Systems and methods for correcting steering wheel angle errors

US9031745B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Miguel A. Bahena · Ann Arbor, US
• Attila Benak · Cologne, DE
• Andrew Brown · Canton, US
• Sergio Condonesu · Heerlen, NL
• Darrel Alan Recker · Ypsilanti, US
• Lodewijk Wijffels · Northville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 14, 2014
• Grant date: May 12, 2015
• Expiry date: Jan 14, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D15/024
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A system for correcting steering wheel angle errors of a motor vehicle of the present disclosure may include a steering wheel angle sensor, an actuator angle sensor, and at least one of a wheel speed sensor and a lateral acceleration sensor. The system may further include a controller configured to receive signals from the steering wheel angle sensor, actuator angle sensor, and at least one of the wheel speed sensor and lateral acceleration sensor. The controller may be configured to calculate a correction angle based on the signals, and adjust a steering wheel angle of a steering wheel, as observed by a driver of the motor vehicle, based on the correction angle.