Deceleration control system in a vehicle, vehicle including a deceleration control system, and deceleration control method

• US 9,482,170 B2
• Filed: 07/20/2011
• Issued: 11/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kawasaki Motors Ltd (Kawasaki Heavy Industries Limited)
• Original Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Kawasaki Heavy Industries Limited)
• Inventors: Matsuda, Yoshimoto
• Primary Examiner(s): Badii, Behrang
• Assistant Examiner(s): GREENE, DANIEL LAWSON
• Application Number:
  US13/187,354
• Publication Number:
  US 20120022750A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,931 Days
• Field of Search: 701/51, 701/70
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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: B60W 10/06 including control of combustion engines
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2300/36 Cycles; Motorcycles; Scooters
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2510/1005 Transmission ratio engaged
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/10 Accelerator pedal position
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/12 Brake pedal position
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2710/0677 Engine power
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/18136 Engine braking
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2200/101 Engine speed
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2200/50 said parameters being related to the vehicle or its components
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2200/602 Pedal position
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 35/00 Controlling engines, dependent on conditions exterior or interior to engines, not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/0225 in relation with the gear ratio or shift lever position
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/045 Detection of accelerating or decelerating state detection thereof in general G01P
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/12 for deceleration F02D41/0005, F02D41/107 take precedence

Abstract

A deceleration control system in a vehicle comprises; a deceleration start detector; a memory for storing a normal state rule and a deceleration state rule to control a driving power, and a controller for controlling the driving power; wherein in the deceleration state rule, the driving power is changed based on the detection by a driving state detector, and a driving power decided in accordance with the deceleration state rule is greater than a driving power decided in accordance with the normal state rule according to the same driving state: and wherein the controller switches the normal state rule to the deceleration state rule and controls the driving power in accordance with the deceleration state rule, based on the detection by the driving state detector, when the deceleration start detector detects that the deceleration has started.

Claims

1. A deceleration control system in a vehicle comprising:

a throttle valve which changes its opening degree to change an air-intake amount to change torque generated in an engine;

a driving state detector for detecting a driving state of the vehicle; and

a controller including a memory for storing a control rule including a normal state rule which defines a target opening degree of the throttle valve corresponding to an operation position of an acceleration operation member operated by a driver and a deceleration state rule which defines the target opening degree of the throttle valve corresponding to at least one of an engine speed and a reduction gear ratio in a transmission,

wherein the controller is configured to;

derive the target opening degree based on the operation position of the acceleration operation member detected by the driving state detector with reference to the normal state rule;

detect whether or not deceleration of the vehicle has started, and detect a slip value of a drive wheel, based on the driving state detected by the driving state detector during a period in which the controller is referring to the normal state rule;

derive the target opening degree according to at least one of the engine speed and the reduction gear ratio detected by the driving state detector with reference to the deceleration state rule, when the controller detects that the deceleration of the vehicle has started, the target opening degree derived according to the deceleration state rule having a value which is greater than a value of a fully closed position; and

compensate the target opening degree derived with reference to the deceleration state rule to reduce the target opening degree, when the slip value of the drive wheel indicates that rotations of the drive wheel are greater than rotations of a driven wheel.

2. The deceleration control system in the vehicle according to claim 1,

wherein the controller is configured to determine whether or not a deceleration start condition that the driver has performed an operation for starting the deceleration is met, and to detect that the deceleration of the vehicle has started when the deceleration start condition is met,

wherein the deceleration start condition includes two or more conditions selected from the group comprising:

a first condition that a braking device is actuated by a braking operation performed by the driver, a second condition that the reduction gear ratio in the transmission is changed to be a greater value, a third condition that an acceleration operation is not performed by the driver, and a fourth condition that a detected value of a rotational speed of the engine is a predetermined amount greater than an estimated value of the rotational speed which is estimated from the torque generated in the engine; and

wherein the controller is configured to determine that the deceleration start condition is met when either one of the two or more conditions is met.

3. The deceleration control system in the vehicle according to claim 1,

wherein the target opening degree derived with reference to the deceleration state rule

(i) is constant when the engine speed is less than a first engine speed,

(ii) increases along with the engine speed when the engine speed is greater than the first engine speed and less than a second engine speed, and

(iii) is constant when the engine speed is greater than the second engine speed,

wherein the first engine speed and the second engine speed are set according to the reduction gear ratio in the transmission, and as the reduction gear ratio is greater, the first engine speed is set to a less value and the second engine speed is set to a greater value,

wherein the target opening degree derived with reference to the deceleration state rule is a constant value which is greater than the value of the fully closed position, when the engine speed is less than the first engine speed.

4. The deceleration control system in the vehicle according to claim 1,

wherein the driving state detector includes a reduction gear ratio detector for detecting the reduction gear ratio in the transmission and a rotational speed detector for detecting the engine speed;

and

wherein the controller is configured to derive the target opening degree according to at least one of;

the reduction gear ratio detected by the reduction gear ratio detector and the engine speed detected by the rotational speed detector, with reference to the deceleration state rule.

5. The deceleration control system in the vehicle according to claim 4,

wherein the controller is configured to derive the target opening degree according to both of the reduction gear ratio and the engine speed with reference to the deceleration state rule.

6. The deceleration control system in the vehicle according to claim 4,

wherein the target opening degree corresponding to a first reduction gear ratio in the transmission according to the deceleration state rule is greater than the target opening degree corresponding to a second reduction gear ratio in the transmission according to the deceleration state rule, the second reduction gear ratio being less than the first reduction gear ratio, and the target opening degree corresponding to a first engine speed according to the deceleration state rule is less than the target opening degree corresponding to a second engine speed according to the deceleration state rule, the second engine speed being greater than the first engine speed.

7. The deceleration control system in the vehicle according to claim 6,

wherein the target opening degree is constant when the engine speed is less than the first engine speed;

the target opening degree increases along with the engine speed when the engine speed is equal to or greater than the first engine speed and less than the second engine speed; and

the target opening degree is constant when the engine speed is equal to or greater than the second engine speed.

8. The deceleration control system in the vehicle according to claim 6,

wherein the target opening degree is set to a greater value when the engine speed is less than the first engine speed and the reduction gear ratio is greater;

and

the target opening degree is set to a constant value irrespective of the reduction gear ratio when the engine speed is equal to or greater than the second engine speed.

9. The deceleration control system in the vehicle according to claim 6,

wherein the first engine speed is set to a smaller value and the second engine speed is set to a greater value when the reduction gear ratio is greater.

10. The deceleration control system in the vehicle according to claim 1,

wherein the controller is configured to compensate the target opening degree by multiplying the target opening degree derived with reference to the deceleration state rule by the compensation value according to the slip value, and

wherein the compensation value is set to a value less than 1 when the slip value indicates that rotations of the drive wheel are greater than rotations of a driven wheel.

11. The deceleration control system in the vehicle according to claim 10,

wherein the compensation value is set to a value greater than 1 when the slip value indicates that the rotations of the drive wheel are less than the rotations of the driven wheel.

12. A deceleration control system in a vehicle, comprising:

a slip value detector for detecting a slip value of a drive wheel; and

a controller controlling a driving power generated in a driving power source and transmitted to the drive wheel;

wherein the controller is configured to;

control the driving power source such that the driving power is greater when a deceleration state of the vehicle is detected than when the deceleration state is not detected; and

compensate the driving power to reduce the driving power when the deceleration state is detected, and the slip value of the drive wheel detected by the slip value detector indicates that rotations of the drive wheel are greater than rotations of a driven wheel.

13. The deceleration control system in the vehicle according to claim 12,

wherein the controller is configured to control the driving power source by controlling an air intake amount, an fuel amount, or an ignition timing in an engine, such that the driving power is greater when the deceleration state of the vehicle is detected than when the deceleration state is not detected.

14. The deceleration control system in the vehicle according to claim 12, further comprising a driving state detector for detecting a driving state of the vehicle,

wherein the controller is configured to

control the driving power source such that the driving power when the deceleration state is detected is set according to the driving state detected by the driving state detector;

and

compensate the set driving power based on the slip value detected by the slip value detector.

15. The deceleration control system in the vehicle according to claim 14,

wherein the driving state detector is configured to detect engine speed or a reduction gear ratio in a transmission, and

wherein the controller is configured to compensate the driving power set according to the engine speed or the reduction gear ratio detected by the driving state detector, based on the slip value detected by the slip value detector.