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Fuzzy control system for automatic transmission
Assignee: Nissan Motor Co Ltd
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Filing: 1988-03-30
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Granted: 1989-06-27
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Expires: 2008-03-30
Abstract
Abstract A shift control system for an automatic transmission includes a sensing section for sensing various vehicle conditions, such as vehicle speed, acceleration, throttle opening, time rate of change of the throttle opening, and a vehicle running resistance, and fuzzy control section for determining a desired gear ratio by fuzzy inference using predetermined membership functions of the vehicle conditions.
Inventors
- 👤 Hiroshi Takahashi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 12:02
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16H; F16H61/00; F16H61/02; F16H61/0202; F16H61/0204; F16H61/0213; F16H59/00; F16H59/14; B; B60; B60W; B60W50/00; B60W2050/0001; B60W2050/0043; B60W2050/0057; F16H2059/142; F16H2061/0075; F16H2061/0081; F16H59/141; F16H59/24; F16H59/36; F16H59/44; F16H59/48; F16H59/60; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S706/00; Y10S706/90
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
234 words
A shift control system for a vehicular automatic transmission having different transmission positions, comprising: vehicle condition detecting means comprising a vehicle speed sensor for sensing vehicle speed of a vehicle, and an engine load sensor for sensing engine load of an engine of the vehicle, and fuzzy control means comprising setting means for setting, for each transmission position, a membership function of said vehicle speed and a membership function of said engine load for defining a fuzzy set, and determining means for determining a transmission ratio from said vehicle speed, said engine load and said membership functions by fuzzy inference, and producing a shift control signal for controlling shifting of the transmission, wherein said condition detecting means further comprises acceleration sensing means for sensing an acceleration of the vehicle, rate of engine load change sensing means for sensing a rate of change of said engine load, and running resistance sensing means for sensing a running resistance of the vehicle, and wherein said setting means of said fuzzy control means further sets a membership function of said acceleration, a membership function of said rate of engine load change and a membership function of said running resistance, and said determining means further uses said acceleration, said rate of engine load change, said running resistance, and said membership functions of said acceleration, said rate of engine load change and said running resistance for determining said transmission ratio.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
234 words
A shift control system for a vehicular automatic transmission having different transmission positions, comprising: vehicle condition detecting means comprising a vehicle speed sensor for sensing vehicle speed of a vehicle, and an engine load sensor for sensing engine load of an engine of the vehicle, and fuzzy control means comprising setting means for setting, for each transmission position, a membership function of said vehicle speed and a membership function of said engine load for defining a fuzzy set, and determining means for determining a transmission ratio from said vehicle speed, said engine load and said membership functions by fuzzy inference, and producing a shift control signal for controlling shifting of the transmission, wherein said condition detecting means further comprises acceleration sensing means for sensing an acceleration of the vehicle, rate of engine load change sensing means for sensing a rate of change of said engine load, and running resistance sensing means for sensing a running resistance of the vehicle, and wherein said setting means of said fuzzy control means further sets a membership function of said acceleration, a membership function of said rate of engine load change and a membership function of said running resistance, and said determining means further uses said acceleration, said rate of engine load change, said running resistance, and said membership functions of said acceleration, said rate of engine load change and said running resistance for determining said transmission ratio.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
79 words
A shift control system according to claim 1 wherein said condition detecting means further comprises a transmission position sensor for sensing said transmission positions, and said running resistance sensing means are connected with said vehicle speed sensor, said engine load sensor and said transmission position sensor, for determining a value of said running resistance corresponding to said vehicle speed and said engine load is accordance with one of predetermined relationships which is selected in accordance with said transmission position.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
A shift control system according to claim 2 wherein said determining means of said fuzzy control means comprises means for determining an evaluation function which is a function of said membership functions.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
96 words
A shift control system according to claim 3 wherein said setting means further sets a membership function of said acceleration for upshift, a membership function of said rate of engine load change for upshift, a membership function of said running resistance for upshift, a membership function of said acceleration for downshift, a membership function of said rate of engine load change for downshift, and a membership function of said running resistance for downshift, and said determining means determines said transmission ratio by using said evaluation function which is a function of all of said membership function.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
162 words
A shift control system according to claim 4 wherein said determining means comprises means for determining an overall degree of fuzziness for each transmission position which is an average of values of said membership functions of said vehicle speed, said acceleration, said engine load, said rate of engine load change, and said running resistance for each transmission position, means for determining an overall degree of fuzziness for upshift which is an average of values of said membership functions of said acceleation, said rate of engine load change and said running resistance for upshift, and means for determining an overall degree of fuzziness for downshift which is an average of said membership function of said acceleration, said rate of engine load change and said running resistance for downshift, and wherein said evaluation function is a function of said overall degree of fuzziness for said gear position currently sensed by said transmission position sensor, and said overall degrees of fuzziness for upshift and downshift.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
A shift control system according to claim 5 wherein said averages are weighted averages.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
42 words
A shift control system according to claim 6 wherein said engine load sensor is a throttle opening sensor for sensing an opening degree of a throttle valve of the engine, and said engine load is said opening degree of the throttle valve.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
195 words
A shift control system according to claim 7 wherein said acceleration sensing means is connected with said vehicle speed sensor, and determines a first amount of change of said vehicle speed during a first time interval, and a second amount of change of said vehicle speed during a second time interval which is longer than said first time interval, and said rate of engine load change sensing means is connected with said engine load sensor, and determines a first amount of change of said engine load during a third time interval, and a second amount of change of said engine load during a fourth time interval which is longer than said third time interval, and wherein said membership function of said acceleration for each transmission position comprises a membership function of said first amount of change of said vehicle speed and a membership function of said second amount of change of said vehicle speed, and said membership function of said rate of engine load change for each transmission position comprises a membership function of said first amount of change of said engine load and a membership function of said second amount of said engine load.
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