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Patent No.:

US 11685438 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 04, 2021

Vehicle control apparatus and vehicle

Applicant:

Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Atsuhiro Eguchi, Wako, JP;

Shuichi Kosaka, Wako, JP;

Ryo Kawaguchi, Wako, JP;

Assignee:

HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Thomas | Horstemeyer, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Jeff A Burke

Assistant Examiner:

Jerrod Irvin Davis

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 15/02 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 15/025 (2013.01); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle control apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises a sensor to detect a steering torque applied to a steering shaft that rotates in accordance with a steering wheel operation; a steering assistance unit configured to assist steering by a lane keeping assistance function; a correcting unit configured to obtain a corrected torque by removing a torque caused due to the steering assistance unit from the steering torque detected by the sensor; and a determining unit configured to determine whether or not a driver is in a hands-off state based on the corrected torque.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Eguchi, Atsuhiro. (2023). Vehicle control apparatus and vehicle (U.S. Patent No. 11685438). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11685438

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