Abstract:
In a vehicle dynamics control apparatus capable of balancing a vehicle dynamics stability control system and a lane deviation prevention control system, a cooperative control section is provided to make a cooperative control between lane deviation prevention control (LDP) and vehicle dynamics stability control (VDC). When a direction of yawing motion created by LDP control is opposite to a direction of yawing motion created by VDC control, the cooperative control section puts a higher priority on VDC control rather than LDP control. Conversely when the direction of yawing motion created by LDP control is identical to the direction of yawing motion created by VDC control, a higher one of the LDP desired yaw moment and the VDC desired yaw moment is selected as a final desired yaw moment, to prevent over-control, while keeping the effects obtained by both of VDC control and LDP control.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an automatic vehicle guidance method according to which infrastructure data are wirelessly transmitted to the vehicle (10) and vehicle guidance instructions are calculated by using this infrastructure data. The method is characterized in that the infrastructure data for at least one segment of the route (40) located immediately ahead is loaded into an on-board memory (44), in that the actual position of the vehicle (10) is continuously determined by a precise positioning system (14), and in that the instructions are calculated by using the position data and the stored infrastructure data.
Abstract:
A system for preventing lane deviation of a vehicle is provided. The system comprises a lane detecting device, a running condition detecting device, a deviation judging device, and a vehicle behavior control device. The vehicle behavior control device controls a behavior of the vehicle so as to generate a yaw moment in the direction to prevent the vehicle from deviating from the running lane. The lane detecting device detects the running lane based on a variation in a running direction of the vehicle due to the yaw moment generated by the vehicle behavior control device. A method for preventing lane deviation of a vehicle is also provided.
Abstract:
The invention carries out appropriate travel control so that a vehicle travels along recognized lane markings, and at the same time, prevents making the driver feel discomfort during travel control. In the case that the white line recognition becomes not possible, the delay time TD is shortened depending on a previous continuous time interval of a recognition state. In the case that the white line recognition flag becomes possible, the delay time TD is extended depending on the previous continuous time interval. In the case that the count value of the ON time measuring counter TON is equal to or greater than the delay time TD and the white line recognizing is possible, the compensation control is permitted, and reversion to the ON state of the travel control based on recognized white lines is permitted.
Abstract:
The invention carries out appropriate travel control so that a vehicle travels along recognized lane markings, and at the same time, prevents making the driver feel discomfort during travel control. In the case that the white line recognition becomes not possible, the delay time TD is shortened depending on a previous continuous time interval of a recognition state. In the case that the white line recognition flag becomes possible, the delay time TD is extended depending on the previous continuous time interval. In the case that the count value of the ON time measuring counter TON is equal to or greater than the delay time TD and the white line recognizing is possible, the compensation control is permitted, and reversion to the ON state of the travel control based on recognized white lines is permitted.
Abstract:
A system for preventing lane deviation of a vehicle and a control method thereof are provided, in which control is performed to prevent the vehicle from inadvertently deviating from a lane. The system comprises a detector including a lane marker detector for detector lane markers that define a lane in the road, and a lane marker ECU for determining a transverse position of the vehicle using signals of the lane marker detector; a controller for determining if the vehicle is deviating from the lane by receiving information transmitted by the detector, determining steering control angle and steering control time according to a vehicle speed and a heading angle at the instant the vehicle is deviating from the lane, and outputting control signals following lane deviation prevention such that an automatic drive mode is realized until the vehicle reaches a center of the lane; and a steering driver controlled by the control signals output from the controller.
Abstract:
In lane keeping assistance system and method for an automotive vehicle, a control current (Iout) to be outputted to a motor during an automatic steering mode is detected, a filter is provided for the detected control current to pass only signal components of the detected control current whose frequencies are lower than a predetermined cut-off frequency value (fstr, fstr_low, fstr_mid, fstr_hi) to derive a filtered control current (Iout_lpf), a determination of whether a manual steering intervention to the automatic steering occurs is made according to a magnitude of the filtered control current, and the control current outputted to the motor is reduced toward zero when the manual steering intervention is determined to occur according to a result of determination that the magnitude of the filtered control current (Iout_lpf) is in excess of a predetermined threshold current value (Iout_lpf_th).
Abstract:
A lane tracking control system for a vehicle includes a controller which is coupled to a road image detector for taking a view ahead of the vehicle, a vehicle behavior detector for detecting a behavior of the vehicle and a steering control mechanism for executing a steering control in response to a steering control signal. The controller is arrange to calculate a road shape on the basis of the view taken by the road image detector, to determine on the basis of the road shape and the vehicle behavior detected by the vehicle behavior detector whether the vehicle tends to depart from a lane traveled by the vehicle, and to output the steering control signal to the steering control mechanism so as to control the vehicle behavior at a desired behavior when the vehicle tends to depart from the lane.
Abstract:
Preview information is obtained by processing data from image data of a CCD camera, and it is treated as a known disturbance. Then, models for a vehicle and a target road path, typically consisting of DARMA (deterministic auto-regressive moving average) models are prepared so as to give a relationship between a front wheel steering angle command and a lateral deviation of the vehicle. An extended generalized predictive control theory is applied to these models so as to compensate for tracking errors that may arise as a result of the known disturbance. Thus, a favorable tracking capability can be achieved with a relatively simple structure, by executing a prediction control which requires only such variable that can be measured both easily and accurately.
Abstract:
A lateral deviation &dgr;d which is a lateral distance between an intrinsic appropriate course R for a vehicle Ai and a contact position P at which the vehicle Ai will come into contact with an on-coming vehicle Ao, is calculated based on a relative angle &thgr;, a relative distance L and a relative speed Vs which are detected by a radar device, and based on a vehicle speed Vi of the vehicle Ai detected by vehicle speed sensors. When the lateral deviation &dgr;d is in a range of &dgr;dn