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Patent No.:

US 8521367 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2008

System provided with an assistance-controller for assisting an operator of the system, control-operation assisting device, control-operation assisting method, driving-operation assisting device, and driving-operation assisting method

Applicants:

Mark Mulder, Den Hague, NL;

David Abbink, Amsterdam, NL;

Rene Van Paassen, Delft, NL;

Max Mulder, Pijnacker, NL;

Frans Van Der Helm, Rijswijk, NL;

Erwin R. Boer, La Jolla, CA (US);

Yuji Takada, Zama, JP;

Inventors:

Mark Mulder, Den Hague, NL;

David Abbink, Amsterdam, NL;

Rene Van Paassen, Delft, NL;

Max Mulder, Pijnacker, NL;

Frans Van Der Helm, Rijswijk, NL;

Erwin R. Boer, La Jolla, CA (US);

Yuji Takada, Zama, JP;

Assignees:

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, JP;

Delft University of Technology, Delft, NL;

Entropy Control, Inc., La Jolla, CA (US);

Attorney:

Foley & Lardner LLP

Primary Examiner:

Shelley Chen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 15/00 (2006.01); B62D 6/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/12 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); B60W 40/072 (2012.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 6/002 (2013.01); B62D 15/025 (2013.01); B60W 30/12 (2013.01); B60W 40/072 (2013.01); G05D 1/0212 (2013.01);
Abstract

A target-travel-path generating circuit calculates a target travel path along which the controlled object can travel in the future from the current controlled object position, an ideal-control-signal calculating circuit calculates a control profile Ŝ to travel along the target travel path P, and a difference calculating circuit calculates a difference δ between the ideal control magnitude Ŝ and a current control magnitude Ŝ. An operation system assistance controller controls the operation system based on the magnitude of the calculated difference δ to assist the control operation of the operator, the control-operation-state of the operator, the environment-state, and the required operation-precision. Accordingly, it is possible to provide the operator with control operation assistance that is a function of the magnitude of the difference δ from an ideal control state, the control-operation-state of the operator, the environment-state, and the required operation-precision, and thus, a control-operation assistance control can be outputted that is suitable for the conditions that characterize the state of the operator, the environment, and the controlled object.

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