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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2006
Toru Takenaka, Wako, JP;
Yasuji Shibahata, Wako, JP;
Toru Takenaka, Wako, JP;
Yasuji Shibahata, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control means for controlling actuators of a vehicle creates a time series of a future behavior of the vehicle using a vehicle model. A state amount of the vehicle model is initialized on the basis of a state amount of the vehicle, and the future behavior is created starting from the initial state amount. The future behavior is created such that operation commands of the actuators in the vehicle model at the current time coincide with or approximate basic values based on operation of a manipulating device, such as a steering wheel of the vehicle. It is evaluated whether vehicle motion, road surface reaction force, and wheel sliding, in the created future behavior satisfy predetermined restrictive conditions. Based on the evaluation result, the operation commands of the actuators are successively decided. This permits ideal travel of the vehicle to be achieved by properly predicting future behaviors of the vehicle.