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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2000
Tomoyuki Shinmura, Wako, JP;
Hiromi Inagaki, Wako, JP;
Masakatsu Hori, Wako, JP;
Tatsuhiro Tomari, Wako, JP;
Shinji Okuma, Wako, JP;
Akihiro Iwazaki, Wako, JP;
Takashi Kuribayashi, Wako, JP;
Kazuhiro Wada, Wako, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A co-operative control system for a vehicle having a force distribution device for distributing at least one of a driving force and a braking force between spaced apart wheels, the co-operative system having: a first control mechanism for controlling the operation of the force distribution device, an electric power steering device having a motor for applying a steering assist torque to a steering system of the vehicle, and a second control mechanism for calculating a motor control signal for driving the motor based on at least a steering torque detected by a steering torque sensor, and for inhibiting drive of the motor based on at least an actual motor detected by a current sensor and the steering torque. The first control mechanism calculates a correction signal for correcting the motor control signal based on the amount of control of the force distribution device and an offset current for correcting the actual motor current signal; and the second control mechanism drives the motor based on a corrected motor control signal obtained by correcting the motor control signal with the correction signal and inhibits the drive of the motor based on a value obtained by correcting the actual motor current signal with the offset current and the steering torque signal, the offset current being set smaller than the correction signal.