Method and apparatus for controlling an electric assist steering system using an adaptive blending torque filter
US5504403A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 20, 1994 |
| Grant date | Apr 2, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 20, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB62D6/10
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A steering assist system (10) providing assist in response to a steering control signal includes a vehicle speed sensor (56) for sensing vehicle speed and for providing a speed signal having a value indicative of the sensed vehicle speed and a torque sensor (44) operatively connected to a vehicle hand wheel (12) for providing a torque signal indicative of applied steering torque. A blending filter (70, 71) is connected to the torque sensor and provides a blended filtered torque signal having a non-linear characteristic at torque frequencies less than a blending frequency and a linear characteristic at torque frequencies greater than the blending frequency. The blending filter establishing the blending frequency at a value functionally related to vehicle speed. Steering assist motor (28) provides steering assist in response to a control signal. The control signal is provided in response to the blended filtered torque signal. The blending filters filtering the torque signal so as to maintain a selectable system bandwidth during system operation.
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