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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2015
Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Matsuno, Tokyo, JP;
Satoru Akiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Nagase, Tokyo, JP;
Eiichi Shiraishi, Tokyo, JP;
Shiro Ezoe, Tokyo, JP;
Hajime Oyama, Tokyo, JP;
Yasushi Takaso, Tokyo, JP;
Masato Mizoguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Harunobu Horiguchi, Tokyo, JP;
FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a travel control apparatus for a vehicle, a travel environment information acquisition unit acquires travel environment information on a travel environment of the vehicle. A travel information detector detects travel information on the vehicle in order to execute automatic driving control based on such information pieces. A lateral force generator generates lateral force to be applied to the vehicle during the automatic driving control. A torsion bar is interposed on a torque transmission path of a steering system. A steering wheel angle detector detects a steering wheel angle. A lateral force detector detects the lateral force acting on the vehicle. An intervening steering operation determination unit determines that a driver has performed an intervening steering operation when a characteristic of the detected steering wheel angle and lateral force differs from a reference characteristic that varies univocally when the steering wheel is in a no load condition.