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Patent No.:

US 8676441 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014

Filed:

Aug. 10, 2007

Steering support device

Applicants:

Quy Hung Nguyen Van, Susono, JP;

Seiji Kawakami, Susono, JP;

Katsuhiko Iwazaki, Aichi, JP;

Chumsamutr Rattapon, Susono, JP;

Hiroaki Kataoka, Susono, JP;

Inventors:

Quy Hung Nguyen Van, Susono, JP;

Seiji Kawakami, Susono, JP;

Katsuhiko Iwazaki, Aichi, JP;

Chumsamutr Rattapon, Susono, JP;

Hiroaki Kataoka, Susono, JP;

Assignee:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;

Attorney:

Oliff PLC

Primary Examiner:

Behrang Badii

Assistant Examiner:

David Testardi

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a steering assist device which can perform steering assist control having excellent capability to follow up a traveling path by increasing the steering amount in the steering control at a curve entrance. A steering assist device of the present invention is a steering assist devicefor calculating a steering target value based on a shape of a traveling path on which a vehicle travels, and assisting steering according to the steering target value, wherein it is determined whether the vehicle is traveling a curve entrance of the traveling path, and when it is determined that the vehicle is traveling a curve entrance, a change in the steering target value is increased compared with the case of traveling a part of the path other than a curve entrance. As a result, a steering amount to turn the steering wheel can be increased at a curve entrance, and a delay in the turning of the steering wheel at a curve entrance can be suppressed.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Nguyen Van, Quy. (2014). Steering support device (U.S. Patent No. 8676441). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8676441

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