4676results about "Electrical steering" patented technology

An electric power assisted steering assembly comprises a steering mechanism which operatively connects a steering wheel to the roadwheels of a vehicle, a torque sensing means adapted to produce a first output signal indicative of the torque carried by a portion of the steering mechanism, a means for producing a second output signal indicative from a signal indicative of the angular velocity of the portion of the steering mechanism, an electric motor operatively connected to the steering mechanism, a signal processing unit adapted to receive the two output signals and to produce therefrom an overall torque demand signal representative of a torque to be applied to the steering mechanism by the motor, and a motor drive stage adapted to provide a drive current to the motor responsive to the torque demand signal. The overall torque demand signal includes a damping component that is dependent upon the second output signal. The means for producing the yaw damping component includes a filter having one pole and one zero, and in use the second signal is passed through the filter to produce the damping component, the frequency of the pole and zero being selected such that the filter provides a band between the pole and zero within which the phase of the filtered second signal and the velocity signal are further out of phase or in phase than within the band.

A method for cooperative vehicle operation includes receiving a first target angle signal associated with a handwheel of a vehicle, receiving a second target angle signal associated with an autonomous steering system of the vehicle, and, in response to a determination that a handwheel angle error between the first target angle signal and the second target angle signal is less than a handwheel error threshold: generating a handwheel motor torque command based on a position control motor torque command and a torque control motor torque command; and controlling a position of the handwheel of the vehicle based on the handwheel motor torque command.

The invention relates to the technical field of vehicle drive-by-wire function safety, and discloses a brake-by-wire and steering-by-wire fault reconstruction system and a vehicle redundancy architecture wherein a fusion diagnosis module is used for obtaining sensor parameters in a brake subsystem and a steering subsystem in real time through a plurality of sensors; the fault reconstruction module is used for performing multi-level fault reconstruction on the braking subsystem based on a three-level response mechanism according to the fault type and the fault severity level; performing redundancy control link dynamic switching on the steering subsystem; and the resource scheduling module is used for determining the energy distribution proportion of brake locking and steering differential motion according to the voltage of the shared emergency power supply. According to the embodiment of the invention, the global composite fault criterion library is constructed through the fusion diagnosis module, the multi-dimensional and cross-system combined diagnosis of the braking subsystem and the steering subsystem is realized, the complex fault mode can be effectively covered, the recognition and response capability of the system to multiple concurrent faults is improved, and the safety degree of the vehicle is further improved.

The invention provides a distributed electric drive vehicle four-wheel differential torque enhanced steering control method and system, and belongs to the technical field of artificial intelligence risk prediction. The vehicle is provided with an upper-layer torque decision module, a lower-layer torque cooperation module and a vehicle-mounted sensor; selecting a pivot steering auxiliary strategy according to an actual driving scene, and pressing a function key to enter a working condition; vehicle dynamic information is obtained through a vehicle-mounted sensor, whether a vehicle is in an in-situ steering state or a small-radius steering state is judged by combining vehicle body static data, and when a selected function key is in an in-situ steering state or a small-radius steering state, the vehicle dynamic information is obtained in real time, and fuzzy reasoning and a neural network algorithm are combined. The ground attachment coefficient and the target yaw angle speed are intelligently judged, and therefore accurate control over the steering torque is achieved; or a double-controller structure is adopted, the torque of each wheel can be effectively distributed and adjusted under complex working conditions, and flexible control and stable running of the vehicle in a narrow space are ensured.

The invention relates to the technical field of automobile electric control, in particular to a new energy automobile electric control steering control method and system, and the method comprises the steps: obtaining and preprocessing a four-wheel vibration data sequence, carrying out the segmentation and consistency evaluation of the vibration data sequence of each wheel, and selecting a current data sequence in an optimal segment to calculate a road condition influence coefficient. And matching the current data sequence with the historical vibration data sequence, calculating the similarity to determine the influence weight, adjusting the influence coefficient in combination with the steering angle change rate of the historical vibration data sequence, inputting the adjusted pavement condition influence coefficient into the ECU, dynamically adjusting the steering auxiliary torque, and realizing accurate steering control. According to the method, the optimal segment is selected through segment processing and consistency evaluation to accurately reflect the current road condition, the steering auxiliary torque is dynamically adjusted in combination with historical vibration data sequence matching and the steering angle change rate, and the driving safety and comfort are improved.

The invention discloses a light passenger car chassis steering stability self-adaptive control method, which comprises the following steps of: collecting multi-dimensional working condition parameters in real time, and covering 12 types of key parameters such as a steering wheel rotating angle and a wheel speed; after preprocessing and abnormity diagnosis, double models are adopted to estimate the dynamic state of the vehicle in parallel; dynamically setting a control target, and realizing personalized control in combination with driver style recognition; the control quantity is optimized through multi-mode strategy dynamic switching and steering and braking system cooperative control; and actuator dynamic compensation, scenarized self-learning and multi-stage fault handling mechanisms are introduced. According to the method, the complex working condition adaptability is improved, the response speed is controlled, the subsystem cooperation efficiency is improved, the system robustness and the long-term use performance are enhanced, and the driving safety of the light bus is effectively guaranteed.

The invention discloses a shear forklift steering control method and system based on central point dynamic differential, and the method comprises the following steps: S1, sensor module calibration: collecting the angle values of the right limit and the left limit of a shear forklift steering mechanism, calculating the difference value between the right limit and the left limit, converting the difference value into an actual degree, and carrying out the calibration of a sensor module; calibrating a scale factor and a straight-going intermediate value; s2, real-time steering angle calculation: reading a current measured value of an angle sensor, judging whether a left wheel is an inner side wheel or an outer side wheel, and calculating a current steering angle alpha in combination with a scale factor; s3, dynamic differential ratio calculation: based on the steering angle alpha in the step S2, calculating a central point turning radius R through a central point steering geometric model, and deriving an inner and outer wheel differential ratio K; and S4, adjusting and outputting the target rotating speeds of the inner wheel and the outer wheel according to the differential ratio K to realize dynamic differential control. By dynamically adjusting the rotating speed of the motor, the load difference of the motor can be reduced, the service life is prolonged, and the steering stability is improved.

The embodiment of the invention discloses an automobile power-assisted steering test system and method, and relates to the technical field of automobile electronics. An EPS controller in the automobile power-assisted steering test system is used for acquiring an input torque generated by a driver simulation motor through an angle torque sensor; according to the input torque and the state information of the vehicle, the power-assisted torque needing to be output by the EPS motor in the steering process is determined; the power-assisted torque is sent to an EPS motor, so that the EPS motor assists the vehicle in steering; if the input torque, the power-assisted torque and the actual resistance torque of the rocker arm end are balanced in the steering process of the vehicle, and the amplitude and the variation trend of the power-assisted torque all accord with the preset power-assisted characteristic curve, the vehicle power-assisted steering test passes. Therefore, by introducing a driver steering wheel input part and a steering resistance simulation part, the automobile power-assisted steering test system can simulate the working principle of a steering system more truly, so that the test precision and effect are improved.

The invention provides a trajectory tracking method, device and equipment based on steer-by-wire fault tolerance and a medium wherein the trajectory tracking method based on steer-by-wire fault tolerance comprises: when a steering execution motor has a fault, determining expected control parameters for vehicle trajectory tracking, the expected control parameters comprising an expected steering wheel steering angle and an expected differential yaw moment; reducing the expected steering angle of the steering wheel and increasing the expected differential yawing moment; determining a front axle differential steering torque and an output torque of a steering execution motor based on the expected steering wheel steering angle; and trajectory tracking is carried out based on the front axle differential steering torque, the expected differential yawing torque and the output torque of the steering execution motor. When the steering-by-wire system breaks down, the front axle differential steering torque can be used for assisting the fault steering-by-wire system in stably tracking the expected steering wheel steering angle, and then the requirement of vehicle trajectory tracking for steering is met. Meanwhile, the stability of vehicle trajectory tracking can be improved.

The invention discloses an electric power steering fault diagnosis and self-adaption system based on torque offset, which relates to the technical field of fault diagnosis and comprises a data acquisition unit, a model establishment unit, a torque offset evaluation unit, a fault judgment unit and a power output adjustment unit. According to the method, the return-to-power torque model is constructed based on the vehicle dynamics law and experience adjustment, the model parameters are optimized to obtain the return-to-power torque model, meanwhile, the real-time output torque of the EPS system is calculated according to the steering wheel torque signal, the deviation coefficient of the EPS system is comprehensively calculated, and the accuracy of the EPS system is improved. The deviation coefficient is evaluated according to a preset fault grading interval, a multi-grade fault judgment mechanism is established according to the change rule of the deviation coefficient, dynamic health evaluation of the EPS system motor performance is achieved, the evaluation serves as the basis of control strategy adjustment, the output assistance value can be dynamically adjusted, return control can be enhanced or a safety mode can be switched, and the reliability of the EPS system motor performance is improved. Therefore, the redundancy control capability and the driving safety are improved.

The invention discloses a self-balancing type light steering wheel for complex terrains. The self-balancing type light steering wheel comprises a wheel carrier, a steering assembly, a driving assembly and a suspension system. The steering assembly drives tires to steer through a motor via a three-stage gear pair. The driving assembly drives tires through a motor and a speed reducer; the suspension system is connected between the driving mounting plate and the wheel carrier and comprises a parallel connecting rod mechanism and symmetrically arranged spring suspension units, self-adaptive buffering is achieved through a compression spring and a fisheye knuckle bearing, and it is ensured that the tire continuously touches the ground on a rugged road surface; the driving speed reducer is integrated in the tire, the driving motor is arranged between the wheel carrier and the tire, and the whole steering assembly does not exceed the turning radius of the tire. The device is compact in structure, has good terrain adaptability and motion stability, and is suitable for an outdoor mobile robot system.

The assisted steering unit includes a motor drive unit and a ring assembly constructed and arranged to couple to and rotate a steering wheel. The assisted steering unit may include a ring assembly where the ring assembly includes a housing, a ring gear disposed within the housing, an anti-rotation pin operatively engaged with the housing. The assisted steering unit may also include a motor drive unit (MDU) including a motor and a drive gear rotatably engaged with the motor. The ring assembly and motor drive unit are constructed and arranged to be releasably engaged to each other.

The invention relates to a chassis structure of a vehicle based on corner modules and a control system, the chassis structure of the vehicle comprises the corner modules corresponding to four wheels of the vehicle respectively, in each corner module, a wheel side motor driving assembly is used for directly driving the wheel corresponding to the corner module, and the wheel side motor driving assembly is used for directly driving the wheel corresponding to the corner module. The 90-degree two-way steering execution system is used for driving wheels corresponding to the angle module to realize positive and negative 90-degree steering; the wheel side motor driving assembly and the 90-degree bidirectional steering execution system are separately arranged; the suspension and supporting structure is used for keeping geometric stability of the suspension when the wheels corresponding to the angle modules steer and buffering road impact. The electronic mechanical braking unit is used for achieving braking of wheels corresponding to the angle modules. In this way, synchronous control over steering, driving, vibration reduction and braking of the vehicle in different running modes can be achieved through cooperative work of the angle modules in the wheels of the vehicle, and a vehicle chassis has higher flexibility and more scene adaptability in the running process of the vehicle.

The invention is applicable to the technical field of automobile steering control, and provides a steering return control method for objective steering evaluation, which comprises the following steps of: acquiring vehicle state parameters; judging the membership degrees of the driver to the conservative driving style, the normal driving style and the sports driving style, and calculating the values of the coefficient influencing the return speed and the coefficient influencing the lateral acceleration; generating a reference return speed; a reference return speed # imgabs0 # is used as a tracking target, and a smooth return torque is generated through MPC. According to the method, design is conducted with the objective evaluation phenomenon as the guide, a large number of real vehicle site tests do not need to be conducted in the later development stage to calibrate relevant parameters, the method faces objective evaluation and personalized driving experience, a driver decides the emphasis of objective evaluation, and therefore personalized objective evaluation-oriented automobile steering return control is achieved.

An electric powered steering assembly includes a housing with a cylindrical portion extending in an axial direction, an interior wall of the cylindrical portion defines a groove and extends in the axial direction, and the groove has at least two inwardly tapered walls. A ball screw is disposed in the housing and defines a hole extending in a radial direction. A ball nut disposed in the housing, surrounding the ball screw, is configured to rotate relative to the housing. An anti-rotational pin has a tapered end disposed in the hole, the tapered end having tapered surfaces corresponding to the at least two inwardly tapered walls. A spring is disposed in the hole and biases the anti-rotational pin in a radially outward direction towards the groove so that the tapered end of the anti-rotational pin engages the groove and thereby restricts rotation of the ball screw relative to the housing.

The invention discloses a drive-by-wire four-wheel independent steering system and a roll risk assessment method thereof, and the method comprises the steps: building a vertical load distribution model, so as to monitor and feed back the time-varying property and nonlinear change of a vertical load in real time; establishing a real-time roll risk assessment model, designing a dynamic compensation algorithm to correct the model, and generating a roll risk prediction value sequence of a future working condition through a time sequence analysis and prediction algorithm; and establishing a roll risk early warning model, and generating different levels of safety early warning signals based on a risk level judgment mechanism. According to the invention, accurate measurement of the vertical load can be realized under the limit working condition, and real-time roll risk early warning is provided in combination with the dynamic behavior of the vehicle, so that the safety and reliability of the intelligent driving system are improved.

The invention discloses a shimmy suppression method for a four-wheel independent steer-by-wire system. The shimmy suppression method comprises the following steps: establishing a wheel shimmy kinetic model of the four-wheel independent steer-by-wire system; designing a barrier Lyapunov function, and converting the swing amplitude constraint into a state constraint condition; designing a backstepping sliding mode controller parameter self-tuning strategy based on the shimmy frequency; designing a back-stepping sliding mode controller with self-adaptive swing amplitude-frequency characteristics based on the state constraint condition; based on a designed backstepping sliding mode controller, active self-adaptive control is carried out on shimmy phenomena of wheels with different frequencies and amplitudes, and then suppression of the shimmy phenomenon of the four-wheel independent steer-by-wire system is completed. According to the amplitude-frequency characteristics of the shimmy phenomenon occurring in the operation process of the four-wheel independent steer-by-wire system, the shimmy phenomenon of different frequencies and amplitudes can be restrained in a self-adaptive mode, then the reliable operation capacity of the four-wheel independent steer-by-wire system is improved, and vehicle instability caused by excessive shimmy of wheels is avoided.

The embodiment of the invention provides a method and system for determining a steering wheel rotation angle and a vehicle, relates to the technical field of vehicles, and can accurately determine the steering wheel rotation angle under complex and changeable road conditions. The method for determining the turning angle of the steering wheel comprises the steps that a current position point is obtained; determining a feedforward preview point and a feedback pre-anchor point corresponding to the current position point in a pre-planned driving track curve; determining a feedforward steering wheel turning angle according to the current position point, the feedforward preview point and the vehicle attribute parameters; determining a driving state deviation according to the current position point and the feedback preview point; feedback adjustment is conducted according to the driving state deviation, and a feedback steering wheel rotation angle is obtained; and determining a target steering wheel rotation angle according to the feedforward steering wheel rotation angle and the feedback steering wheel rotation angle.

The utility model belongs to the technical field of quality inspection and inspection, and discloses a chassis and a functional vehicle. The chassis is used for being connected with a vehicle body and comprises a chassis frame, a steering shaft, a first driving shaft, a first transmission mechanism and a motor, a steering wheel is installed on the steering shaft, the steering shaft is perpendicularly and rotatably connected to the chassis frame, the first driving shaft is rotatably installed on the chassis frame, and a first driving wheel is installed on the first driving shaft; the first driving shaft extends in the left-right direction of the vehicle body, the motor is in transmission connection with the first driving shaft, and the first transmission mechanism is in transmission connection with the first driving shaft and the steering shaft at the same time. The motor of the chassis can provide power for the first driving shaft and the steering shaft at the same time, steering and forward driving during steering are achieved, the structure is simple, and the production cost is low.

The invention discloses a four-wheel drive lifting type agricultural universal chassis with an adjustable wheel tread. The four-wheel drive lifting type agricultural universal chassis comprises a frame and four groups of leg-wheel assemblies, the vehicle leg-wheel assembly comprises a vehicle leg assembly, the vehicle leg assembly comprises a vehicle leg support and a wheel assembly, and a lifting adjusting mechanism is arranged between the vehicle leg support and a wheel; the vehicle leg support is in running fit with the vehicle frame through a fixed shaft, wheel track adjusting driving mechanisms are arranged on the vehicle frame in one-to-one correspondence with the vehicle leg assemblies, and the wheel track adjusting driving mechanisms are used for adjusting the wheel track between the wheel assemblies; the lifting adjusting mechanism comprises an electric cylinder and a sliding square tube guide structure, the sliding square tube guide structure comprises an outer square tube fixedly connected to the vehicle leg support and an inner square tube capable of sliding in the outer square tube, one end of the electric cylinder is connected with the vehicle leg support, and the other end of the electric cylinder is connected with a welding plate integrally welded with the inner square tube; a steering execution mechanism is arranged in the inner square tube; the wheel assembly comprises a wheel support and wheels installed on the wheel support, and hub motors are integrated in the wheels to achieve four-wheel independent driving.

An independent steering device for a vehicle wheel comprises: a steering knuckle provided with a first upper coupling portion and a second upper coupling portion at an upper portion and a lower coupling portion at a lower portion; a first actuator rotatably coupled to the first upper coupling portion; a second actuator positioned adjacent to the first actuator and rotatably coupled to the second upper coupling portion; and a lower link rotatably coupled to the lower coupling portion. The lower coupling portion may be disposed below the center of the steering knuckle between the first upper coupling portion and the second upper coupling portion.

The present application provides a control method, device, vehicle and storage medium for vehicle steering. When the automatic U-turn mode is turned on, the vehicle controller obtains the auxiliary parameters of the vehicle according to the pre-activation signal input by the user, and generates the target direction, rotation angle, feedforward torque, target wheel speed, and then sends a steering instruction to the motor controller. The motor controller responds according to the feedforward torque, obtains a response signal, and sends it to the vehicle controller. Based on the response signal, the vehicle controller obtains the swing angle sensor information and the lateral longitudinal acceleration information to calculate the wheel rotation angle and sends it to the motor controller. The motor controller performs self-closed loop control based on the target direction, target wheel speed, wheel rotation angle, rotation angle and auxiliary parameters to control the vehicle to complete the steering. Automatic U-turn and zero turning radius steering of the vehicle are realized, making the vehicle steering more flexible, accurate and efficient, and reducing the rotation error, achieving millisecond-level drive control.

A vehicle steering assist device includes a steering assist ECU. The steering assist ECU calculates a target steering angle for driving the vehicle along the road, and a target steering guide torque that guides the driver's steering so that the actual steering angle becomes the target steering angle. The steering assist ECU controls the torque applying device so that the steering guide torque becomes the target steering guide torque. The steering assist ECU acquires at least one of information on the driving environment of the vehicle and information on the state of the driver, and calculates an index value indicating the necessity of the steering guide torque based on at least one of the pieces of information. The steering assist ECU corrects the target steering guide torque based on the index value so that the higher the need for the steering guide torque, the larger the target steering guide torque.

According to the torque control method and system, the control method comprises the steps that the difference value between a first target angle and a current rotation angle is determined, when the first target angle is automatic steering, an electric power steering system executes the target angle according to a rotation angle request of advanced auxiliary driving, and when the current rotation angle is first torque applied to a steering wheel, the current rotation angle is the target angle executed according to the rotation angle request of advanced auxiliary driving; real included angles between wheels and the front of the vehicle; calculating a second torque of the motor according to the difference value, the vehicle speed and the first torque; wherein the second torque is the output torque of the motor, is in negative correlation with the difference value and the first torque and is in positive correlation with the vehicle speed. According to the control method, the output torque of the motor can be calculated according to the first target angle, the current rotating angle, the vehicle speed and the first torque, when the driver intervenes in taking over in advanced auxiliary driving, the resistance of the steering motor and the driver during automatic driving and the jamming feeling during intervention can be greatly reduced, the hand feeling transition of the driver is smoother, and the driver experience is improved. And meanwhile, the steering angle control precision of automatic steering can be ensured.

A dual motor drive assembly comprising a housing, a shaft rotatably mounted with respect to the housing, a first gear connected to and configured to rotate with the shaft, first and second motors, each having an output driving a respective output gear, the output gears being engaged with the first gear, an allocation arrangement for allocating torque demands to each of the first and second motors, a target friction detection arrangement for determining a target friction, a calculation arrangement for calculating a mechanical friction, wherein the target friction and mechanical friction are compared, and wherein the mechanical friction is modified to meet the target friction by varying the difference between the two motor torque demands when the two motor torques are in opposing directions.

Disclosed examples include setting a coupling resistance between a road wheel actuator and a steerable road wheel of a vehicle at a first time by controlling an electrical damping device to increase an electrical resistance of an electric motor of the road wheel actuator; and changing the coupling resistance between the road wheel actuator and the steerable road wheel at a second time by controlling the electrical damping device to further increase the electrical resistance of the electric motor of the road wheel actuator.

When an external detection device detects an obstacle (another vehicle (T)) on either a left or right side of the own vehicle (M), a control device of a steering assistance device for a saddle type vehicle controls an assist torque so that a handle operation to the side opposite to the side on which the obstacle is detected becomes heavier (more difficult to turn) than a case in which the obstacle is not detected. The handle operation to the side on which the obstacle is detected makes a handle relatively light (makes it easier to turn) while steering assist is maintained.

The present invention relates to a method for operating an electromechanical steering system (1) of a motor vehicle (2). According to the method, a communication fault between a first control device (7) and a second control device (9) is first detected, and the first control device (7) applies a predefined excitation pattern to an electric motor (3), which is then detected by the second control device (9). In this way, communication between the first control device (7) and the second control device (9) is ensured even in the event of a communication link (6) failure. The invention further relates to an electromechanical steering system (1) for a motor vehicle (2) and a motor vehicle (2).

The application provides a vehicle control method, a vehicle and a computer readable storage medium, and relates to the technical field of vehicle control. The method comprises the following steps: redundancy design is performed for a steer-by-wire system of a vehicle, in the case that it is determined that the steer-by-wire system fails, a fault handling mechanism is triggered immediately, a fault condition is located first, then the fault is classified into a fault level based on the fault condition, and then the steering control strategy of the steer-by-wire system for the vehicle is adjusted according to the fault level and the vehicle is speed-limited according to the fault level, so that when the steer-by-wire system fails, the steer-by-wire system executes the steering control strategy corresponding to the fault level, the user can still control the vehicle, the situation that the vehicle is out of control is avoided, the controllability, safety and reliability of the steer-by-wire system in the case of failure are improved, and the driving experience, driving confidence and trust of the user for the steer-by-wire system are improved.