Vehicle control system
AssigneeFaiveley Transport Italia S.P.A.
InventorRoberto Tione
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Abstract
A vehicle control system is provided for controlling adhesion of wheels to a route surface. The control system includes one or more processors configured to determine adhesion values representative of adhesion between the wheels of a vehicle and the route surface based on angular speeds of the wheels. The one or more processors are configured to generate a target slip value for the wheels that are coupled with at least two different axles of the vehicle by processing the adhesion values and modifying the target slip value continuously in time to maximize an average value of the adhesion values of the wheels. The one or more processors also are configured to control a torque applied to at least one of the axles based on the target slip value.
Claims20
A vehicle control system comprising:
- one or more processors configured to determine adhesion values representative of adhesion between wheels of a vehicle and a route surface based on angular speeds of the wheels,
- the one or more processors configured to generate a target slip value for the wheels that are coupled with at least two different axles of the vehicle by processing the adhesion values and modifying the target slip value continuously in time to maximize an average value of the adhesion values of the wheels,
- the one or more processors configured to control a torque applied to at least one of the axles based on the target slip value.
A method comprising:
- determining adhesion values representative of adhesion between wheels of a vehicle and a route surface based on angular speeds of the wheels;
- determining a target slip value for the wheels that are coupled with at least two different axles of the vehicle, the target slip value determined based on the adhesion values that is determined;
- controlling a torque applied to at least one of the axles based on the target slip value;
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- continuously changing the target slip value as the vehicle moves based on changes in the adhesion values to maximize an average value of the adhesion values.
A system comprising:
- one or more processors configured to determine adhesion values representative of adhesion between wheels of a vehicle and a route surface based on angular speeds of the wheels,
- the one or more processors configured to determine a target slip value for the wheels that are coupled with at least two different axles of the vehicle, the one or more processors configured to determine the target slip value based on the adhesion values that is determined,
- the one or more processors configured to control a torque applied to at least one of the axles based on the target slip value and to continuously change the target slip value as the vehicle moves based on changes in the adhesion values to maximize an average value of the adhesion values,
- wherein the wheels include a leading wheel and a trailing wheel along a direction of movement of the vehicle, the one or more processors are configured to increase the target slip value associated with the leading wheel to clean the route surface with the leading wheel prior to travel of the trailing wheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.