JP-7857411-B2 - Steering wheel vibration control system, control method, and vehicle

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Inventors

▲鐘▼益林
▲呉▼春芬
方雷
▲劉▼杰
▲龍▼承烽

Assignees

ビーワイディーカンパニーリミテッド

Dates

Publication Date: 20260512
Application Date: 20221116
Priority Date: 20220331

Claims (18)

Controller and Information acquisition device and The vehicle's steering wheel and Equipped with, The controller is connected to the information acquisition device and the steering wheel, respectively. A horizontal linear motor is provided on the steering wheel. The information acquisition device acquires vibration interaction information and transmits the vibration interaction information to the controller. The vibration interaction information includes at least one of the following: user information corresponding to the user of the vehicle, multimedia information of the vehicle, driving information of the vehicle, environmental information of the environment in which the vehicle is located, and light information of the vehicle. A steering wheel vibration control system comprising: a controller that determines vibration parameters of the steering wheel based on the vibration interaction information, and controls the horizontal linear motor to vibrate based on the vibration parameters so that the steering wheel vibrates in accordance with the horizontal linear motor, wherein the vibration parameters include at least one of vibration frequency, vibration amplitude , and vibration time .
There are multiple information acquisition devices, and each of these information acquisition devices corresponds to one piece of vibration interaction information. Each of the aforementioned information acquisition devices acquires the vibration interaction information corresponding to the information acquisition device and transmits the vibration interaction information corresponding to the information acquisition device to the controller. The system according to claim 1, wherein the controller determines target vibration interaction information based on a plurality of acquired vibration interaction pieces, and determines the vibration parameters based on the target vibration interaction information.
The system according to claim 2, wherein each type of vibration interaction information corresponds to a predetermined vibration priority, and the controller uses the vibration interaction information with the highest corresponding vibration priority as the target vibration interaction information.
The system according to claim 1, wherein, if the vibration interaction information includes the user information, the controller determines the user identifier of the user based on the user information, and determines the vibration parameters based on the user identifier and the vibration interaction information, and the user information includes at least one of facial information, voice information, fingerprint information, and weight information.
The system according to claim 4, wherein the controller determines a target parameter correspondence from a plurality of predetermined parameter correspondences based on the user identifier, and determines the vibration parameters based on the vibration interaction information and the target parameter correspondence, and the predetermined parameter correspondence is the correspondence between the vibration interaction information and the vibration parameters.
The system according to claim 1, wherein the controller determines the vehicle usage scene in which the vehicle is located based on the vibration interaction information, and determines the vibration parameters based on the vehicle usage scene and the vibration interaction information.
The system according to claim 6, wherein the controller determines whether the vehicle usage scene includes a target vehicle usage scene, and if it determines that the vehicle usage scene includes a target vehicle usage scene, it does not respond to vibration interaction information corresponding to the target vehicle usage scene.
The system according to claim 1, wherein the controller determines whether the vibration interaction information satisfies predetermined information conditions, and if it determines that the vibration interaction information does not satisfy the predetermined information conditions, it determines that the vibration interaction information is abnormal information.
If the vibration interaction information includes only the user information, and the user information is facial information, the information acquisition device is a facial information acquisition device, the facial information acquisition device acquires the facial information and transmits the facial information to the controller, and the facial information includes the user's facial features, eye condition and head movement data. The system according to claim 1, wherein the controller determines the user's fatigue state based on the facial information, and determines the vibration parameters based on the fatigue state.
If the vibration interaction information includes only the multimedia information, and the multimedia information includes audio information and volume information, the information acquisition device includes an audio information acquisition device and a volume information acquisition device. The audio information acquisition device acquires audio information of the target audio and transmits the audio information to the controller. The volume information acquisition device acquires volume information that the user uses to adjust the target audio, and transmits the volume information to the controller. The controller determines the vibration frequency of the steering wheel based on the audio information, using a predetermined vibration frequency correspondence relationship, where the vibration frequency correspondence relationship is the correspondence relationship between the audio information and the vibration frequency. The system according to claim 1, wherein the controller determines the vibration amplitude of the steering wheel based on the volume information using a predetermined vibration amplitude correspondence relationship, the vibration amplitude correspondence relationship being the correspondence relationship between the volume information and the vibration amplitude.
If the vibration interaction information includes only the multimedia information and the multimedia information is call information, the information acquisition device is a call information acquisition device, and the call information acquisition device acquires the call information of the currently incoming target call and transmits the call information to the controller. The system according to claim 1, wherein the controller determines the vibration parameters based on the call information.
The aforementioned call information includes the call identifier of the target call, The system according to claim 11, wherein the controller determines the call priority of the target call based on the call identifier, and determines the vibration parameters based on the call priority.
If the vibration interaction information includes only the driving information, the information acquisition device is a driving information acquisition device, and the driving information acquisition device acquires the driving information of the vehicle and transmits the driving information to the controller. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller determines the vibration parameters based on the driving information.
If the vibration interaction information includes only the environmental information, the information acquisition device is an environmental information acquisition device, and the environmental information acquisition device acquires the environmental information and transmits the environmental information to the controller. The system according to claim 1, wherein the controller determines the vibration parameters based on the environmental information .
The environmental information includes road information of the road on which the vehicle is located and information on obstacles around the vehicle. The system according to claim 14, wherein the controller determines the driving operation of the vehicle based on the road information and the obstacle information , and determines the vibration parameters based on the driving operation.
If the vibration interaction information includes only the light information, the information acquisition device is a light information acquisition device. The light information acquisition device acquires light information of the target light inside the vehicle and transmits the light information to the controller, and the light information includes the light color, flashing frequency, and light display effect of the target light. The system according to claim 1, wherein the controller determines the vibration amplitude of the steering wheel based on the light color, determines the vibration frequency of the steering wheel based on the flashing frequency, and determines the vibration duration of the steering wheel based on the light display effect.
A method for controlling the vibration of a steering wheel, wherein a horizontal linear motor is provided in the steering wheel of a vehicle. The aforementioned method, A step of acquiring vibration interaction information, wherein the vibration interaction information includes at least one of user information corresponding to the user of the vehicle, multimedia information of the vehicle, driving information of the vehicle, environmental information of the environment in which the vehicle is located, and light information of the vehicle. A method for controlling the vibration of a steering wheel, comprising the steps of: determining vibration parameters of the steering wheel based on the vibration interaction information; and controlling the horizontal linear motor to vibrate based on the vibration parameters so that the steering wheel vibrates in accordance with the horizontal linear motor, wherein the vibration parameters include at least one of vibration frequency, vibration amplitude , and vibration time .
A vehicle equipped with a steering wheel vibration control system according to any one of claims 1 to 16.

Description

(Cross-reference of related applications) This disclosure claims priority to the Chinese patent application filed with the China National Intellectual Property Administration on March 31, 2022, application number 202210346577.2, with the title of the invention "Steering Wheel Vibration Control System, Control Method and Vehicle," all of which are incorporated herein by reference. This disclosure relates to the technical field of vehicle control, and more particularly to steering wheel vibration control systems, control methods, and vehicles. Currently, automobiles are an indispensable tool for user transportation, and the steering wheel is a component that users must constantly control while driving. However, with the continuous development of intelligent cabin technology, people's demands for steering wheel operability and intelligence are increasing. On the other hand, conventional steering wheel control modes are single and unable to interact with the user according to different vehicle usage scenarios, making it difficult to meet users' needs for the steering wheel. This disclosure aims to solve, at least to some extent, one of the technical challenges of the related technologies. Therefore, the primary objective of this disclosure is to provide a steering wheel vibration control system in order to solve related technical problems existing in the prior art. The second object of this disclosure is to provide a method for controlling the vibration of a steering wheel. The third purpose of this disclosure is to provide vehicles. To achieve the above objective, a steering wheel vibration control system according to an embodiment of the first aspect of this disclosure includes a controller, an information acquisition device, and a steering wheel of a vehicle, wherein the controller is connected to the information acquisition device and the steering wheel, respectively, and a horizontal linear motor is provided on the steering wheel. The information acquisition device acquires vibration interaction information and transmits the vibration interaction information to the controller, wherein the vibration interaction information includes at least one of user information corresponding to the vehicle's user, multimedia information of the vehicle, driving information of the vehicle, environmental information of the environment in which the vehicle is located, and light information of the vehicle. The controller determines the vibration parameters of the steering wheel based on the vibration interaction information, and controls the horizontal linear motor to vibrate based on the vibration parameters so that the steering wheel vibrates in accordance with the horizontal linear motor, the vibration parameters including at least one of vibration frequency, vibration amplitude, vibration time, and vibration direction. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, there are multiple information acquisition devices, and each information acquisition device corresponds to one vibration interaction information, Each of the aforementioned information acquisition devices acquires the vibration interaction information corresponding to the information acquisition device and transmits the vibration interaction information corresponding to the information acquisition device to the controller. The controller determines target vibration interaction information based on the received plurality of vibration interaction pieces, and determines the vibration parameters based on the target vibration interaction information. According to one embodiment of this disclosure, each type of vibration interaction information corresponds to a predetermined vibration priority, and the controller uses the vibration interaction information with the highest corresponding vibration priority as the target vibration interaction information. According to one embodiment of this disclosure, if the vibration interaction information includes the user information, the controller determines the user identifier of the user based on the user information, and determines the vibration parameters based on the user identifier and the vibration interaction information, wherein the user information includes at least one of facial information, voice information, fingerprint information, and weight information. According to one embodiment of this disclosure, the controller determines a target parameter correspondence from a plurality of predetermined parameter correspondences based on the user identifier, and determines the vibration parameters based on the vibration interaction information and the target parameter correspondence, wherein the predetermined parameter correspondence is the correspondence between the vibration interaction information and the vibration parameters. According to one embodiment of this disclosure, the controller determines the vehicle usage scene in which the vehicle is located based on the vibration interaction information, and determin