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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2018
Nsk Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Kitazume, Tokyo, JP;
NSK LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
[Problem] An object of the present invention is to provide a high-performance electric power steering apparatus that can smoothly switch a steering control mode with a simple structure and does not make a driver uncomfortable when the driver steers a handle in an automatic steering control. [Means for Solving the Problem] The present invention is the electric power steering apparatus that has a function, which switches between a manual steering control which drives a motor by the first motor current command value calculated based on at least a steering torque and an automatic steering control which drives the motor by the second motor current command value calculated at a steering angle control section so that an actual steering angle follows-up a target steering angle, comprising: a target steering angle correcting section that performs a calculation process for the steering torque depending on a steering state and vehicle speed and outputs a target steering angle correction value, and a correction outputting section that corrects the target steering angle by using the target steering angle correction value and inputs a corrected correction target steering angle into the steering angle control section.