Rollover detection method and vehicle
AssigneeKawasaki Motors, Ltd.
InventorToshiyuki MORITAKE
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Abstract
A rollover detection method includes: obtaining a detection result from a first sensor that detects an amount of swing displacement of a swing body that swings in response to a change in an attitude of a vehicle; obtaining a detection result from at least one second sensor that detects estimation information for estimating a state of the vehicle independently of the first sensor; determining that the vehicle has rolled over upon determining that the amount of swing displacement of the swing body satisfies a predetermined rollover criterion based on the detection result of the first sensor; and correcting the rollover criterion based on the detection result of the second sensor.
Claims11
A rollover detection method comprising:
- obtaining a detection result from a first sensor that detects an amount of swing displacement of a swing body that swings in response to a change in an attitude of a vehicle;
- obtaining a detection result from at least one second sensor that detects estimation information for estimating a state of the vehicle independently of the first sensor;
- determining that the vehicle has rolled over upon determining that the amount of swing displacement of the swing body satisfies a predetermined rollover criterion based on the detection result of the first sensor;
- and
- correcting the rollover criterion based on the detection result of the second sensor.
A vehicle comprising:
- a prime mover;
- a drive structure to which drive power generated by the prime mover is transmitted and that is actuated by the drive power to move the vehicle;
- a first sensor that detects an attitude of the vehicle;
- at least one second sensor that detects a parameter of the vehicle, the parameter being different from the attitude detected by the first sensor;
- and
- control circuitry that controls the prime mover, wherein
- the control circuitry stops the prime mover upon determining that the vehicle has rolled over based on detection results of both the first sensor and the second sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.