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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2024
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Yutaka Aihara, Gotemba, JP;
Chuya Ogawa, Susono, JP;
Takuro Nakamura, Kasugai, JP;
Hiroaki Kawamura, Nagoya, JP;
Shinichiro Noda, Toyota, JP;
Takahiro Okano, Chiryu, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to the control of a steering angle of a vehicle during wheel float. A vehicle control device acquires information indicating the yaw angle of the vehicle. The vehicle control device determines whether a wheel floating state in which one of a plurality of wheels of the vehicle is not in contact with the ground has occurred. When the wheel floating state has occurred, the vehicle control device determines whether a difference between the yaw angle of the vehicle before the occurrence of the wheel floating state and the yaw angle of the vehicle after the occurrence of the wheel floating state is less than or equal to a predetermined value. When the difference is less than or equal to the predetermined value, the vehicle control device maintains the steering angle of the vehicle while the wheel floating state continues.