Adaptive active suspension system with road preview
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJianbo Lu, Dimitar P. Filev, Davor Hrovat, Eric Hongtei Tseng, Uwe Hoffmann, Simon Baales, Michael Seeman
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Abstract
A method for controlling an active suspension is disclosed. The method includes steps of determining a dimension of a road abnormality ahead of the vehicle; comparing the dimension with a vehicle dimension; responsive to the comparison, classifying the abnormality as one type of a plurality of predetermined types; responsive to a dimension of the abnormality, further classifying the abnormality as having a severity of one type of a plurality of predetermined types; and controlling the suspension responsive to the abnormality type and severity type.
Claims10
A method for controlling an active suspension, comprising steps of:
- determining a dimension of a road abnormality ahead of the vehicle;
- comparing the dimension with a vehicle dimension;
- responsive to the comparison, classifying the abnormality as one type of a plurality of predetermined types;
- responsive to a dimension of the abnormality, further classifying the abnormality as having a severity of one type of a plurality of predetermined types;
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- controlling the suspension responsive to the abnormality type and severity type.
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