摘要:
In a traction control device in which an initial control torque of an engine is determined in accordance with an acceleration of the vehicle, when an excessive slipping of driven wheels is detected, a time taken for proceeding of the excessive slipping of the driven wheels from a large slip state to a small slip state is counted by a timer. If such time is smaller than a reference time and a gear ratio of the vehicle is of a first gear shift to provide a low vehicle speed, it is decided that the vehicle is traveling on an upward sloping road, and a lower limit value for defining the initial control torque of the engine determined in an initial control torque calculating means is corrected into an increased value in an initial torque correcting means. This prevents the initial control torque of the engine from being excessively reduced at the start of a traction control. By this construction, it is possible to prevent an initial control torque from being excessively reduced due to a misjudgment of a friction coefficient of a surface of an upward or downward sloping road to insure an acceleratability of a vehicle.
摘要:
A cockpit is supported by a motion base in a state of being capable of making swinging movement. A host computer calculate vehicle motion information in accordance with operation of various operation equipments performed by a driver accommodated in the cockpit. A simulation image is formed, the cockpit is controlled for swinging movement, and various meters or the like in the cockpit are controlled on the basis of an obtained result of the calculation. Thus, the drive simulation is carried out in a state approximate to that of a real vehicle.
摘要:
A driven wheel torque control system includes a slip-reduction output torque control device for adjusting the output torque from a prime mover of a vehicle in accordance with the slipping state of a driven wheel driven by the prime mover in order to reduce an excessive slipping of the driven wheel, an operation quantity detecting device for detecting the operation quantity of an operating element for adjusting the output torque from the prime mover, a grip force detecting device for detecting a grip force of a road surface, an output torque gain changing device for changing the output torque control gain from the prime mover with respect to the output from the operation quantity detecting device on the basis of the output from the grip force detecting device, and a gain variable output torque control device for adjusting the output torque from the prime mover on the basis of the output torque control gain changed by the output control gain changing device. Thus, it is possible to positively control the slipping state of the driven wheel on the basis of a driver's will.
摘要:
A system for correctively controlling the turning movement of a vehicle, including a device for correcting the turning movement of the vehicle, a sensor for detecting the steering angle of a steering wheel of the vehicle, a steering angle hysteresis storage device for storing the hysteresis of the steering angle, and a reference value arithmetic device for determining a reference value of a physical quantity generated during a turning movement of the vehicle, on the basis of the hysteresis of the steering angle. The system also includes a detector for detecting an actual value of the physical quantity during the turning movement, a calculator for determining a deviation between the reference value and actual value of the physical quantity and a polarity of the deviation, and a control-quantity determining device for determining a control-quantity for the turning movement correcting device on the basis of the deviation obtained in the calculator. A device is included for determining a control-direction of correction of the turning movement on the basis of the polarity of the deviation. This system permits the turning movement of the vehicle to be automatically corrected.
摘要:
A reduction in tire pressure in follower wheels and driven wheels is precisely determined irrespective of slipping states of the driven wheels through the use of apparatus wherein in a driven wheel slip amount calculating means M4 calculates a driven wheel slip amount KIDD as a left and right follower wheel speed difference FID and a left and right driven wheel speed difference RID; in a driven wheel torque calculating means M5, a driven wheel torque TQDW is calculated; in a driven wheel slip amount estimating means M6, a characteristic of variation in driven wheel slip amount KIDD relative to the variation in driven wheel torque TQDW is estimated using a least squares method; in a deviation calculating means M7, a deviation CKID between the follower wheel speed difference FID and the driven wheel speed difference RID in a state in which the driven wheels are not slipping, is calculated as an intercept of the driven wheel slip amount KIDD at a driven wheel torque equal to 0 (zero) in a graph of the variation characteristic; and in a wheel pressure-reduction determining means M8, a reduction in tire pressure is determined from a difference in diameter between the follower wheels and the driven wheels by comparing the deviation CKID with a reference value.
摘要:
A reduction in pressure in tires fitted to follower wheels and driven wheels is precisely determined irrespective of slipping states of the driven wheels. A driven wheel slip rate calculating means M1 calculates driven wheel slip rates .lambda.L and .lambda.R. A driven wheel torque calculating means M2 calculates a driven wheel torque TQDW. A driven wheel slip rate estimating means M4 estimates a characteristic of variation in driven wheel slip rates .lambda.L and .lambda.R relative to the variation in driven wheel torque TQDW using a least squares method. A rotation-number ratio calculating means M5 calculates ratios CVWL and CVWR of the numbers of rotations of the follower wheels to the numbers of rotations of the driven wheels in a state in which the driven wheel torque in a graph of the variation characteristic is equal to zero. A tire pressure-reduction determining means M6 then determines a reduction in pressure from a difference in diameter between the follower wheels and the driven wheels by comparing the rotation-number ratios CVWL and CVWR with a reference value.
摘要:
A first longitudinal grip force FGG is calculated by differentiating a vehicle body speed by time. A driven wheel torque is calculated from an engine torque and a second longitudinal grip force FGT is calculated from the driven wheel torque. The first longitudinal grip force FGG and the second longitudinal grip force FGT are compared with each other, and the higher one of such grip force is selected as a longitudinal grip force TG. When the vehicle travels on a normal flat road, the first longitudinal grip force FGG obtained from the vehicle body speed is selected. But when the vehicle travels on an ascent road, on which the first longitudinal grip does not indicate an accurate value, the second longitudinal grip force FGT obtained from the engine torque is selected. With this arrangement, the longitudinal grip force is accurately estimated even if the vehicle travels on such an ascent road.
摘要:
A physical quantity control device includes first and second control elements having different sensitivities from one another, the first and second control elements providing outputs to change at least one physical quantity in response to first and second operational quantities individually input to the first and second control elements. First and second computing circuits are provided for computing the first and second operational quantities in response to a deviation between a predetermined target value and the physical quantity, wherein the physical quantity is feedback controlled to converge with the predetermined target value. Further, first and second filters for passing frequencies individually corresponding to the sensitivies of the first and second control elements, respectively, the first filter being provided in a feedback loop including the first control elements and the first computing circuit, and the second filter being provided in a second feedback loop including the second control element and the second computing circuit. Further, the output of the first and second control elements is preferably input to an operation means to generate the physical quantity, wherein the physical quantity controlled is a vehicle motion.
摘要:
A slip rate of the driven wheel is calculated (at step S1). When the slip rate is smaller and when the slip rate is larger (at steps S2 and S3), estimated road surface friction coefficients MUTG and MUFG are determined by searching a table, based on a total grip force TGS or a longitudinal grip force FG determined from a vehicle acceleration (at steps S4, S7, S5 and S9). The larger one of the estimated road surface friction coefficients MUTG and MUFG is selected as MUCON (at steps S10, S11 and S12). A minimum total grip force TGMIN determined by searching a table and based on MUCON is compared with the total grip force TGS determined from the vehicle acceleration (at step S13), and the larger one of the minimum total grip force TGMIN and total grip force TGS is delivered as a total grip force TG for traction control (at steps S14 and S15). Thus, it is possible to estimate a correct total grip force, taking the road surface friction coefficient into consideration.
摘要:
A traction control system for a vehicle includes a calculator for calculating a speed of a driven wheel of the vehicle, a calculator for calculating a vehicle speed and a calculator for calculating a slip rate of the driven wheel on the basis of the driven wheel speed and the vehicle speed, such that the feed-back control of a throttle valve is carried out to reduce the output torque from an engine to inhibit the excessive slipping of the driven wheel, when the slip rate exceeds a predetermined threshold value. The system further includes a calculator for calculating a total grip force of the vehicle, a calculator for calculating an initial engine required torque at the start of the feed-back control of the throttle valve on the basis of the total grip force, and a calculator for calculating an initial throttle opening degree of the throttle valve on the basis of the initial engine required torque. Thus, the excessive slipping of the driven wheels can be reduced without an abrupt change exerted to the behavior of the vehicle by setting an appropriate initial throttle opening degree.