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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
May. 01, 2009
Akira Kuramori, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayoshi Kamijo, Nagano, JP;
Akira Kuramori, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayoshi Kamijo, Nagano, JP;
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The method and system evaluate driving conditions of a vehicle whereby drivability of the vehicle can be evaluated accurately and objectively. To evaluate drivability of the vehicle under different driving conditions, a plural pieces of driving load information including biological information on a driver and movement information of the vehicle being driven are measured. Then, a group of weighting coefficients as many as or fewer than pieces of the driving load information is selected from groups of weighting coefficients that are set according to representative values of the driving load information in order to use a weighted linear sum of the representative values of the driving load information as an index of an integrated evaluation of the drivability of the vehicle. Subsequently, a weighted linear sum is obtained using the selected group of weighting coefficients and used to perform the integrated evaluation of the drivability under various driving conditions.