Method and device for recognizing raised wheels of a vehicle

• US 7,142,958 B2
• Filed: 01/30/2003
• Issued: 11/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Haas, Hardy
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, TAN QUANG
• Application Number:
  US10/474,528
• Publication Number:
  US 20040158368A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,398 Days
• Field of Search: 701/1, 701/29, 701/72, 701/73, 701/79, 701/70, 701/69, 701/84, 701/90, 340/440, 340/429
• US Class Current: 701/29
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0233 Vehicle tilting, overturning or roll over
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 2230/03 Overturn, rollover

Abstract

A method of detecting a transverse-dynamically hazardous operating state of a vehicle, where a variable describing the rotational speed of at least one wheel on an axle is determined; a first variable describing the vehicle transverse dynamics is determined from at least the one variable describing the wheel rotational speed; at least one second variable describing the vehicle transverse dynamics is determined from sensor signals; and the transverse-dynamically hazardous state is detected at least as a function of the first variable describing the vehicle transverse dynamics and the second variable describing the vehicle transverse dynamics. The transverse-dynamically hazardous operating state is defined by this wheel on the axle lifting off the roadway or by an imminent danger of this wheel lifting off the roadway; and the transverse-dynamically hazardous operating state is detected as a function of the engine torque (Mmot) acting upon this axle.

Claims

1. A method of detecting a transverse-dynamically hazardous operating state of a vehicle, comprising:

determining a variable describing a rotational speed of at least one wheel on an axle;

determining a first variable describing a vehicle transverse dynamics from at least the variable describing the rotational speed;

determining at least one second variable describing the vehicle transverse dynamics from a sensor signal;

detecting a transverse-dynamically hazardous operating state at least as a function of the first variable and the second variable, the transverse-dynamically hazardous operating state corresponding to one of when the at least one wheel on the axle lifts off a roadway and when an imminent danger of the at least one wheel lifting off the roadway is present;

determining the transverse-dynamically hazardous operating state as a function of an engine torque acting upon the axle; and

while determining the transverse-dynamically hazardous operating state, determining whether the axle is one of driven and non-driven.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein:

the imminent danger of the at least one wheel lifting off the roadway is present when a slip of the at least one wheel on the axle has a value that is substantially different from zero.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein:

the first variable and the second variable represent a transverse acceleration.

4. The method as recited in claim 3, wherein:

the transverse-dynamically hazardous operating state is detected only if an amount of transverse acceleration exceeds a predefinable threshold value.

5. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

if the axle is driven, determining whether the vehicle is in one of an acceleration mode and an overrun mode by evaluating the engine torque acting upon the axle.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein:

the transverse-dynamically hazardous operating state is detected by evaluating inequalities that include the first variable and the second variable, and

a form of the inequalities is determined by the engine torque acting upon the axle.

7. A device for detecting a transverse-dynamically hazardous operating state of a vehicle, comprising:

an arrangement for determining a variable describing a rotational speed of at least one wheel on an axle;

an arrangement for determining a first variable describing a vehicle transverse dynamics from at least the variable describing the rotational speed;

an arrangement for determining at least one second variable describing the vehicle transverse dynamics from a sensor signal;

an arrangement for detecting a transverse-dynamically hazardous operating state at least as a function of the first variable and the second variable, the transverse-dynamically hazardous operating state corresponding to one of when the at least one wheel on the axle lifts off a roadway and when an imminent danger of the at least one wheel lifting off the roadway is present;

an arrangement for determining the transverse-dynamically hazardous operating state as a function of an engine torque acting upon the axle; and

an arrangement for determining while the transverse-dynamically hazardous operating state is being determined, whether the axle is one of driven and non-driven.