US 12,172,522 B2
Animation to visualize wheel slip
Varun J. Prabhakar, Saline, MI (US)
Assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US)
Filed by TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US)
Filed on Sep. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/015,598.
Prior Publication US 2022/0072954 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 35/00 (2024.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/85 (2024.01)
CPC B60K 35/00 (2013.01) [B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/85 (2024.01); B60K 2360/165 (2024.01); B60K 2360/167 (2024.01); B60K 2360/171 (2024.01); B60K 2360/176 (2024.01); B60K 2360/589 (2024.01)] 11 Claims
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1. A method of animating vehicle response to forces imparted to a vehicle during conveyance thereof over a course, the method comprising:
accepting, by a processor, sensor data that defines an instantaneous state of the vehicle;
computing, by the processor, the forces imparted to the vehicle from temporal changes in the state;
determining, by the processor, wheel slip from the computed forces;
determining, by the processor, longitudinal wheel slip and lateral wheel slip based on a speed of the wheels and the computed forces; and
rendering, on a display device, an animation of the vehicle as being in motion under influence of the wheel slip, the animation of the vehicle in motion including simulated motion of wheels of the vehicle whose instantaneous state is defined by the sensor data and an animation of the wheel slip, determined from the computed forces, as acting on the wheels,
wherein the animation of the wheel slip as acting on the wheels is overlayed with the longitudinal wheel slip and the lateral wheel slip.