EP3490863A1

EP3490863A1 - Determining driving state variables

Info

Publication number: EP3490863A1
Application number: EP17735486.7A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Robert Zdych
Original assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
Current assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
Priority date: 2016-07-29
Filing date: 2017-07-03
Publication date: 2019-06-05
Also published as: DE102016214064A1; JP2019523176A; US20190263421A1; CN109476317A; WO2018019518A1

Abstract

A method (100) for determining driving state variables of a motor vehicle (105) comprises steps of sampling an input vector (u) of signals which influence the driving state of the motor vehicle (105); sampling a first output vector (y) of variables which describe the driving state of the motor vehicle (105); determining, on the basis of the input vector (u), a weighting factor (r) and a state vector (Xˆ), a second output vector (ŷ ) of variables which describe the driving state of the motor vehicle (105); and the adaptation of the weighting vector (r) on the basis of a difference between the two output vectors (y, ŷ ). In this context, the observer (110) comprises a Kaiman filter.

Description

Determination of driving state variables

The invention relates to the determination of driving state variables of a motor vehicle. In particular, the invention relates to the modeling of the motor vehicle for determining the driving state variables.

To understand the dynamics of a motor vehicle, to check or to enable a prediction or control of the motor vehicle, state variables are to be determined, which describe the movement of the motor vehicle. For example, a speed of the motor vehicle over ground can be determined by means of a speed sensor on a wheel. An improved determination can be carried out by means of several speed sensors on several wheels. However, this determination may also be erroneous, for example when the slip on several wheels exceeds predetermined limits. There are also state variables that can not be determined directly at all or not without considerable effort, for example a slip angle.

The invention is based on the object of specifying a technique which allows an improved determination of the driving state variables of a motor vehicle. The invention solves this problem by means of the subjects of the independent claims. Subclaims give preferred embodiments again.

It is proposed to use an observer based on a Kalman filter in order to achieve as accurate a mapping of an input vector from dynamic input variables of the motor vehicle to an output vector. From the many variants of different Kalman filters, a particularly suitable one is presented, which combines a good state estimation for the present problem with an acceptable processing overhead. Further, a physical vehicle model is provided which underlies the Kalman filter and can enable predicting state quantities for the present problem with high quality. The combination of preferred embodiments for the Kalman filter and the physical vehicle model can provide convincing results that can be based, for example, on controlling the motor vehicle. Usually, the motor vehicle comprises four wheels (front left, front right, rear left and rear right), but other vehicle models can be supported as well, for example for a single-track motor vehicle with two wheels or for a two-lane motor vehicle with more than two axles.

A method for determining driving state variables of a motor vehicle comprises steps of scanning a vector of input variables that determine the driving state of the motor vehicle; sampling a first output vector of quantities describing the driving condition of the motor vehicle; determining, based on the input vector, a state vector and a weighting vector, a second output vector of quantities describing the driving condition of the motor vehicle; and adjusting the weighting vector based on a difference of the two output vectors. The thus formulated observer is realized here by a Kalman filter.

The observer describes the behavior of the motor vehicle by suitable conversion of the input vector via a physical vehicle model into an output vector. The difference between the observer-determined output vector and the output vector determined by the motor vehicle is fed back to the observer for weighting the mapping. Thus, the behavior of the real motor vehicle can be imaged by the observer, in which the difference between the output vectors is minimized as far as possible.

The observer is based on a physical vehicle model, which will be described in more detail below. The physical vehicle model is preferably designed such that a multiplicity of driving state variables describing the dynamic behavior of the motor vehicle can be determined without providing a dedicated sensor for each driving state variable. These driving state variables can be included in the state vector. A number of sensors for determining the driving state variables may be reduced. In addition, a measurement inaccuracy can be reduced. Any particular driving state quantity can potentially be determined on the basis of all the measured values of the input vector u and the output vector y, so that a determination accuracy, a determination reliability, or a determination speed can be optimized. Also, a size that is difficult to determine conventionally, such as a slip angle, can be predicted or improved by the observer.

It is preferable for the observer to include an unscented Kalman Filter (UKF) .The UKF can provide a good determination of the desired size for stand sizes while requiring acceptable processing capacities, and particularly noisy measurements can have little effect on the performance of the UKF. By means of the UKF, processing in real time, for example on board the motor vehicle, can be carried out in an improved manner, In particular it is preferred that the UKF comprises a square root unscented Kalman filter (SR-UKF). The SR-UKF can once again be processed much faster than the UKF; a reduction in the required computing time of around 20% compared to the UKF can be achieved under certain conditions. In other embodiments, other nonlinear observer algorithms may also be used.

The proposed physical vehicle model is described in more detail below. It is generally preferred that the input vector comprises rotational speeds or alternatively angular velocities of the wheels of the motor vehicle and wheel steering angles of the wheels. The output vector preferably comprises accelerations of the motor vehicle in the longitudinal and transverse directions and a yaw rate. On the basis of the observer, driving condition quantities can be determined which include at least one wheel force in the longitudinal, vertical or transverse direction; a wheel slip; a slip angle; a slip angle and a vehicle speed over ground in the longitudinal or transverse direction. Wheel-related driving state variables are preferably specified for each wheel of the motor vehicle.

It is preferable that the second output vector is determined on the basis of a physical model that can be expressed, for example, by equations of motion. In a further preferred embodiment, coefficients of adhesion between tires of the motor vehicle and a road surface or a subsoil are determined, and the physical model is adapted on the basis of the determined adhesion coefficients. Chem connection a movement of a tire to a movement of the motor vehicle relative to the roadway is.

If the observer includes a UKF, in particular a standard UKF, then in a first variant, a measurement covariance matrix R ⁿ can be adapted as follows:

may be chosen arbitrarily. In another variant, which can be used with any nonlinear Kalman filter as observer, the measurement covariance matrix is adapted by means of a linear slave Kalman filter.

A computer program product comprises program code means for carrying out the described method when the computer program product runs on a processor or is stored on a computer-readable medium.

A device for determining driving state variables of a motor vehicle implements a Kalman filter and is adapted to carry out the method described above. The device may in particular comprise a programmable microcomputer. In this case, a time-discrete processing can be carried out with a fixed time grid. The processing can be real-time capable, that is, certain processing times have a guaranteed maximum duration.

A control of the motor vehicle may be performed on the basis of the determined driving state quantities. For example, active chassis control, brake control, powertrain control or control of an active or passive safety system on board the motor vehicle may be based on one or more of the particular vehicle loads.

The invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the attached figures, in which: Fig. 1 a method; and

Fig. 2 shows a motor vehicle with different sizes.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic representation of a method 100 for determining one or more driving state variables on a real motor vehicle 105 by means of an observer 1 10. The observer 110 can be regarded as a method and implemented, for example, by means of a programmable microcomputer. In this sense, the observer 1 10 can also be regarded as a device for determining the driving state variables.

An input vector ^u includes measured variables on the motor vehicle 105, for example wheel speeds n, or alternatively wheel angular velocities ω, and wheel steering angle 6i of the individual wheels. These measured variables can be sampled by means of assigned sensors. For example, a wheel angular velocity cd; be detected by means of a magnetic or optical encoder (encoder).

A state of the motor vehicle 105 is a state vector which may include vehicle speeds or a yaw rate. there

usually not all elements of the state vector are observable. A

Change ^{x of} the state vector ^x takes place on the basis of a current state vector ^x and the input vector ". This influencing can be used as a function which is generally not well known. From the influencing results by means of a function an output vector - the sizes as

Vehicle accelerations or the yaw rate may include. This size

can be measured again by means of suitable sensors. For example, the acceleration by means of an inertial sensor or the yaw rate can be determined by means of a yaw rate sensor. These sensors can be constructed micromechanically. The images of the input vector u by the real motor vehicle 105 are to be reproduced as accurately as possible by means of an observer 1 10. Thereby, a determination algorithm for the driving state variables of the motor vehicle 105 is to be formed, which can be used for the determination or prediction of driving state variables on the motor vehicle 105. Quantities relating to the observer 110 rather than to the real motor vehicle 105 are hereafter generally indicated by a circumflex (eg, ä instead of a).

A physical vehicle model 15 realizes a function the state vector of the observer 1 10 on the basis of the input vector and a correction vector on a change of the state vector of the observer 1 10. This change results from a function on

Observer 1 output vector 10. The physical vehicle model 1 15

describes the driving behavior of the motor vehicle 105, in particular on the basis of physical relationships.

A difference between the output vector ^y and the output vector ^{y of} the observer 1 10 is determined and converted into the vector by means of a so-called feedback matrix K. The error of the observer 1 10 is thus fed back so that it is minimized as possible.

After several passes of the feedback loop, the observer 1 10 has settled. Then, the output vector ^y closely approximates the output vector ^{y of} the real motor vehicle 105. Thus, each element of the output vector ^y can be determined quickly and accurately based on all the elements of the input vector ^u and the output vector y. As a result, on the one hand, a very accurate determination of each element can be made, since potentially many measured values are taken into account, and on the other hand an element that is difficult to measure can also be determined. For example, a slip angle, which exists between the direction of movement of the motor vehicle 105 in the center of gravity CoG and the vehicle longitudinal axis, can be determined without requiring an optical measuring method or a measuring wheel. The particular elements usually include state variables of the motor vehicle and can be used, for example, to control the motor vehicle 105. For example, the specific speed of the motor vehicle may be used to control an antilock braking system (ABS), or a speed assistant to control the speed to a predetermined value or through an electronic stability program (ESP). Further functions for controlling the movement or a comfort function of the motor vehicle 105 can likewise be based on driving state variables which were determined by means of the observer 110. Of course, driving condition other than speed can be used.

The procedure of the observer 1 10 will now be explained in more detail mathematically. FIG. 2 shows corresponding quantities on motor vehicle 105.

definitions

In general, the following terms apply:

CoG center of gravity, origin of the vehicle / chassis coordinate system m Vehicle mass vdiff Speed difference between wheel peripheral speed and resulting wheel longitudinal speed in the wheel contact point

μ adhesion coefficient

factor Correction factor for adhesion coefficients

kfs Correction factor for wheel lateral forces

Speeds at the wheel contact point

Calculation of the slip angle

Resulting Radlängsqeschiqkeiten in Radaufstandspunkt

Changeover between drive and brake slip

Resulting slip

Frictional coefficient along the tire model of Pacejka

Frictional coefficient across the tire model of Pacejka

Adaptation of the adhesion coefficients

In a further embodiment, the described physical vehicle model is adapted to existing adhesion conditions between tire and roadway via the adhesion coefficients described above. It should be noted that this adaptation can be used with any other nonlinear observer algorithm.

From a measured acceleration a and an estimated or observed acceleration «the respective amounts are determined and these are subtracted from each other. The resulting difference can be filtered before being a time discrete integrator ) is supplied. On the basis of the output of the integrator can then correction factors and

when using the corresponding longitudinal accelerations, as well

and when using the corresponding Querschleleu¬

be determined for the individual adhesion coefficients. The previously determined adhesion coefficients p _s and μι can then be multiplied by these correction factors before further processing takes place.

Resulting adhesion coefficients

Radseitenkräfte

In the vehicle / chassis coordinate system (related to the center of gravity CoG) transformed forces:

wind resistance

Equation of motion f1

The equations above characterize the preferred physical vehicle model underlying observer 110 of FIG. It should be noted that the described physical vehicle model is usable with any non-linear observer algorithm. Conversely, the described observer 1 10 can also work with a different physical vehicle model.

The observer 110 can be implemented by means of different, non-linear Kalman filters, a "Standard Unscented Kalman Filter" (UKF) being particularly preferred.

Adaptation of the measurement covariance matrix Alternative 1:

For a standard UKF, the measurement covariance matrix R ⁿ can be adapted as follows: where gj | t and arbitrary as desired can be selected.

See "Covariance matching based adaptive unscented caiman filter for direct filtering in INS / GNSS integration", Yang Meng ( ^* ), Shesheng Gao ( ^* ), Yongmin Zhong ( ^** ), Gaoge Hu ( ^* ), Aleksandar Subic (** *), Where: ( ^* ) School of Automatics, Northwestern Polytechnic University, Xi'an, China ( ^** ) School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, RMIT University, Australia ( ^*** ) Swinburne Research and Development , Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Australia.

Alternative 2:

In any non-linear Kalman filter, its measurement covariance matrix R ^{n can} also be generally adapted by means of a linear slave Kalman filter, as described in "Adaptive Unscented Kalman Filter and Its Applications in Nonlinear Control", Jianda Han, Qi Song and Yuqine He, State Key Laboratory ry of Robotics, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PR China, Chapter 4.

Kalman filter

In the following, preferred Kalman filters will be described in more detail. The description is taken from "The Square-Root Unscented Kalman Filter for State and Parameter Estimation", Rudolph van der Merwe, Eric A. Wan, Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology, 20000 NW Walker Road, Beaverton, Oregon 97006, The notations and designations used in the following statements should be familiar to a person skilled in the art.

In recent years, the Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) has become the preferred algorithm for many nonlinear estimators and self-learning applications. The EKF applies the procedure of a linear standard Kalman filter to a linearization of a truly nonlinear system. This approach is often flawed and can lead to divergence. It is therefore preferred in the present application to apply a UKF. As a result, in particular an improved determination of driving state variables can be achieved.

The computational complexity of a standard UKF is comparable to that of the EKF.

A state estimation of a time discrete nonlinear dynamic system shall be performed.

where x _k denotes the observed state vector of the system, u _k denotes a known input vector, and y _k denotes the observed output vector. Initialization:

Determining sigma points:

Update:

Equations for updating the measurements:

Whereby the covariance matrix of the process noise and the covariance matrix

represents the measurement noise.

It is preferable to use a "square root UKF" for further refinement The following description of this variant of a Kalman filter also comes from "The Square-Root Unscented Kalman Filter for State and Parameter Estimation".

Sigma point determination and updating:

In which the covariance matrix of the process noise and represents the measurement noise.

REFERENCE CHARACTERS

100 procedures

105 motor vehicle

1 10 observers

1 15 physical vehicle model

Claims

claims

1 . A method (100) for determining vehicle state variables of a motor vehicle (105), the method comprising the steps of: sampling an input vector (u) of quantities that determine the driving state of the motor vehicle (105); Sampling a first output vector (y) of quantities describing the driving condition of the motor vehicle (105); Determining, on the basis of the input vector (u), a weighting vector (r) and a state vector (x), a second output vector (y) of magnitudes indicative of the driving state of the

Motor vehicle (105) describe; and adjusting (K) the weighting vector (r) based on a difference of the two output vectors (y, y); wherein the observer (1 10) comprises a Kalman filter.

The method (100) of claim 1, wherein the observer (110) comprises an unscented Kalman filter.

3. The method (100) of claim 2, wherein the observer (1 10) a square

Root caiman filter includes.

4. The method (100) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the input vector (u) speeds (n) or angular velocities (ω) of the wheels (FL, FR, RL, RR) of the motor vehicle (105) and Radeinschlagwinkel (δ) of the wheels (FL, FR, RL, RR).

5. The method (100) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the output vector (y, y) accelerations (a) of the motor vehicle (105) in longitudinal and

Transverse direction and a yaw rate (Ψ) includes.

6. The method (100) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein on the basis of the observer (1 10) driving state quantities are determined, the at least one of a wheel force (F) in the longitudinal, vertical or transverse direction; a wheel slip (S); a slip angle (a); a swimming pool kel (ß) and a vehicle speed (V) over ground in the longitudinal or transverse direction.

The method (100) of any of the preceding claims, wherein the second output vector is determined based on a physical model (f, h)

whereby adhesion coefficients between tires of the motor vehicle (105)

and a roadway, and wherein the physical model (f, h) is adapted on the basis of the adhesion coefficients (μ).

8. Method (100) according to one of claims 2 to 7, wherein a measuring

covariance matrix ) is adapted as follows:

where applicable and can be chosen as required.

9. Method (100) according to one of claims 2 to 7, wherein a measurement covariance matrix (R ⁿ ) is adapted by means of a linear slave Kalman filter.

10. Computer program product with program code means for performing a method (100) according to any one of the preceding claims, when the computer program product runs on a processing device (1 10) or is stored on a computer-readable medium.

1 1. A device (1 10) for determining driving state variables of a motor vehicle (105), wherein the device is implemented a Kalman filter and adapted to perform a method (100) according to one of claims 1 to 6.