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Title:
ROAD SURFACE CONDITION DETERMINING DEVICE AND METHOD AND DETERMINING PROGRAM OF ROAD SURFACE CONDITION
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2002362345
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a road surface condition determining device capable enhancing performance and safety of a vehicle by accurately determining a road surface condition between a road surface and tires.

The road surface condition determining device is provided with a speed detecting means of periodically detecting wheel speeds of four wheels of the vehicle, a body speed calculating means of determining a body speed of the vehicle, a slip ratio calculating means of determining a slip ratio from the body speed and an average wheel speed of driving wheels of the wheel speeds, a body acceleration calculating means of determining a body acceleration of the vehicle, a turning radius calculating means of determining a turning radius of the vehicle, a moving average processing means of subjecting the slip ratio and the body acceleration to a moving average process per predetermined time, and a road surface condition determining means of determining the road surface condition from a relationship between a slip ratio and a body acceleration when a turning radius is larger than a predetermined value from data of the slip ratio and the body acceleration subjected to the moving average process.


Inventors:
KAWASAKI HIROAKI
NAKAO YUKIO
Application Number:
JP2001172272A
Publication Date:
December 18, 2002
Filing Date:
June 07, 2001
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
SUMITOMO RUBBER IND
International Classes:
G01N19/02; B60R16/02; B60T8/172; B60T8/1763; B60T8/58; (IPC1-7): B60T8/58; G01N19/02
Domestic Patent References:
JPH07112659A1995-05-02
JPH05208669A1993-08-20
JP2001080325A2001-03-27
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Sota Asahina (1 person outside)