Steering device of vehicle

• US 7,885,742 B2
• Filed: 04/07/2010
• Issued: 02/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Yamazaki, Ippei
• Primary Examiner(s): To; Tuan C
• Application Number:
  US12/755,806
• Publication Number:
  US 20100250068A1
• Time in Patent Office: 307 Days
• Field of Search: 701/41, 701/42, 701/44, 180/410, 702/85, 702/109, 340/465, 340/475, 700 41- 44
• US Class Current: 701/41
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 6/001 the torque NOT being among the input parameters
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 6/002 computing target steering angles for front or rear wheels B62D7/159 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 6/02 responsive only to vehicle speed

Abstract

A target turning angle calculation part 51 calculates a target turning angle δ on the basis of a steering angle θ and a vehicle speed V. A correction turning angle calculation part 52 calculates a transfer function K(s) which is a second transfer function, depending on the vehicle speed V, by using a difference between a transfer function G(s) which is a first transfer function determined on the basis of the specification of the vehicle and a stationary component G(0) of the transfer function G(s), the first transfer function having as an input a turning angle δ and as an output a yaw rate γ of the vehicle, the second transfer function having as an input a target turning rate δ*′ obtained by temporally differentiating the target turning angle δ* and as an output a correction turning angle δ_c. The correction turning angle calculation part 52 calculates a correction turning angle δc by multiplying the transfer function K(s) by the target turning rate δ*′. A final target turning angle calculation part 53 inputs thereto the target turning angle δ* from the target turning angle calculation part 51 and the correction turning angle δc from the correction turning angle calculation part 52 and calculates a final target turning angle δ_d by adding the correction turning angle δc to the target turning angle δ*.

Claims

1. A steering device of a vehicle having a steering wheel to be operated by a driver in order to steer said vehicle and turning means for turning wheels to be turned, depending on the operation of said steering wheel, comprising:

operation input value detection means for detecting an operation input value of said driver to said steering wheel;

target turning amount calculation means for calculating a target turning amount of said wheels to be turned by using said operation input value detected by said operation input value detection means, said target turning amount having a predetermined relationship with said operation input value to said steering wheel;

transfer function setting means for setting a second transfer function by using a first transfer function determined on the basis of the specification of said vehicle, said first transfer function having as an input a turning amount of said wheels to be turned and as an output a motion condition amount generated in said vehicle by the turning of said wheels to be turned, said second transfer function having as an input a target turning rate indicating a temporal change of said target turning amount calculated by said target turning amount calculation means and as an output a turning amount of said wheels to be turned which are turned at said target turning rate;

correction turning amount calculation means for calculating a correction turning amount by using said second transfer function set by said transfer function setting means and said target turning rate, said correction turning amount correcting the change of the motion condition amount generated in said vehicle when said wheels to be turned are turned by said target turning amount calculated by said target turning amount calculation means;

final target turning amount calculation means for calculating a final target turning amount by adding said correction turning amount calculated by said correction turning amount calculation means to said target turning amount calculated by said target turning amount calculation means; and

turning control means for turning said wheels to be turned, depending on said final target turning amount calculated by said final target turning amount calculation means.

2. The steering device of the vehicle as set forth in claim 1, wherein said transfer function setting means sets a stationary component out of a frequency responsiveness property of said first transfer function as a target frequency responsiveness property and sets said second transfer function by using a difference between said set target frequency responsiveness property and a frequency responsiveness property of said first transfer function.

3. The steering device of the vehicle as set forth in claim 2, wherein said frequency responsiveness property of said first transfer function is a responsiveness property of a gain of the motion condition amount generated in said vehicle in response to a change of a frequency of the turning amount of said wheels to be turned.

4. The steering device of the vehicle as set forth in claim 1, further comprising vehicle speed detection means for detecting a speed of said vehicle,

wherein said transfer function setting means sets said second transfer function by using the vehicle speed detected by said vehicle speed detection means.

5. The steering device of the vehicle as set forth in claim 1, wherein the motion condition amount generated in said vehicle is one of a yaw rate of said vehicle and a lateral acceleration of said vehicle.

6. The steering device of the vehicle as set forth in claim 5, further comprising vehicle speed detection means for detecting a speed of said vehicle,

wherein said transfer function setting means determines said first transfer function by replacing said motion condition amount of said vehicle with one of the yaw rate of said vehicle and the lateral acceleration of said vehicle, depending on the vehicle speed detected by said vehicle speed detection means.

7. The steering device of the vehicle as set forth in claim 6, wherein said transfer function setting means determines the lateral acceleration of said vehicle as said motion condition amount of said vehicle when said vehicle runs at a low vehicle speed range that the vehicle speed detected by said vehicle speed detection means is low, while said transfer function setting means determines the yaw rate of said vehicle as said motion condition amount of said vehicle when said vehicle runs at a high vehicle speed range that the vehicle speed detected by said vehicle speed detection means is high.

8. The steering device of the vehicle as set forth in claim 1, wherein a mechanical connection between said steering wheel and said turning means is released and said turning control means controls the drive of an actuator for actuating said turning means to turn said wheels to be turned by said final target turning amount.

9. The steering device of the vehicle as set forth in claim 1, wherein said steering wheel and said turning means are connected to each other by changing means for changing a ratio of said turning amount of said wheels to be turned relative to said operation input value to said steering wheel and said turning control means controls the actuation of said changing means to turn said wheels to be turned by said final target turning amount.

10. The steering device of the vehicle as set forth in any of claims 8 and 9, further comprising vehicle speed detection means for detecting a speed of said vehicle,

wherein said target turning amount calculation means calculates a target turning amount to increase a ratio of said turning amount of said wheels to be turned relative to the operation input value detected by said operation input value detection means when said vehicle runs at a low vehicle speed range that the vehicle speed detected by said vehicle speed detection means is low, while said target turning amount calculation means calculates a target turning amount to decrease the ratio of said turning amount of said wheels to be turned relative to said detected operation input value when said vehicle runs at a high vehicle speed range that the vehicle speed detected by said vehicle speed detection means is high.