US Patent Application 18159131. VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS simplified abstract
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VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS
Organization Name
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
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VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS - A simplified explanation of the abstract
- This abstract for appeared for US patent application number 18159131 Titled 'VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS'
Simplified Explanation
The abstract describes a vehicle control apparatus that can effectively control the speed of a vehicle when traveling on a curve. The apparatus takes into account both the lateral acceleration (sideways movement) and the longitudinal acceleration (forward or backward movement) of the vehicle.
The apparatus calculates a maximum speed for traveling on the curve based on the shape of the road and the maximum lateral acceleration. It then adjusts this speed to ensure that the overall acceleration of the vehicle, considering both lateral and longitudinal acceleration, stays within a predetermined limit range.
Finally, the apparatus controls the vehicle's speed according to the adjusted maximum speed for traveling on the curve.
Original Abstract Submitted
To provide a vehicle control apparatus which can control appropriately the travelling speed at traveling on the curve, considering not only the lateral acceleration at traveling on the curve but also the longitudinal acceleration. A vehicle control apparatus calculates a curve limitation travelling speed at which the lateral acceleration of the own vehicle becomes the maximum lateral acceleration or less, based on the road shape and the maximum lateral acceleration; corrects the curve limitation travelling speed so that a composite acceleration of the own vehicle at traveling on the curve road becomes within a limit range which is set according to the maximum lateral acceleration, the maximum longitudinal acceleration in the front direction, and the maximum longitudinal acceleration in the back direction; and controls the vehicle according to the curve limitation travelling speed after correction.
