Method for determining the speed of a vehicle and vehicle

• US 8,935,072 B2
• Filed: 09/28/2012
• Issued: 01/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Inventors: Eisele, Harald
• Primary Examiner(s): Cheung, Calvin
• Assistant Examiner(s): SCHNEIDER, PAULA LYNN
• Application Number:
  US13/630,172
• Publication Number:
  US 20130090830A1
• Time in Patent Office: 837 Days
• Field of Search: 701/93, 701/1, 701/70
• US Class Current: 701/93
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 31/00 Vehicle fittings, acting on a single sub-unit only, for automatically controlling vehicle speed, i.e. preventing speed from exceeding an arbitrarily established velocity or maintaining speed at a particular velocity, as selected by the vehicle operator fittings acting on two or more sub-units B60W30/14; speedometers G01P; systems or devices for controlling speed in general G05D13/00 ; in traffic anti-collision system for road vehicles G08G1/16
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 7/12 for automatic initiation; for initiation not subject to will of driver or passenger limiting speed of vehicles other than rail vehicles B60K31/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2520/28 Wheel speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/50 of positioning data, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System] data
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/65 Data transmitted between vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/105 Speed
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 17/00 Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions information retrieval, database structures or file system structures therefor G06F16/00

Abstract

A subject matter of the application relates to a method for determining a speed of a vehicle. In one embodiment, the method includes ascertaining a first value of a distance traveled by the vehicle within a time interval on the basis of data ascertained by at least one first revolution sensor of a first tire of the vehicle and a second revolution sensor of a second tire of the vehicle; ascertaining a second value of a distance traveled by the vehicle within a time interval on the basis of data ascertained by a position-determining device; and comparing the ascertained first value and the ascertained second value. If a deviation between the ascertained first value and the ascertained second value exceeds a predetermined threshold value, the method includes classifying a speed determined on the basis of the ascertained second value.

Claims

1. A method for determining a speed of a vehicle, comprising:

ascertaining a first distance travelled by the vehicle within a time interval on the basis of data ascertained by at least one first revolution sensor of a first tire of the vehicle and a second revolution sensor of a second tire of the vehicle;

ascertaining a second distance travelled by the vehicle within the time interval on the basis of data ascertained by a position-determining device;

determining, by a vehicle computer, that a deviation between the ascertained first distance and the ascertained second distance exceeds a predetermined threshold value; and

in response to the determining,

classifying, by the vehicle computer, a speed of the vehicle on the basis of the ascertained second distance as the intrinsic speed of the vehicle,

providing a determined speed of the vehicle to at least one driver-assistance-system of the vehicle, and

adjusting an operating mode of at least one driver assistance system as a function of the deviation between the ascertained first distance and the ascertained second distance.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one driver assistance system is selected from a parking aid system, a braking assistant, an emergency braking system, a cruise control system and a proximity control system.

3. The method according to 1, further comprising outputting a warning message when the deviation between the ascertained first distance and the ascertained second distance exceeds the predetermined threshold value.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising notifying a servicing company when the deviation between the ascertained first distance and the ascertained second distance exceeds the predetermined threshold value.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the position-determining device ascertains a position of the vehicle in a satellite-based manner.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the position-determining device determines a position of the vehicle on the basis of data received by a vehicle-to-infrastructure communication device.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the ascertaining the first distance includes forming a mean value of the data ascertained from the at least one first revolution sensor and the second revolution sensor.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein each of the tires of vehicle comprises a revolution sensor and wherein the ascertaining the first distance is effected on the basis of data ascertained from the revolution sensors of the tires of vehicle.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising ascertaining at least one of a bend and a width of the carriageway and wherein the predetermined threshold value is adjusted as a function of the ascertained at least one of the bend and the ascertained width.

10. A vehicle, comprising:

a first revolution sensor for a first tire and a second revolution sensor for a second tire of the vehicle a first ascertainment device that ascertains a first distance travelled by the vehicle within a time interval on the basis of data ascertained by at least one of the first revolution sensor and the second revolution sensor;

a second ascertainment device that ascertains a second distance travelled by the vehicle within a time interval on the basis of data ascertained by a position-determining device;

a classification device that

classifies a speed determined on the basis of the ascertained second distance as the intrinsic speed of the vehicle and

provides a determined speed of the vehicle to at least one driver assistance system of the vehicle,

when a deviation between the ascertained first distance and the ascertained second distance exceeds a predetermined threshold value; and

wherein the driver assistance system adjusts an operating mode of at least one driver assistance system as a function of the deviation between the ascertained first distance and the ascertained second distance.

11. The vehicle according to claim 10, wherein the at least one driver assistance system is selected from at least one of a parking aid system, a braking assistance, an emergency braking system, a cruise control system and a proximity control system.

12. The vehicle according to claim 10, wherein the position-determining device is part of at least one of a navigation system and a vehicle-to-infrastructure communication device of the vehicle.

13. A computer program product comprising:

a tangible storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising;

ascertaining a first distance travelled by the vehicle within a time interval on the basis of data ascertained by at least one first revolution sensor of a first tire of the vehicle and a second revolution sensor of a second tire of the vehicle;

ascertaining a second distance travelled by the vehicle within the time interval on the basis of data ascertained by a position-determining device;

determining that a deviation between the ascertained first distance and the ascertained second distance exceeds a predetermined threshold value; and

in response to the determining,

classifying a speed of the vehicle on the basis of the ascertained second distance as the intrinsic speed of the vehicle,

providing a determined speed of the vehicle to at least one driver-assistance-system of the vehicle, and

adjusting an operating mode of at least one driver assistance system as a function of the deviation between the ascertained first distance and the ascertained second distance.