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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2021
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
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.