Wheel lift identification for an automotive vehicle
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1. A method of operating an automotive vehicle comprising:
- initiating a build cycle;
storing a peak wheel speed after initiating the build cycle;
determining a second wheel speed to determine a change in wheel speed from the peak speed;
determining a slip ratio in response to an applied torque; and
determining a wheel lift status when the change in the wheel speed is greater than a predetermined value, and in response to said slip ratio, wherein each of the steps are performed with respect to a single wheel of the vehicle.
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Abstract
A roll control system (16) for an automotive vehicle (10) is used to detect if one of the plurality of wheels (12) is lifted. The system generates a pressure request to determine if the wheel has lifted. A roll control pressure request may also be generated. The wheel lift pressure is suppressed in response to the roll control pressure request. The system may also store a peak wheel speed after the initiation of a build cycle so that the peak wheel speed is used in the wheel lift determination. Also, the system may have an ABS monitor mode which uses the build and release cycles of the ABS system to determine whether a wheel has lifted.
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1. A method of operating an automotive vehicle comprising:
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initiating a build cycle; storing a peak wheel speed after initiating the build cycle; determining a second wheel speed to determine a change in wheel speed from the peak speed; determining a slip ratio in response to an applied torque; and determining a wheel lift status when the change in the wheel speed is greater than a predetermined value, and in response to said slip ratio, wherein each of the steps are performed with respect to a single wheel of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method of operating an automotive vehicle comprising:
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initiating a build cycle; storing a peak wheel speed after initiating the build cycle; determining a second wheel speed to determine a change in wheel speed from the peak speed; and choosing between a first or second lift status in response to the change in wheel speed and a reacceleration threshold, wherein each of the steps are performed with respect to a single wheel of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of operating an automotive vehicle comprising:
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initiating a build cycle; storing a peak wheel speed after initiating the build cycle; determining a second wheel speed to determine a change in wheel speed from the peak speed; and choosing between a first or second lift status in response to the change in wheel speed and a reacceleration threshold, the reacceleration threshold comprising a reacceleration reference velocity, and when the wheel speed is decelerating, selling the reacceleration reference velocity to the wheel speed.
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13. A method of operating an automotive vehicle comprising:
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initiating a build cycle; storing a peak wheel speed after initiating the build cycle; determining a second wheel speed to determine a change in wheel speed from the peak speed; and choosing between a first or second lift status in response to the change in wheel speed and a reacceleration threshold, the reacceleration threshold comprising a reacceleration reference velocity, and when the wheel speed is accelerating, increasing the reacceleration reference velocity. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A method of controlling an automotive vehicle comprising:
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initiating a build cycle; determining a slip ratio in response to an applied torque; ending said build cycle in response to said slip ratio being negative; after the build cycle, initiating a release cycle; and determining one of possibly grounded condition, or possibly lifted condition during one of the build cycle or the release cycle, wherein each of the steps are performed with respect to a single wheel of the vehicle.
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17. A method of operating an automotive vehicle having an antilock brake system and a roll control system comprising:
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initiating an antilock brake monitor mode by the vehicle antilock brake system when the roll control system suspects lift and the driver is braking above a minimum pressure level; determining a slip ratio in response to an applied torque; and determining wheel lift in response to said slip ratio and the level of wheel deceleration generated while the pressure is being released in the antilock brake monitor mode. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A method of controlling an automotive vehicle comprising:
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initiating an antilock brake monitor mode having a release cycle; determining a change in wheel speed; determining a wheel slip; and determining a wheel lift or wheel grounded condition in response to the change in wheel speed, a reacceleration threshold and wheel slip, wherein each of the steps are performed with respect to a single wheel of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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