Dynamic technique for using corrective actions on vehicles undergoing excessive turns

• US 6,535,799 B2
• Filed: 04/30/2001
• Issued: 03/18/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Levanoni, Menachem, Kurtzberg, Jerome M.
• Primary Examiner(s): ARTHUR JEANGLAUDE, GERTRUDE
• Application Number:
  US09/845,647
• Publication Number:
  US 20020161486A1
• Time in Patent Office: 687 Days
• Field of Search: 701/1, 701/33, 701/56, 701/57, 701/58, 701/59, 701/63, 701/65, 701/70, 701/79, 701/102, 701/110
• US Class Current: 701/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 17/0195 characterised by the regulation being combined with other vehicle control systems conjoint control of vehicle sub-units including control of suspension systems B60W10/22
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 2202/45 Other types, e.g. external jets for stability with particular characteristics
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 2400/104 lateral or transversal with regard to vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 2400/61 Load distribution
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 2600/1873 Model Following
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 2600/70 Computer memory; Data storage, e.g. maps for adaptive control
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 2800/012 Rolling condition
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 2800/244 Oversteer
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 2270/311 Predefined control maps, lookup tables
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 2270/86 Optimizing braking by using ESP vehicle or tire model
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 8/172 Determining control parameters used in the regulation, e.g. by calculations involving measured or detected parameters B60T8/17551 takes precedence
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: B64G 1/26 using jets
• CPC Class Codes: B64G 1/52 Protection, safety or emergency devices; Survival aids

Abstract

A method including providing force and acceleration sensors in a vehicle-enclosing device; transmitting data produced by the sensors during actual operation of the vehicle-enclosing device attached to a specific vehicle for subsequent analysis by a computer; and creating a force-and-acceleration map based on the sensor-based data.

Claims

1. A method for creating a model of an adjustable of corrective attitude jets for a vehicle, the method comprising:

i) providing acceleration sensors in a device attached to said vehicle,

ii) transmitting data produced by said sensors during operation of said vehicle;

iii) creating a force-and-acceleration map based on said sensor-based data; and

iv) creating a model of an adjustable set of corrective attitude jets for said vehicle based on said force-and-acceleration map.

2. A method according to claim 1, further comprising constructing a physical set of attitude jets based on a design provided by the model.

3. A method according to claim 1, comprising using a sensor elected from the group consisting of temperature, moisture, and road condition sensors, for correlating safety, support and comfort when using a physical set of attitude jets.

4. A method according to claim 1, further comprising using and interpolation technique to create said model.

5. A method according to claim 4, comprising a step of updating the model by using the interpolating map.

6. A method according to claim 5, further comprising optimizing said model.

7. A method according to claim 1, further comprising using a linear technique for creating said model of adjustable set of attitude jets.

8. A method as in claim 7, comprising a step of employing neural networks as the modeling technique.

9. A method according to claim 7, further comprising employing regression to model said set of attitude jets.

10. A method according to claim 7, comprising employing an expert system to model said set of attitude jets.

11. A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method for fitting a pressure suit to an individual, the method comprising:

i) transmitting data produced by acceleration sensors provided in a vehicle-enclosing device during actual operation of said vehicle-enclosing device attached to an individual;

ii) creating a force-and-acceleration map based on said sensor-based data; and

iii) fitting a pressure suit to said individual based upon said force-and-acceleration map.