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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2015
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Yoji Kunihiro, Susono, JP;
Takahiro Kojo, Gotenba, JP;
Yoshiaki Suzuki, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yoshio Kudo, Machida, JP;
Masao Ueyama, Mishima, JP;
Takeshi Goto, Toyota, JP;
Yukihide Kimura, Gotenba, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A steering intention determination device includes a calculation unit that calculates a value based on the product of a steering angular velocity and a steering torque and the product of a steering angle and the time differential value of the steering torque, and a determination unit that determines that the driver has a turn-and-steer steering intention in a case where the value is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, determine that the driver has a steering holding intention in a case where the value is less than the predetermined value and the absolute value of the steering angular velocity is less than a predetermined angular velocity, and determine that the driver has a switchback steering intention in a case where the value is less than the predetermined value and the absolute value of the steering angular velocity is equal to or greater than the predetermined angular velocity.