Apparatus and method for determining short-term driving tendency
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsByeong Wook Jeon, Dong Hoon Jeong
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Abstract
An apparatus and a method determines a short-term driving tendency. The apparatus may include a driving information collecting unit configured to collect driving information for determining the short-term driving tendency, a short-term driving tendency calculating module configured to receive input variables for determining the short-term driving tendency and calculate a short-term driving tendency index using a fuzzy control theory, and a calculation prohibition control module configured to check an accelerator position sensor (APS) signal of the vehicle and prohibit calculation of the short-term driving tendency index when an APS opening degree is equal to or less than a predetermined reference value.
Claims8
An apparatus for determining a short-term driving tendency of a driver driving a vehicle, comprising:
- a driving information collecting unit configured to collect driving information for determining the short-term driving tendency;
- a short-term driving tendency calculating module configured to receive input variables for determining the short-term driving tendency and calculate a short-term driving tendency index using a fuzzy control theory;
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- a calculation prohibition control module configured to check an accelerator position sensor (APS) signal of the vehicle and prohibit calculation of the short-term driving tendency index when an APS opening degree is equal to or less than a predetermined reference value, wherein the calculation prohibition control module:
- sets an APS reference map to increase proportionally to a vehicle speed;
- sets the predetermined reference value to increase proportionally to the vehicle speed;
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- transmits a calculation prohibition request signal to the short-term driving tendency calculating module when the APS opening degree for the vehicle speed is equal to or less than the predetermined reference value according to the APS reference map.
A method of determining a short-term driving tendency of a driver driving a vehicle, comprising:
- receiving input variables for determining the short-term driving tendency and detecting an accelerator position sensor (APS) signal from the input variables;
- determining whether an APS opening degree satisfies a short-term driving tendency index calculation prohibition condition in which the APS opening degree is equal to or less than a predetermined reference value, wherein the determining of whether the APS opening degree satisfies the short-term driving tendency index calculation prohibition condition includes:
- determining whether the APS opening degree for the vehicle speed is equal to or less than the predetermined reference value according to an APS reference map that increases proportionally to the vehicle speed;
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- prohibiting calculation of a short-term driving tendency index of the driver when the APS opening degree satisfies the short-term driving tendency index calculation prohibition condition.
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