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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2020
Applicant:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 15/02 (2006.01); B62D 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 15/025 (2013.01); B62D 6/001 (2013.01); B62D 15/021 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control method is provided for controlling a lateral position of a motor vehicle. The control method includes calculating a sighting distance of a detector means embedded in the vehicle, calculating a first component of a steering angle setpoint of a steered wheels of the vehicle, and calculating a second component of the steering angle setpoint. The first component is an open loop component of a control system, while the second component is a closed loop component of the control system. The first component is weighted by a gain that is a decreasing function of the sighting distance.