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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2016
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Shota Fujii, Susono, JP;
Keitaro Niki, Susono, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A steering wheel control unit executes control such that a steering wheel rotates in accordance with a first target steering angle and the steering wheel rotates in accordance with a second target steering angle when a steering operation is detected. A target steering angle setting unit sets the second target steering angle that asymptotically approaches an actual steering angle from the first target steering angle with the lapse of time, during a period from when the steering operation is detected during the automated driving until when an end of the steering operation is detected, and sets the second target steering angle that asymptotically approaches the first target steering angle with the lapse of time after the end of the steering operation is detected. After the steering operation takes place, the reaction force gradually decreases. After the steering operation ends, the reaction force gradually increases.