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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2024
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Ikuma Suzuki, Okazaki, JP;
Haruki Oguri, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle includes a vehicle platform configured to receive an instruction from an autonomous driving kit. The vehicle platform includes a steering wheel to be operated by a driver of the vehicle, a steering motor configured to generate torque for varying an angle of a front wheel of the vehicle, and a first control device configured to control the steering motor. The vehicle platform is configured to receive a front wheel steering angle instruction value requested by the autonomous driving kit during autonomous driving of the vehicle. The first control device is configured to classify driver intervention to the steering wheel into one of a plurality of categories, and control torque of the steering motor in consideration of the steering intention of the driver when a driver operation on the steering wheel is caused, during autonomous driving of the vehicle.