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Title:
ROAD GRADIENT MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND ROAD GRADIENT MEASUREMENT METHOD
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2011232128
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To improve measurement accuracy of a road gradient.

When a GPS 12 has receiving sensitivity equal to or higher than a specified level and a change in an altitude is detected, a gradient calculation unit 25 calculates a road gradient using data on a running speed and an altitude obtained from the GPS 12 through a GPS data acquisition unit 21. When there is no change in an altitude, a constant travel resistance calculation unit 22 calculates a constant travel resistance using data obtained through an ECU data acquisition unit 23 with a road gradient of 0 and a calculation result is held in a constant travel resistance holding unit 27. When the receiving sensitivity of the GPS 12 is lower than a specified level, the gradient calculation unit 25 calculates a road gradient using the constant travel resistance held in the constant travel resistance holding unit 27 and the ECU data obtained through the ECU data acquisition unit 23.


Inventors:
KASHIWAGI ATSUSHI
Application Number:
JP2010101760A
Publication Date:
November 17, 2011
Filing Date:
April 27, 2010
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Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP
International Classes:
G01C9/00; B60W10/04; B60W10/06; B60W40/10; B60W40/12; G01C21/28; G01M17/007
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kenji Yoshida
Jun Ishida



 
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