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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2013
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masaya Endo, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiko Kimpara, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Taizo Toda, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a steering control device, including: an actuator for applying a steering assist torque to a steering system of a vehicle; a vehicle turning state detection section for detecting a state amount representing a turning state of the vehicle; a steering-holding determination section for determining a steering-holding state of the steering system; a storing section for storing, when the steering-holding determination section determines that the steering system is in the steering-holding state, the state amount detected by the vehicle turning state detection section as a steering-holding determination state amount; a steering assist torque calculation section for calculating the steering assist torque based on an absolute value of the steering-holding determination state amount; and an actuator control section for controlling the actuator based on the calculated steering assist torque.