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System for estimating the road surface friction
Assignee: Honda Motor Co Ltd
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Filing: 1996-08-21
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Granted: 1999-02-09
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Expires: 2016-08-21
Abstract
Abstract The road friction is determined from the deviation of the estimated yaw rate under a standard condition from the actually measured yaw rate. The system for determining the road friction includes a parameter identification unit which determines a parameter of a variation term defined in the transfer function of the model for the vehicle response. The variation term may consist of a zero-th order or a first-order transfer function which would not cause any large computation load, and may not depend on the vehicle speed. The determined road friction may be used for controlling the rear wheel steering angle of a four wheel steering vehicle.
Inventors
- 👤 Nobuyoshi Asanuma
- 👤 Kiyoshi Wakamatsu
- 👤 Yoshimitsu Akuta
- 👤 Manabu Ikegaya
- 👤 Nobuo Sugitani
- 👤 Yukihiro Fujiwara
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 16:50
CPC Classifications
B; B62; B62D; B62D7/00; B62D7/06; B62D7/14; B62D7/15; B62D7/159; B60; B60T; B60T8/00; B60T8/17; B60T8/172; B60T2210/00; B60T2210/10; B60T2210/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
150 words
A road friction estimating system, comprising a yaw rate sensor for detecting an actual yaw rate of a vehicle; standard yaw rate computing means for computing a standard yaw rate according to a yaw rate response model of said vehicle and vehicle operating data including a steering wheel steering angle and a vehicle speed assuming that said vehicle is equipped with standard tires and traveling over a standard road surface, said yaw rate model being expressed by a transfer function including a variation term; identification means which determines a parameter of said variation term of said transfer function according to a deviation of said actual yaw rate detected by said yaw rate sensor from said standard yaw rate computed by said standard yaw rate; and converting means for converting said parameter determined by said identification means into a value representing a frictional property between a road surface and said tires.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
150 words
A road friction estimating system, comprising a yaw rate sensor for detecting an actual yaw rate of a vehicle; standard yaw rate computing means for computing a standard yaw rate according to a yaw rate response model of said vehicle and vehicle operating data including a steering wheel steering angle and a vehicle speed assuming that said vehicle is equipped with standard tires and traveling over a standard road surface, said yaw rate model being expressed by a transfer function including a variation term; identification means which determines a parameter of said variation term of said transfer function according to a deviation of said actual yaw rate detected by said yaw rate sensor from said standard yaw rate computed by said standard yaw rate; and converting means for converting said parameter determined by said identification means into a value representing a frictional property between a road surface and said tires.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
49 words
A road friction estimating system according to claim 1, wherein said parameter of said variation term is identified as a parameter which minimizes said deviation of said actual yaw rate detected by said yaw rate sensor from said standard yaw rate computed by said standard yaw rate computing means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
41 words
A road friction estimating system according to claim 1, wherein said identification means carries out a recursive process involving a plurality of steps of substituting of a parameter identified in a current step into said transfer function for a subsequent step.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
A road friction estimating system according to claim 1, further including a low pass filter placed between said yaw rate sensor and said identification means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
A road friction estimating system according to claim 1, further including a low pass filter placed between said standard yaw rate computing means and said identification means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
A road friction estimating system according to claim 1, wherein said variation term consists of a zero-th order transfer function.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
A road friction estimating system according to claim 1, wherein said variation term consists of a first-order transfer function.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
85 words
A road friction estimating system according to claim 1, further comprising steering detecting means which detects if the steering wheel is being turned away from a neutral position or being turned back toward said neutral position, and storage means for storing a value corresponding to said frictional property obtained in a preceding control cycle, said value stored in said storage means being used as an output a current control cycle of said system when the steering wheel is being turned back toward said neutral position.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
94 words
A vehicle control system, including a road friction estimating system according to claim 1, further comprising: modifying means for modifying said yaw rate response model of said vehicle according to said frictional property between a road surface and said tires obtained by said road friction estimating system; and steering control means for controlling at least one of a front wheel steering angle and a rear wheel steering angle of the vehicle so as to achieve said standard yaw rate computed by said standard yaw rate computing means using said modified yaw rate response model.
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