摘要:
A shock absorber control system for controlling the damping force of a variable shock absorber comprises a speed sensor for generating a signal indicative of the wheel speed of at least one wheel of the vehicle and a control unit for controlling the damping force. The control unit derives the acceleration from the wheel speed signal and compares the derived acceleration with upper and lower references. The damping force control is effected when the acceleration varies successively so as to assume both values outside the range between the upper and lower references.
摘要:
An apparatus for detecting a disconnection of a sensor by monitoring a signal in a signal-carrying line for receiving an output signal of the sensor through a connector. The apparatus includes a feeder circuit for causing a current to flow through the connector to the sensor for a predetermined time period in the absence of the output signal of the sensor. The current flow causes elimination of an oxide film produced in the connector with time, resulting in the prevention of attenuation of the output signal due to the oxide film and in ensuring accurate detection of the disconnection of the sensor irrespective of secular change.
摘要:
A plurality of speed sensors sense rotational speeds of respective vehicle wheels including a right-hand vehicle wheel and a left-hand vehicle wheel. A speed of the right-hand vehicle wheel and a speed of the left-hand vehicle wheel are calculated on the basis of detection signals of the speed sensors. A judgment is made as to whether or not a vehicle wheel having a small tire is present in the vehicle wheels on the basis of the calculated speeds of the right-hand vehicle wheel and the left-hand vehicle wheel. In cases where a vehicle wheel having a small tire is judged to be absent, a control quantity is calculated by use of all the detection signals of the speed sensors. In cases where a vehicle wheel having a small tire is judged to be present, a control quantity is calculated by use of the detection signals of the speed sensors except the detection signal of the speed sensor of the vehicle wheel having the small tire. A controlled object is controlled in accordance with the calculated control quantity.
摘要:
A braking system of a motor vehicle including an accumulator, being coupled to a to motor-driven pump, for accumulating a hydraulic pressure which is supplied to a braking device to brake a wheel of the motor vehicle and a control valve provided between the accumulator and the braking device for regulating the hydraulic pressure to be applied from the accumulator to the braking device. Also included in the braking system is a control unit for controlling the control valve in accordance with the condition of the wheel. The control unit controls the motor-driven pump on the basis of the control time of the control valve.
摘要:
An electronic control system mounted on an automobile, such as a motor-assisted power steering system, includes a commanding unit for calculating a command value and a driving unit for driving an actuator according to the command value. The commanding unit and the driving unit are communicably connected to each other through a communication bus. The command value is calculated in response to an order to calculate sent from the driving unit and is transmitted to the driving unit. The driving unit detects abnormality or malfunction in the commanding unit by comparing the transmitted command value with data pre-stored in the driving unit. If a command value sent from one of the commanding units is found to be incorrect, the actuator is driven without using the incorrect command value.
摘要:
A power steering apparatus has a steering power assisting system coupled to tire wheels and a variable gear transfer system coupled to a steering wheel. The steering power assisting system includes a torsion bar rotation sensor and a first actuator rotation sensor to calculate a first pinion angle and a second pinion angle based on the detected rotation angles, respectively. The variable gear transfer system includes a steering sensor and a second actuator rotation sensor to calculate a third pinion angle based on the detected rotation angles. Sensor failure is detected by comparing the calculated first, second and third pinion angles.
摘要:
An anti-skid control system for use in a motor vehicle having wheels whose rotational speeds are sensed by wheel sensors. The anti-skid control system decides the condition of the road-surface, on which the motor vehicle is running, on the basis of signals from wheel sensors. A reference speed is further calculated on the basis of the sensed speeds of the wheels symmetrically provided at the rear-right and rear-left sides with respect to the advancing direction of the motor vehicle. That is a selected one of an average value of the speeds of the rear-right and rear-left wheels sensed by the wheel sensors and the maximum one of the sensed rear-right and rear-left wheel speeds is selected in accordance with the decided road-surface condition. The reference speed is calculated on the basis of the selected one. A control unit of the anti-skid control system performs slip control of the wheels in accordance with the calculated reference speed. With this arrangement, the anti-skid control system can improve the braking efficiency and controllability irrespective of turning of the motor vehicle.
摘要:
There is provided a control apparatus that controls a motor of an electric power steering system to assist a steering effort of an operator. The control apparatus includes a sensor, a parameter computer, a difference computer, a target torque computer, and a motor driver. The parameter computer computes a current value of one of physical parameters of one of constituents of the electric power steering system based on a steering parameter determined by the sensor referring to an equation of motion. The difference computer computes a difference between the current value of the one of the physical parameters computed by the parameter computer and a predetermined value of the one of the physical parameters. The target torque computer computes a target torque of the motor which compensates for the difference between the current value and the predetermined value of the one of the physical parameters.
摘要:
A power steering apparatus has a steering power assisting system coupled to tire wheels and a variable gear transfer system coupled to a steering wheel. The steering power assisting system includes a torsion bar rotation sensor and a first actuator rotation sensor to calculate a first pinion angle and a second pinion angle based on the detected rotation angles, respectively. The variable gear transfer system includes a steering sensor and a second actuator rotation sensor to calculate a third pinion angle based on the detected rotation angles. Sensor failure is detected by comparing the calculated first, second and third pinion angles.
摘要:
There is provided a control apparatus that controls a motor of an electric power steering system to assist a steering effort of an operator. The control apparatus includes a sensor, a parameter computer, a difference computer, a target torque computer, and a motor driver. The parameter computer computes a current value of one of physical parameters of one of constituents of the electric power steering system based on a steering parameter determined by the sensor referring to an equation of motion. The difference computer computes a difference between the current value of the one of the physical parameters computed by the parameter computer and a predetermined value of the one of the physical parameters. The target torque computer computes a target torque of the motor which compensates for the difference between the current value and the predetermined value of the one of the physical parameters.