Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Road slope estimator and vehicle
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Application No.: US17042419Application Date: 2019-03-27
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Publication No.: US11541894B2Publication Date: 2023-01-03
- Inventor: Shinichirou Fukazawa
- Applicant: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
- Current Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Brundidge & Stanger, P.C.
- Priority: JPJP2018-062848 20180328
- International Application: PCT/JP2019/013112 WO 20190327
- International Announcement: WO2019/189322 WO 20191003
- Main IPC: B60W40/076
- IPC: B60W40/076 ; B60W40/105 ; B60W40/11 ; B60W40/114 ; B60W40/13

Abstract:
A slope estimation device estimates a slope of a vehicle traveling road, and includes an input section that acquires a detected value of an acceleration sensor for detecting acceleration in a front-back direction of the vehicle, a centripetal force detecting section that detects centripetal force acting on the acceleration sensor due to a turning motion of the vehicle, and a slope computing section that computes the slope of the vehicle traveling road based on the detected value of the acceleration sensor. When the vehicle is in the turning motion, the slope computing section computes the slope of the traveling road by determining a component of the centripetal force superimposed on the detected value of the acceleration sensor based on a turning center position of the vehicle, a gravity center position of the vehicle, and an installation position of acceleration sensor, and subtracting the component of the centripetal force from the detected value of the acceleration sensor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210009139A1 SLOPE ESTIMATION DEVICE AND VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2021-01-14
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