Idling stop device

• US 9,758,168 B2
• Filed: 10/28/2013
• Issued: 09/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bosch Corporation (Robert Bosch GmbH)
• Original Assignee: Bosch Corporation (Robert Bosch GmbH)
• Inventors: Hasegawa, Taichi, Miyagawa, Shuichi
• Primary Examiner(s): PAIGE, TYLER D
• Application Number:
  US14/440,445
• Publication Number:
  US 20150284002A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,415 Days
• Field of Search: 701 70
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/06 including control of combustion engines
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/188 hydraulic brakes
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2510/182 Brake pressure, e.g. of fluid or between pad and disc
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2520/105 Longitudinal acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2552/15 Road slope, i.e. the inclination of a road segment in the longitudinal direction
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2710/182 Brake pressure, e.g. of fluid or between pad and disc
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/181 Preparing for stopping
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/18109 Braking
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/192 Mitigating problems related to power-up or power-down of the driveline, e.g. start-up of a cold engine
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 17/04 rendering engines inoperative or idling, e.g. caused by abnormal conditions dependent on lubricating conditions F01M1/22; dependent on cooling F01P5/14
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 29/02 peculiar to engines driving vehicles; peculiar to engines driving variable pitch propellers
• CPC Class Codes: F02N 11/0833 Vehicle conditions F02N11/0822, F02N11/0825 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F02N 2200/0801 Vehicle speed
• CPC Class Codes: F02N 2200/0803 Parking brake state
• CPC Class Codes: F02N 2200/102 Brake pedal position
• CPC Class Codes: F02N 2200/124 Information about road conditions, e.g. road inclination or surface
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/40 Engine management systems

Abstract

A technique for simplifying the structure of an idling stop device. The idling stop device 100 includes a deceleration detector 200 which detects decelerations of a vehicle. The idling stop device 100 also includes an estimation part 350 which acquires, based on the deceleration detected by the deceleration detector 200, first deceleration when a vehicle is decelerated to a preset speed of less. Based on the acquired first deceleration, the estimation part 350 estimates a first brake pressure applied to the vehicle when the vehicle is decelerated to the preset speed or less.

Claims

1. An idling stop device comprising:

a detection part, the detection part being a vehicle speed sensor mounted to a vehicle which detects a deceleration of the vehicle;

a control unit which acquires, based on the deceleration detected by the detection part, a first deceleration when a vehicle speed is decelerated to a preset speed or less, and wherein the control unit estimates a first brake pressure applied to the vehicle when the vehicle is decelerated to the preset speed or less based on the acquired first deceleration;

a brake pressure control part which maintains a brake pressure applied to the vehicle when the first brake pressure estimated by the control unit is higher than or equal to a preset threshold value; and

an idling stop control part which stops an engine of the vehicle when the first brake pressure estimated by the control unit is higher than or equal to the preset threshold value.

2. The idling stop device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit estimates the brake pressure applied to the vehicle when the vehicle is decelerated to the preset speed or less based on the acquired first deceleration, a weight of the vehicle, and a brake efficiency of the vehicle.

3. The idling stop device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit acquires deceleration when the vehicle is decelerated to a speed less than or equal to a speed immediately before the vehicle is stopped as the first deceleration, and estimates a brake pressure applied to the vehicle when the vehicle is decelerated to the speed less immediately before the vehicle is stopped based on the acquired first deceleration.

4. The idling stop device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a gradient detection part which detects deceleration acting on the vehicle corresponding to a gradient of a road surface on which the vehicle travels, wherein

the control unit estimates, after the vehicle is stopped, a second brake pressure applied to the vehicle based on second deceleration detected by the gradient detection part in a state where the vehicle is being stopped, and outputs a higher brake pressure by comparing the estimated second brake pressure and the first brake pressure to each other,

the brake pressure control part maintains the brake pressure applied to the vehicle when the brake pressure outputted from the control unit is higher than or equal to a preset threshold value, and

the idling stop control part stops the engine of the vehicle when the brake pressure outputted from the control unit is higher than or equal to the preset threshold value.

5. The idling stop device according to claim 4, wherein the control unit estimates the brake pressure applied to the vehicle based on the second deceleration, a weight of the vehicle and a brake efficiency of the vehicle after the vehicle is stopped.

6. The idling stop device according to any claim 1, wherein the brake pressure control part maintains the brake pressure applied to the vehicle by closing a valve provided to a brake pipe passage through which a master cylinder constituting a generation source of a brake liquid pressure applied to the vehicle and a wheel cylinder of a wheel communicate with each other.

7. The idling stop device according to claim 2, wherein the control unit acquires deceleration when the vehicle is decelerated to a speed less than or equal to a speed immediately before the vehicle is stopped as the first deceleration, and estimates a brake pressure applied to the vehicle when the vehicle is decelerated to the speed less immediately before the vehicle is stopped based on the acquired first deceleration.

8. The idling stop device according to claim 7, further comprising:

a gradient detection part which detects deceleration acting on the vehicle corresponding to a gradient of a road surface on which the vehicle travels, wherein

the control unit estimates, after the vehicle is stopped, a second brake pressure applied to the vehicle based on second deceleration detected by the gradient detection part in a state where the vehicle is being stopped, and outputs a higher brake pressure by comparing the estimated second brake pressure and the first brake pressure to each other,

the brake pressure control part maintains the brake pressure applied to the vehicle when the brake pressure outputted from the control unit is higher than or equal to a preset threshold value, and

the idling stop control part stops the engine of the vehicle when the brake pressure outputted from the control unit is higher than or equal to the preset threshold value.

9. The idling stop device according to claim 8, wherein the control unit estimates the brake pressure applied to the vehicle based on the second deceleration, a weight of the vehicle and a brake efficiency of the vehicle after the vehicle is stopped.

10. The idling stop device according to any claim 9, wherein the brake pressure control part maintains the brake pressure applied to the vehicle by closing a valve provided to a brake pipe passage through which a master cylinder constituting a generation source of a brake liquid pressure applied to the vehicle and a wheel cylinder of a wheel communicate with each other.