Tire pressure monitoring system of motor driven vehicle and method thereof

• US 9,387,735 B2
• Filed: 11/18/2014
• Issued: 07/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Lee, Minsu
• Primary Examiner(s): FREJD, RUSSELL WARREN
• Application Number:
  US14/546,917
• Publication Number:
  US 20150343860A1
• Time in Patent Office: 602 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/0488 Movement sensor, e.g. for sensing angular speed, acceleration or centripetal force
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/061 by monitoring wheel speed measuring distance traversed on the ground by vehicles G01C22/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/465 Slip
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 3/102 of individual wheels
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 3/104 by indirect measurement of vehicle speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2400/00 Indexing codes relating to detected, measured or calculated conditions or factors
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2520/26 Wheel slip
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2720/26 Wheel slip
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/02 Control of vehicle driving stability
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/12 related to parameters of the vehicle itself , e.g. tyre models

Abstract

A tire pressure monitoring system includes a resolver for detecting a motor speed generating driving torque. A wheel speed sensor detects a wheel speed of wheels rotated by the driving torque generated at the motor. A transmission decelerates the driving torque generated at the motor. A controller is configured to compare a first target wheel speed calculated using the motor speed detected by the resolver to the wheel speed sensor detected by the wheel speed sensor and determining a status of a tire, when a wheel slip ratio is less than a predetermined value.

Claims

1. A tire pressure monitoring system of a motor driven vehicle, the system comprising:

a resolver for detecting a speed of a motor which generates a driving torque;

a wheel speed sensor for detecting a wheel speed of wheels which rotate by the driving torque generated by the motor;

a transmission for decelerating the driving torque generated at the motor; and

a controller configured to compare a first target wheel speed calculated using the motor speed detected by the resolver with the wheel speed detected by the wheel speed sensor and configured to determine a status of a tire, when a wheel slip ratio is less than a predetermined value,

wherein the controller calculates the first target wheel speed by using the motor speed detected by the resolver, a wheel radius, and a gear ratio of the transmission corresponding to a shift speed.

2. The tire pressure monitoring system of claim 1,

wherein the first target wheel speed T1 is calculated from the following equation:

3. The tire pressure monitoring system of claim 1,

wherein the controller calculates a second target wheel speed by multiplying the first target wheel speed by a correcting coefficient considering a load condition of the vehicle and a road condition, and

determines the status of the tire by comparing the second target wheel speed to the wheel speed detected by the wheel speed sensor.

4. The tire pressure monitoring system of claim 3,

wherein the correcting coefficient is determined by a first correcting coefficient considering a throttle opening and a throttle opening variation, a second correcting coefficient considering a vehicle speed and a longitudinal direction acceleration, and a third correcting coefficient considering a vehicle load, and

the first correcting coefficient to the third correcting coefficient are predetermined mapping data and are saved to the controller.

5. The tire pressure monitoring system of claim 3,

wherein the controller determines the status of the tire by comparing a final target wheel speed while correcting the second target wheel speed by considering cornering of the vehicle to the wheel speed detected by the wheel speed sensor,

wherein the final target wheel speed is calculated from the following equations in which a front outer wheel speed Vfo, a front inner wheel speed Vfi, a rear outer wheel speed Vro, and a rear inner wheel speed Vri are the final target wheel speed:

6. The tire pressure monitoring system of a motor driven vehicle of claim 1,

wherein the wheel slip ratio (k) is calculated from the following equation:

7. The tire pressure monitoring system of a motor driven vehicle of claim 1, further comprising an integrated starter and generator (ISG) provided in an engine, the ISG starting the engine or generating an electricity by an output of the engine.

8. A tire pressure monitoring method of a motor driven vehicle, in which a resolver detects a motor speed generating a driving torque, a wheel speed sensor detects a wheel speed of wheels rotated by the driving torque generated at the motor, and a controller determines a status of a tire from a signal detected by the resolver and the wheel speed sensor, the method comprising steps of:

calculating a first target wheel speed by using a motor speed detected by the resolver;

determining whether a wheel slip ratio is greater than a predetermined value; and

determining whether a difference between the first target wheel speed and a real wheel speed detected by the wheel speed sensor is greater than a predetermined value,

wherein the controller calculates the first target wheel speed by using the motor speed detected by the resolver, a wheel radius, and a gear ratio of a transmission corresponding to a shift speed.

9. The tire pressure monitoring method of claim 8,

wherein the first target wheel speed T1 is calculated from the following equation:

10. The tire pressure monitoring method of claim 8, after the step of calculating the first target wheel speed, further comprising steps of:

calculating a second target wheel speed by multiplying the first target wheel speed by a correcting coefficient considering a load condition of the vehicle and a road condition; and

determining whether a difference between the second target wheel speed and the wheel speed detected by the wheel speed sensor is greater than a predetermined value.

11. The tire pressure monitoring method of claim 10,

wherein the correcting coefficient is determined by a first correcting coefficient considering a throttle opening and a throttle opening variation, a second correcting coefficient considering a vehicle speed and a longitudinal direction acceleration, and a third correcting coefficient considering a vehicle load, and

the first correcting coefficient to third correcting coefficient are predetermined mapping data saved to the controller.

12. The tire pressure monitoring method of claim 10, further comprising steps of:

calculating a final target wheel speed correcting the second target wheel speed according to a cornering status of a vehicle; and

determining whether a difference between the final target wheel speed and a real wheel speed detected by the wheel speed sensor is greater than a predetermined value.

13. The tire pressure monitoring method of claim 12,

wherein the final target wheel speed is calculated from the following equations in which a front outer wheel speed Vfo, a front inner wheel speed Vfi, a rear outer wheel speed Vro, and a rear inner wheel speed Vri are the final target wheel speed:

14. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium comprising computer executable instructions which cause a controller to perform the method according to claim 8.