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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2024
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Yoji Kunihiro, Susono, JP;
Takahiro Kojo, Gotemba, JP;
Yutaka Aoki, Mishima, JP;
Go Inoue, Gotemba, JP;
Yushi Shibaike, Susono, JP;
Yushi Nagata, Atsugi, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
The steering device is configured to automatically perform a steering operation of a steering wheel. The steering device is configured to determine that the steering operation of the steering wheel has been performed by the driver based on the steering angle of the steering wheel and the target steering angle, at least during a driving mode in which the steering operation of the steering wheel is automatically performed, and when it is determined that the steering operation of the steering wheel has been performed by the driver, change the operation characteristics of the steering wheel so that the steering force required when the driver steers the steering wheel is reduced compared to before the determination.