Disclosure of Invention
Technical problem to be solved
Based on the problems, the invention provides a manual mode control method of an automatic transmission with a gear shifting plectrum.
(II) technical scheme
The invention discloses a manual mode control method of an automatic transmission with a gear shifting plectrum, which collects the state of a manual mode activation flag bit and executes the following steps when the manual mode activation flag bit is TRUE:
step 50: calculating a current gear, and calculating which gear the manual gear is in by the transmission controller according to the current vehicle speed so as to obtain the current gear;
step 52: judging whether the driver presses the Up manual shifting sheet or not, and if so, the manual mode activation flag bit is TRUE, if so, entering step 54, otherwise, entering the next step 58; step 54 comprises: judging whether the target rotating speed of the engine is lower than 800rpm on the basis of adding 1 to the current gear, if so, executing the step 56, adding 1 to the target gear in the step 56, manually shifting up to the first gear, continuing to update the current gear in the next step 68, starting the next loop of the program from the step 50 again after updating, and otherwise, skipping to the step 50 and maintaining the current gear according to the judgment result of the step 54;
step 58: judging whether a driver presses Down a Down manual shifting sheet or not, and if so, entering the step 60, otherwise, entering the next step 64, if not, judging that the manual mode activation flag bit is TRUE; step 60 comprises: on the basis of subtracting 1 from the current gear, judging whether the target rotating speed of the engine is higher than 6000rpm, if so, continuing to subtract 1 from the target gear in the next step 62, manually reducing the gear by one, then continuing to update the current gear in the next step 68, after updating, starting the next program loop from the step 50 again, and if not, skipping to the step 50 and maintaining the current gear;
step 64: judging whether the accelerator pedal is a full accelerator or not, if so, entering a step 66 if so, and otherwise, entering a next step 70; the target gear is decremented by 2 in step 66, the manual mode is skipped, then the current gear is continuously updated in the next step 68, and after the update, the next cycle of the program starts again at step 50;
step 70: the transmission is in a manual mode, a driver does not do any operation, whether the rotating speed of the engine exceeds 6000rpm or is lower than 800rpm is judged through transmission control, if yes, the step 72 is carried out, and if not, the step 50 is carried out, and the current gear is maintained; in step 72, an automatic upshift or downshift is performed in the manual mode so that the engine is operating within the available engine speed range, and then the current gear is updated in step 68, after which the next cycle of the routine begins again at step 50.
Further, the transmission in step one simulates a 6 or 8 gear manual gear.
Further, the control strategy of the manual mode activation flag bit includes:
step 10: after the vehicle is in a forward gear D gear, the transmission enters an automatic speed change mode;
step 12: in step 12, the following condition judgment is performed: the transmission controller judges whether a gear shifting handle is in a D gear, whether a driving mode is in a Normal mode or an Eco mode, and the vehicle speed is more than 2km/h, if so, the step 14 is executed, otherwise, the next step 30 is executed; determining at step 14 whether the driver has pressed the shift paddle, if so, proceeding to step 16 and setting the manual mode activation flag to TRUE, and then executing step 18, otherwise proceeding to step 22 and setting the manual mode activation flag to FALSE; at step 18, it is determined whether any exit condition of the first condition is met, and if any condition is not met, the manual mode activation flag is set to FALSE, otherwise, the step 16 is executed and the manual mode activation flag is maintained to TRUE;
step 30: judging whether a gear shifting handle of a transmission controller is in a D gear and whether a driving mode is in a motion mode, if so, executing a step 32, if not, executing a next step 40, if not, judging whether a driver presses a gear shifting plectrum at the step 32, if so, executing a step 34 and setting a manual mode activation flag bit to TRUE, and then executing a step 36, and if not, executing the step 40; at step 36, it is determined whether any exit condition of the second condition is met, and if any is not met, the manual mode activation flag is set to FALSE, otherwise step 34 is executed and the manual mode activation flag is maintained to TRUE.
Step 40: the manual mode activation flag is finally set to FALSE.
Further, the first condition includes: the driver presses the shifting piece all the time, the duration time exceeds 2.2 seconds, or the driver changes the driving mode or shifts the gear to N/R/P, or the driver loses an accelerator and automatically shifts the gear after reaching the critical point of the engine speed and the vehicle speed, or the driver steps on the accelerator pedal all the time, but does not press the shifting piece within 5 seconds continuously.
Further, the second condition includes: the driver presses the paddle all the time for more than 2.2 seconds, or the driver changes the driving mode or shifts the gear to N/R/P.
Further, the driver always presses the dial includes that the dial pressed by the driver is up dial or down dial.
In another aspect, the present invention also discloses a transmission controller comprising:
at least one processor; and at least one memory communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein:
the memory stores program instructions executable by the processor to invoke the program instructions to enable execution of the automatic transmission manual mode control method with a shift paddle as set forth in any of the above.
In another aspect, the present disclosure also discloses a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer instructions that cause the computer to execute the automatic transmission manual mode control method with a shift paddle according to any of the above.
(III) advantageous effects
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:
(1) the driver operates the shift paddle handle to realize the manual mode switching of the CVT, so that the driving performance is improved, and the hardware cost is not required to be increased;
(2) when a driver dials up and down shift dials on the left side or the right side, the CVT enters a simulated manual mode judgment stage, a transmission controller TCU formulates different driving strategies according to a current driving mode, if the shift dials are pressed in a normal mode or an economic mode to enter the manual mode, the condition of exiting the manual mode is relatively easy, if the shift dials are pressed in a motion mode to enter the manual mode, the condition of exiting is less, the driving pleasure of the driver in the manual mode is improved, the CVT is a stepless automatic transmission, in order to achieve the shifting effects of other transmissions such as AT (automatic transmission), the CVT can simulate 6-gear and 8-gear manual modes, and the specific gear number can be calibrated and set according to the requirements of clients.
(3) Under the manual mode, a driver suddenly overtakes the vehicle with the full throttle, the transmission controller can automatically recognize and automatically shift gears in a grade skipping manner, the driving pleasure is improved, and the driving safety can be ensured.
Detailed Description
The present invention will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples, in which the technical problems and advantages of the present invention are solved, wherein the described examples are only intended to facilitate the understanding of the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting in any way.
The invention discloses a CVT automatic transmission manual mode control system with a gear shifting plectrum, which comprises a gear shifter controller, an engine controller and a transmission controller, wherein the gear shifter controller acquires a gear PRND signal operated by a driver and signals of driving mode switching, the gear shifting plectrum and the like, and sends the signal to the CAN bus, the engine controller controls the engine body to output power, meanwhile, relevant signals such as the rotating speed of an engine, an accelerator pedal, a braking signal and the like are sent to a CAN bus, a transmission controller, the control strategy operation is carried out according to the signals sent by the gear shifter controller and the engine controller through the CAN bus, namely, the manual mode control method of the CVT automatic transmission with the gear shifting sheet is operated to switch and control the manual mode, so that the effective manual mode driving is realized through the operation of the gear shifting sheet by a driver.
Fig. 1 schematically illustrates a control strategy diagram of a manual mode activation flag in a manual mode control method of an automatic transmission having a shift paddle, in which a determination and setting operation of the manual mode activation flag is required before the manual mode control method is performed, and the setting operation of the manual mode activation flag includes:
after the vehicle is in the forward gear D gear, the transmission (i.e. CVT) enters the automatic transmission mode in step 10, and condition judgment is performed in step 12, wherein the condition judgment in step 12 comprises the following steps: and (3) judging whether the gear shifting handle is in a D gear, whether the driving mode is in a Normal mode or an Eco mode and the vehicle speed is more than 2km/h by the transmission controller, if so, executing the step 14, and otherwise, entering the next step 30.
At step 14 it is determined whether the driver has pressed the shift paddle, and if so step 16 is entered and the manual mode activation flag is set to TRUE, and step 18 is then executed, otherwise step 22 is entered and the manual mode activation flag is set to FALSE.
Then, at step 18, it is determined whether any exit condition is satisfied under a condition one, which includes: the driver presses the plectrum all the time, the duration exceeds 2.2 seconds, or the driver changes the driving mode or switches the gear to N/R/P, or the driver loses the accelerator and automatically shifts the gear after reaching the critical point of the engine speed and the vehicle speed, or the driver steps on the accelerator pedal all the time, but does not press the shifting plectrum within 5 seconds continuously; as long as any of the above conditions is not met, step 20 is executed and the manual mode activation flag is set to FALSE, otherwise step 16 is executed and the manual mode activation flag is maintained to TRUE.
Determining at step 30 whether a shift lever of a transmission controller is in D-range and a driving mode is in sport mode, if yes at step 30 executing step 32, if no at step 30 executing step 40, determining at step 32 whether a driver presses a shift paddle, if yes, executing step 34 and setting a manual mode activation flag to TRUE, and then executing step 36, if no at step 32 executing step 40;
then, at step 36, it is determined whether any exit condition in the state of condition two is satisfied, the condition two including: the driver presses the plectrum all the time, the duration exceeds 2.2 seconds, or the driver changes the driving mode or switches the gear to N/R/P; as long as any of the above conditions is not met, step 38 is executed and the manual mode activation flag is set to FALSE, otherwise step 34 is executed and the manual mode activation flag is maintained to TRUE.
The manual mode activation flag is finally set to FALSE in step 40.
It should be noted that the operation of pressing the shift paddle in step 14 and step 32 may specifically be that the driver presses the shift paddle up paddle or down paddle, and if the conditions in step 14 and step 32 are satisfied, it indicates that the activation condition of the manual mode control method is satisfied, and at this time, the manual mode control method in fig. 2 is activated, and conversely, if the conditions one and the conditions two in step 18 and step 36 are satisfied, the manual mode control method in fig. 2 is exited, which indicates that the exit condition of the manual mode is satisfied, and at this time, the manual mode control method in fig. 2 is exited.
Fig. 2 schematically depicts a flow chart of a manual mode control method of an automatic transmission having a shift paddle, wherein the manual mode activation flag of fig. 2 may use the control strategy of the manual mode activation flag of fig. 1, and in particular, the manual mode control method comprises:
step 50: and calculating the current gear, and calculating which gear the manual gear is in by the transmission controller according to the current vehicle speed so as to obtain the current gear. The CVT can simulate a 6-gear and 8-gear manual mode, the specific gear number can be set according to customer requirements in a calibration mode, and the current gear can be calculated at step 18 or step 36 of FIG. 1;
step 52: judging whether the driver presses the Up manual shifting sheet or not, and if so, the manual mode activation flag bit is TRUE, if so, entering step 54, otherwise, entering the next step 58; step 54 includes: judging whether the target rotating speed of the engine is lower than 800rpm or not on the basis of adding 1 to the current gear, if so, executing the step 56, adding 1 to the target gear in the step 56, manually shifting up the first gear, continuing to update the current gear in the next step 68, starting the next cycle of the program from the step 50 again after updating, and if not, jumping to the step 50 and maintaining the current gear;
step 58: judging whether a driver presses Down a Down manual shifting sheet or not, and if so, entering the step 60, otherwise, entering the next step 64, if not, judging that the manual mode activation flag bit is TRUE; in step 60, on the basis of subtracting 1 from the current gear, judging whether the target rotating speed of the engine is higher than 6000rpm, if so, continuing to subtract 1 from the target gear in the next step 62, manually reducing the first gear, then continuing to update the current gear in the next step 68, after updating, starting the next loop of the program from step 50 again, and if not, skipping to step 50 and maintaining the current gear;
step 64: judging whether the accelerator pedal is a full accelerator or not, if so, entering a step 66 if so, and otherwise, entering a next step 70; the target gear is decremented by 2 in step 66, the manual mode is skipped, then the current gear is continuously updated in the next step 68, and after the update, the next cycle of the program starts again at step 50;
step 70: at the moment, the transmission is in a manual mode, a driver does not do any operation, whether the rotating speed of the engine exceeds 6000rpm or is lower than 800rpm is judged through transmission control, if yes, the step 72 is carried out, and if not, the step 50 is skipped to, and the current gear is maintained; in step 72, an automatic upshift or downshift is performed in the manual mode so that the engine operates within the available engine speed range, and then the current gear is updated in step 68, after which the next cycle of the routine begins again at step 50.
As shown in fig. 2, the manual mode control method of the present invention can realize the manual mode switching of the CVT, improving the drivability; under the manual mode, a driver suddenly overtakes the vehicle with the full throttle, the transmission controller can automatically recognize and automatically shift gears in a grade skipping manner, the driving pleasure is improved, and the driving safety can be ensured. In addition, the manual mode activation flag bit determination method of fig. 1 may be used in conjunction with the manual mode control method of fig. 2 to perform an upshift or downshift operation more safely and accurately.
It should be noted that, before the manual mode control method of the present invention is performed, it is first determined that the manual mode activation flag of the shift paddle is always TRUE (that is, the exit condition of the first condition and the second condition in fig. 1 is not satisfied), and the manual mode activation flag is always TRUE and serves as an input condition of the manual mode target speed ratio calculation module, so as to complete the current gear calculation in the manual mode.
Based on the manual mode control method of the invention shown in fig. 2, when the driver operates the manual mode, if the gear of the manual mode is above 3, the driver quickly steps on the accelerator pedal to perform the kirkdown operation, the CVT automatically and continuously jumps, for example, from 6 to 4, and the strategy can automatically recognize the driver's intention of overtaking quickly, thereby improving the driving pleasure and safety.
In the embodiments provided in the present invention, it should be understood that the disclosed control method and system can be implemented in other ways. For example, the above-described apparatus embodiments are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the units is only one logical division, and other divisions may be realized in practice, for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or units, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form. The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.
In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit. The integrated unit can be realized in a form of hardware, or in a form of hardware plus a software functional unit. The integrated unit implemented in the form of a software functional unit may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. The software functional unit is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions to enable a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) or a processor (processor) to execute some steps of the methods according to the embodiments of the present invention. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: various media capable of storing program codes, such as a usb disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.
Finally, the description is as follows: the above examples are only intended to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, but not to limit it; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; and such modifications or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the corresponding technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.