Method and device for estimating the friction values of a wheel of a vehicle against a substrate

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PATENT NO 10668928
APP PUB NO 20180037234A1
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15668003

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A method and a device for estimating coefficients of friction of a wheel of a vehicle with respect to an underlying surface including decomposing a supplied trajectory into individual curve segments, estimating a lateral force and a slip angle for a front axle of the vehicle, assigning respectively estimated lateral forces and slip angles relating to the associated individual curve segments and storing these value pairs in a memory, estimating a tire characteristic curve for each of the curve segments based on the value pairs stored for the respective curve segment in the memory, estimating a coefficient of friction for each curve segment based on the respectively estimated tire characteristic curve, and storing the estimated coefficients of friction relating to the respectively associated curve segments in a coefficient of friction map.

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VOLKSWAGEN AGWOLFSBURG GERMANY WOLFSBURG LOWER SAXONY

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Hoedt, Jens Hannover, DE 8 19
Van, Ende Kristof Braunschweig, DE 4 4

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