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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
May. 09, 2024
Denso Corporation, Kariya-city, JP;
Motoki Tachiiri, Nisshin-city, JP;
Yuta Suzuki, Kariya-city, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya-city, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle travel control device controls an independent turn wheel vehicle or a swivel three-wheeled vehicle having three or more wheels. The device instructs a turn with a normal driving operation, instructs a pivot turn for setting one wheel as a turning center and driving other wheels using a target instruction value, turns each wheel individually according to the turning center of the pivot turn, and brakes and drives each wheel individually. Further, the device acquires vehicle characteristics from a vehicle characteristic storage device, and calculate a turn wheel angle and a drive direction of each wheel based on the target instruction value to execute the pivot turn of the vehicle.