Abstract:
There is provided a motor lock prevention control device for a hybrid vehicle that has a motor-generator and a clutch capable of changing a transmission torque capacity between the motor-generator and driving wheels. The motor lock prevention control device is configured to, when the motor-generator is in a motor locked state to cause heat generation under drive load operating condition, perform motor prevention control to induce rotation of the motor-generator by adjusting at least one of the transmission torque capacity of the clutch and torque of the motor-generator in such a manner that the torque of the motor-generator exceeds the transmission torque capacity of the clutch.
Abstract:
A hybrid vehicle control apparatus is provided with a motor/generator arranged between an engine and a transmission, a first clutch disposed between the engine and the motor/generator, a second clutch disposed in a power train spanning from the motor/generator to a drive wheel, and a controller. The controller controls the engagement of the first and second clutches to select either an electric drive mode or a hybrid drive mode. The controller executes a rotational speed control of the motor/generator while in a coasting state with torque being transmitted through a one-way clutch of the transmission such that the rotational speed control increases an input rotational speed of the one-way clutch to a value closer to an output rotational speed of the one-way clutch with a difference between the input and output rotational speeds of the one-way clutch becoming equal to a target value.
Abstract:
A vehicle steering apparatus includes a steering reaction actuator that produces a steering reaction force to be applied to the manual steering unit, a steering reaction force controller that outputs a steering reaction force command value to the steering reaction force actuator, and a road surface input torque detector that detects a road surface input torque inputted to steerable road wheels from a road surface, wherein the steering reaction force controller includes a low cut-off frequency filter that extracts a low frequency component equal to or lower than a predetermined frequency from an output of the road surface input torque detector and sets the steering reaction force command value on the basis of a vehicle driving condition and an output of the low cut-off frequency filter. A vehicle steering method is also provided.
Abstract:
An engine of a hybrid vehicle is lift started by reducing a rotational speed of a motor/generator of the hybrid vehicle by adjusting a gearshift ratio of a transmission coupled to the motor/generator, and engaging a clutch to couple the engine, while in a stopped state, to the rotating motor/generator for imparting the rotation to the engine.
Abstract:
It is controlled by a non-transformation coefficient calculated by a non-transformation calculation section, whether feedback is performed or not. When the feedback is ended, a collation value calculation section calculates a collation value (coincidence coefficient×non-transformation coefficient). A display process section compares the collation value with a predetermined threshold value. When the collation value is a threshold value or more, a signature is decided as a true signature, and the transformation-corrected image and the reference image are displayed such that these images overlap.
Abstract:
In an automatic vehicular velocity control apparatus for an automotive vehicle, a relative velocity detector is provided to detect a relative velocity of a preceding vehicle to the vehicle, an inter-vehicle distance command value calculator is provided to calculate an inter-vehicle distance command value, a control response characteristic determinator is provided to determine a control response characteristic of the inter-vehicle distance control system according to a deviation from the inter-vehicle distance command value to a detected value of the inter-vehicle distance and a detected value of the relative velocity, a vehicular velocity command value calculator is provided to calculate a vehicular velocity command value on the basis of the determined control response characteristic of the inter-vehicle distance control system, and a vehicular velocity control section is provided to control at least one of a driving force of the vehicle, a braking force of the vehicle, and a gear ratio of a transmission in such a manner that a detected value of the vehicular velocity is made coincident with the vehicular velocity command value. The control response characteristic determinator includes maps representing a relationships of a specific angular frequency &ohgr;M (or &ohgr;C) with respect to the relative velocity &Dgr;V and an inter-vehicle distance deviation &Dgr;L and a damping factor &zgr;M (or &zgr;c) with respect to the relative velocity and the inter-vehicle distance deviation.
Abstract:
A slip control system for a torque converter with a lockup clutch comprises a controller that outputs a slip control signal to a slip control actuator of the lockup clutch to adjust an actual slip rotation speed of the torque converter at a target slip rotation speed. The controller is coupled to sensors for detecting information indicative of a condition of a drive system including the torque converter. The controller decides an operating state of the torque converter at time when the slip control is started, and selects one of initial valves for a slip command signal corresponding to the slip control signal according to the decided operating state of the torque converter at the start of the slip control. This arrangement functions to prevent troubles including shocks due to shortage of slippage in the torque converter and generation of radial slippage of the torque convert from generating at a time staring the slip control.
Abstract:
A sensor is provided for detecting traveling speed of a vehicle, and a first deviation between the traveling speed and an estimated vehicle speed calculated beforehand is calculated. Based on the first deviation and a predetermined function, a feedback compensation output is calculated, and a second deviation between a value obtained by performing on the feedback compensation output and the aforesaid estimate vehicle speed is output as an estimated acceleration. Delay processing is performed on the estimated acceleration, and an estimated vehicle speed is updated. Noise mixed with the acceleration estimation process is eliminated, and the acceleration is thereby estimated with high precision.
Abstract:
A lockup control apparatus of a torque converter for a vehicle comprises a coast condition detecting section for detecting coast running of a vehicle, a lockup clutch slip detecting section for detecting a target slip generated between the input and output elements of the torque converter and a slip start capacity storing section, and a coast lockup control section for detecting a lockup capacity. The slip start capacity storing section detects a slip start capacity by once decreasing the lockup capacity to the sum of a last stored slip start capacity and a preset capacity and stores the slip start capacity while updating it. During the coast running a coast lockup control section controls the lockup capacity at a minimum lockup engagement capacity which is the sum of the newest slip start capacity and a predetermined capacity.
Abstract:
In current servo amplification/control apparatus and method for a reversible DC motor applicable to a vehicular four-wheel steering system, a motor current detection circuit and a motor current feedback circuit are eliminated and a motor counter-electromotive force is estimated using a dynamic characteristic of the motor, a positioning currenu, and an angular displacement information of the motor, and the motor power supply voltage directly measured is corrected using the estimated counter- electromotive force. Thus, a positioning response of the motor is derived which is approximately coincident with a design target even when the motor is rotated at a high speed.