotive vehicle comprising a dynamic control system for controlling at least one characteristic of vehicle dynamics, the control system comprising:

a steering angle sensor providing a steering angle signal measurement;

a first calibration filter for calibrating the steering angle signal measurement to a compensated steering angle signal measurement;

a lateral acceleration sensor providing a lateral acceleration signal;

a second calibration filter for calibrating the lateral acceleration signal measurement to a compensated lateral acceleration signal measurement;

the first and second calibration filters having identical synchronization;

a yaw rate sensor, including compensation, providing a compensated yaw rate signal measurement;

a processor a) for the compensated yaw rate signal measurement and the compensated lateral acceleration signal measurement to derive a signal measurement of road bank angle disturbance not compensated for in the compensated steering angle signal measurement, b) providing the compensated steering angle signal measurement and the signal measurement of road bank angle disturbance not compensated for in the compensated steering angle signal to adjust the control action of the vehicle dynamic control system.

5. An automotive vehicle comprising a dynamic control system for controlling at least one characteristic of vehicle dynamics, the control system comprising:

a relative platform controller, including a processor;

a steering angle sensor providing a steering angle signal measurement;

a lateral acceleration sensor providing a lateral acceleration signal;

first and second calibration filters for synchronously calibrating the steering angle signal and the lateral acceleration signal measurements to create respective synchronized compensated steering angle signal and lateral acceleration signal measurements;

the relative platform controller including a processor for processing the synchronized compensated steering angle signal and lateral acceleration signal measurements with a signal measurement of road bank angle disturbance not compensated for in the compensated steering angle signal measurement to adjust the control action of the vehicle dynamic control system.