GB2257403A - Road vehicle stability indicating system. - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60T—VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL; ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES
- B60T8/00—Arrangements for adjusting wheel-braking force to meet varying vehicular or ground-surface conditions, e.g. limiting or varying distribution of braking force
- B60T8/17—Using electrical or electronic regulation means to control braking
- B60T8/1755—Brake regulation specially adapted to control the stability of the vehicle, e.g. taking into account yaw rate or transverse acceleration in a curve
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60K—ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
- B60K28/00—Safety devices for propulsion-unit control, specially adapted for, or arranged in, vehicles, e.g. preventing fuel supply or ignition in the event of potentially dangerous conditions
- B60K28/10—Safety devices for propulsion-unit control, specially adapted for, or arranged in, vehicles, e.g. preventing fuel supply or ignition in the event of potentially dangerous conditions responsive to conditions relating to the vehicle
- B60K28/16—Safety devices for propulsion-unit control, specially adapted for, or arranged in, vehicles, e.g. preventing fuel supply or ignition in the event of potentially dangerous conditions responsive to conditions relating to the vehicle responsive to, or preventing, skidding of wheels
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60T—VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL; ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES
- B60T2230/00—Monitoring, detecting special vehicle behaviour; Counteracting thereof
- B60T2230/06—Tractor-trailer swaying
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60W—CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT
- B60W2520/00—Input parameters relating to overall vehicle dynamics
- B60W2520/12—Lateral speed
- B60W2520/125—Lateral acceleration
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Abstract
The system comprises a sensor 10 for producing a signal representative of sideways acceleration and/or angle of tilt of the vehicle, and electronic processing means responsive to said signal for providing an indication of an approaching condition of instability of the vehicle. The sensor 10 is in the form of an accelerometer supported by resilient mountings so as not to be responsive to high frequency vibration. The tractor and trailer of an articulated vehicle may each be provided with an accelerometer. The processing means may include an algorithm 19 for detecting snaking of the vehicle. Road speed and/or angle of steer may also be detected for greater accuracy of indication. <IMAGE>
Description
ROAD VEHICLE STABILITY INDICATING SYSTEM This invention relates to a system for indicating the stability (or instability) of a road vehicle.
A problem exists in the operation of heavy road vehicles, and particularly in the case of long articulated trucks, container transport vehicles and fuel tankers in that an individual vehicle can, when turning, reach an instability point where only an experienced driver is able to take the required corrective action. Such an instability point can be reached when a vehicle is travelling at either high or low speed, and, when it occurs, the vehicle may turn over or go out of control if the driver does not take, or is not capable of taking, immediate action to correct the situation.
GB 2222560 proposes a system for alerting a driver of an approaching condition of instability. This system relies on monitoring the road speed and angle of steer of the vehicle, but it has been found that this system is not entirely satisfactory as other factors contribute to vehicle instability. These include the camber angle of the road, crosswind and the weight and distribution of the payload. Surge on tankers is also a factor and snaking, such as takes place at a roundabout, tends to cause the vehicle to act like a pendulum and have a lower instability threshold.
The present invention seeks to provide a stability indicating system which provides a more accurate indication of an approaching condition of instability than is possible with the system proposed previously.
According to the present invention, there is provided a stability indicating system for a road vehicle, comprising a sensor for producing a signal representative of sideways acceleration and/or angle of tilt of the vehicle, and electronic processing means responsive to said signal for providing an indication of an approaching condition of instability of the vehicle.
Preferably, the sensor produces a signal representative of sideways acceleration and angle of tilt of the vehicle.
Preferably, the processing means is able to sense when the vehicle is snaking.
The electronic processing means may also be responsive to a signal or signals representative of road speed and/or angle of steer of the vehicle in order to provide an indication of an approaching condition of instability of the vehicle.
Preferably, the stability indicating system also includes an audible and/or visual warning device operable by the processing means for alerting the driver of the vehicle of an approaching condition of instability.
Advantageously, the warning given by the audible and/or visual warning device is progressive.
For example, an audible warning can become louder or a visual flashing warning indicator can increase its rate of flashing as the instability point is more closely approached. The warning should, of course, be sufficiently in anticipation of the instability point to give an inexperienced driver the opportunity to take corrective action.
The system is preferably calibrated in accordance with vehicle parameters.
Preferably, the sensor is supported by resilient mountings so as not to be responsive to high frequency vibration.
The invention will now be more particularly described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 is a schematic view of one embodiment of stability indicating system according to the present invention,
Figure 2 is a plan view showing the sensor of
Figure 1 and a mounting therefor, and
Figure 3 is a block diagram showing the system of Figure 1 in more detail.
Referring to the drawings, the stability indicating system shown therein comprises a sensor in the form of an accelerometer 10, an electronic processing device 11, and an audible and/or visual warning device 12.
The accelerometer 10 is supported in a slot 14a in a metal block 14 by one of a pair of L-shaped brackets 13. The block 14 is attached to four upstanding, equi-angularly spaced, posts 15 by resilient mountings 16. The posts 15 are secured to a road vehicle (not shown) with the longitudinal extent of the slot 14a parallel to an axis extending fore-and-aft of the vehicle. The resilient mountings 16 ensure that the accelerometer 10 does not see high frequency vibrations generated in the vehicle.
The accelerometer 10 is typically a solidstate, piezoresistive accelerometer such as the accelerometer sold by EuroSensor of 20-24 Kirby Street,
London under Model No. 3110. Alternatively, the accelerometer could be a solid state, capacitive accelerometer such as that made by Access Sensors S.A., of Les Charbonnieres, Switzerland under Model No. AMD
CK/0-A-1.
The accelerometer 10 responds to lateral movement of the vehicle. The frequency response of the accelerometer extends from d.c. and is limited by a two pole low pass filter at 5Hz. Since the frequency response extends down to d.c., the normal acceleration due to gravity is sensed in addition to sideways acceleration of the vehicle. The accelerometer 10 thus produces a signal representative of sideways acceleration and angle of tilt of the vehicle.
The output signal of the accelerometer 10 is converted by an analogue to digital converter 17 and the digital output signal of the converter 17 is sampled regularly. A digital filter algorithm is applied to average out noise and random fluctuations. Within each sampling period the acceleration and rate of acceleration are stored. If the acceleration is greater than a threshold value then the rate of change of acceleration is combined with the acceleration using a predictive algorithm 18. This value is compared with a predetermined value stored in the processing device 11 and obtained from information relating to vehicle type and characteristics. If the value obtained by the algorithm 18 exceeds this predetermined value, the processing device 11 sends an energising signal to the warning device 12 in order to alert the driver of the vehicle of an approaching condition of instability.
The electric processing device 11 also senses when a vehicle is snaking by noting relative sudden changes in sign of the accelerometer output signal and lowers the threshold at which it sends an energising signal to the warning device 12 by reducing the aforesaid predetermined value stored in the processing device 11 when a snake condition is sensed.
Snaking is sensed by a snake detection algorithm 19 which measures the frequency of oscillation and the amplitude of oscillation of the accelerometer output signal. A snake condition is deemed to exist when the frequency of oscillation is within predetermined maximum and minimum limits and is above a minimum amplitude.
A zero crossing detector (not shown) is employed to detect left and right swings of the vehicle.
The time interval between successive zero crossings is measured and the frequency of oscillation can thus be determined.
A peak detector (not shown) is employed to measure the peak value of the accelerometer output signal for each left and right swing.
The stability indicating system also has a number of digital inputs 20 connected to the processing device 11 by a digital interface 21 for calibration and commissioning of the system, and an interface 22 for a communication system 23 which can be used to set up the main parameters for the algorithms 18 and 19 and which can be used to display stability and snake parameters.
The accelerometer 10 may be secured to the vehicle at any appropriate place and in the case of an articulated vehicle it may be secured to either the tractor or the trailer of the vehicle provided it is appropriately calibrated. Indeed, an articulated vehicle may have two accelerometers, one secured to the tractor and one secured to the trailer and in this case the electronic processing device 11 would be designed to monitor the signals from both accelerometers.
Ideally, the electronic processing device 11 and warning device 12 are designed as a single unit and are located in the driver's cab.
The accelerometer 10 gives a more accurate indication of the stability of the vehicle than is obtained by speed and steer angle sensors, as it more accurately reflects the actual forces experienced by the vehicle and takes account of such factors as prevailing wind conditions and payload distribution. Also, the angle of tilt component of the accelerometer signal takes account of the camber angle of the road.
The energising signal fed by the processing device 11 to the warning device 12 may increase progressively, either in amplitude or repetition rate, as a condition of instability is approached.
It may be found to be beneficial to monitor road speed and/or angle of steer of the vehicle, in addition to sideways acceleration, in order to even more accurately detect a condition of approaching instability and in this case appropriate sensors will be provided.
The electronic processing device can also be arranged to provide a hard copy read-out to enable assessments to be made of driver behaviour.
In some circumstances it may be desirable for the sensor to produce a signal representaive of only sideways acceleration or of only angle of tilt. This may be possible, inter alia, by applying an appropriate filter to the output of the accelerometer.
Claims (12)
1. A stability indicating system for a road vehicle, comprising a sensor for producing a signal representative of sideways acceleration and/or angle of tilt of the vehicle, and electronic processing means responsive to said signal for providing an indication of an approaching condition of instability of the vehicle.
2. A stability indicating system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sensor produces a signal representative of sideways acceleration and angle of tilt of the vehicle.
3. A stability indicating system as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the processing means is able to sense when the vehicle is snaking.
4. A stability indicating system as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the electronic processing means is also responsive to a signal or signals representative of road speed and/or angle of steer of the vehicle in order to provide an indication of an approaching condition of instability of the vehicle.
5. A stability indicating system as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the stability indicating system also includes an audible and/or visual warning device operable by the processing means for alerting the driver of the vehicle of an approaching condition of instability.
6. A stability indicating system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the processing means is arranged so as to progressively increase the energising signal which it sends to the -warning device as a condition of instability approaches.
7. A stability indicating system as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the system is calibrated in accordance with parameters of the vehicle for which it is intended.
8. A stability indicating system as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the sensor is supported by resilient mountings.
9. A stability indicating system as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the sensor is in the form of an accelerometer.
10. A stability indicating system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the accelerometer is a solid state, piezoresistive or capacitive accelerometer.
11. A stability indicating system substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
12. A vehicle equipped with a stability indicating system as claimed in any one of the preceding claims.
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