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Vehicle steering control apparatus

US8892309B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 20, 2010
Grant dateNov 18, 2014
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Expiry dateDec 20, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB62D7/159
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle steering control apparatus is provided with: a first setting device for setting a first target steering angle of rear wheels according to a steering wheel operation of a driver; a second setting device for setting a second target steering angle of the rear wheels which does not work with the steering wheel operation by the driver and which is associated with automatic steering; a controlling device for controlling a steering angle of the rear wheels on the basis of the set first and second target steering angles; and a limiting device for limiting an influence of the first target steering angle on the steering angle of the rear wheels in accordance with a driving condition of the vehicle if the set first and second target steering angles have a mutually anti-phase relation, the limiting device limiting an influence of the second target steering angle on the steering angle of the rear wheels in accordance with the driving condition of the vehicle in preference to the first target steering angle if the automatic steering associated with the setting of the second target steering angle suppresses a change in the vehicle state quantity produced in a process of controlling a st…

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