Title:
VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND CHARACTERISTICS ESTIMATION METHOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2020/003597
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The present invention addresses the problem of estimating the position of the center of gravity and the moment of inertia of a trailer and applying the result to control of a connected vehicle so that the orientation of the connected vehicle during travel can be further stabilized. This vehicle control device, which is mounted on a tractor that pulls a trailer, is characterized by comprising: a steering angle control unit that controls the steering angle of the wheels of the tractor independently of steering by a driver; and a trailer characteristics estimation unit that estimates the characteristics of the trailer on the basis of the behavior of the tractor during wheel steering by the steering angle control unit.
Inventors:
SETO SHINJI (JP)
TAKAHASHI JUNYA (JP)
FUJIBAYASHI TOMOAKI (JP)
NAKANO HIROSHI (JP)
TAKAHASHI JUNYA (JP)
FUJIBAYASHI TOMOAKI (JP)
NAKANO HIROSHI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2019/006462
Publication Date:
January 02, 2020
Filing Date:
February 21, 2019
Export Citation:
Assignee:
HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS LTD (JP)
International Classes:
B62D7/14; B60W40/12
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2008062867A1 | 2008-05-29 |
Foreign References:
| JP2000028427A | 2000-01-28 | |||
| JP2000019002A | 2000-01-21 | |||
| JPH04126675A | 1992-04-27 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
POLAIRE I.P.C. (JP)
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