Apparatus for detecting abnormality of a vehicle sensor and method
First Claim
Patent Images
1. An apparatus for detecting abnormality of a vehicle sensor comprising:
- a first sensor for detecting an operational state of a vehicle;
a second sensor, which is different from the first sensor, for detecting the operational state of the vehicle;
an abnormality detecting device for detecting for presence of an abnormality of the first sensor on the basis of a predefined operational state of the vehicle detected by the first sensor and the predefined operational state of the vehicle estimated on the basis of an output of the second sensor;
a grip degree detecting device for detecting grip degree of a wheel of the vehicle with respect to a road surface; and
a prohibiting device for prohibiting detection for presence of an abnormality of the first sensor by the abnormality detecting device in at least one case of a case in which the grip degree is lower than a predetermined degree and a case in which a cross-gradient of the road surface is equal to or more than a predetermined value.
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
An apparatus for detecting abnormality of a vehicle sensor and a method are provided. The apparatus is capable of preventing erroneous detection of abnormalities of sensors. The apparatus has a grip degree detecting device for detecting grip degree of a wheel of the vehicle with respect to a road surface. In a case in which the grip degree is lower than a predetermined degree, detection for presence of an abnormality of a yaw rate sensor, a cross acceleration sensor and a steering angle sensor are prohibited.
21 Citations
18 Claims
-
1. An apparatus for detecting abnormality of a vehicle sensor comprising:
-
a first sensor for detecting an operational state of a vehicle;
a second sensor, which is different from the first sensor, for detecting the operational state of the vehicle;
an abnormality detecting device for detecting for presence of an abnormality of the first sensor on the basis of a predefined operational state of the vehicle detected by the first sensor and the predefined operational state of the vehicle estimated on the basis of an output of the second sensor;
a grip degree detecting device for detecting grip degree of a wheel of the vehicle with respect to a road surface; and
a prohibiting device for prohibiting detection for presence of an abnormality of the first sensor by the abnormality detecting device in at least one case of a case in which the grip degree is lower than a predetermined degree and a case in which a cross-gradient of the road surface is equal to or more than a predetermined value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
-
-
12. A method for detecting abnormality of a vehicle sensor comprising:
-
detecting an operational state of a vehicle by a first sensor;
detecting the operational state of the vehicle by a second sensor, which is different from the first sensor;
detecting presence of an abnormality of the first sensor on the basis of a predefined operational state of the vehicle detected by the first sensor and the predefined operational state of the vehicle estimated on the basis of an output of the second sensor;
detecting grip degree of a wheel of the vehicle with respect to a road surface; and
prohibiting detection for presence of an abnormality of the first sensor in at least one case of a case in which the grip degree is lower than a predetermined degree and a case in which a cross-gradient of the road surface is equal to or more than a predetermined value. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
-
-
18. An apparatus for detecting abnormality of a vehicle sensor comprising:
-
a first sensor for detecting an operational state of a vehicle;
a second sensor, which is different from the first sensor, for detecting the operational state of the vehicle;
an abnormality detecting device for detecting for presence of an abnormality of the first sensor on the basis of a predefined operational state of the vehicle detected by the first sensor and the predefined operational state of the vehicle estimated on the basis of an output of the second sensor;
a grip degree detecting device for detecting grip degree of a wheel of the vehicle with respect to a road surface; and
a prohibiting device for prohibiting detection for presence of an abnormality of the first sensor by the abnormality detecting device in at least one case of a case in which the grip degree is lower than a predetermined degree and a case in which a cross-gradient of the road surface is equal to or more than a predetermined value, wherein the first sensor is at least one of a cross-acceleration sensor, a yaw rate sensor and a steering angle sensor, and the second sensor is a wheel speed sensor.
-
Specification