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LIMITING SYSTEM FOR CONSTRAINING THE COMMANDED STEERING ANGLE OF A STEERING SYSTEM
20220379955 · 2022-12-01 ·

A limiting system for constraining a commanded steering angle for a vehicle including an electric power steering (EPS) system includes a controller in electronic communication with at least one other system of the vehicle. The controller executes instructions to receive a plurality of trajectory planning inputs that are each expressed as an array including a plurality of values, where the plurality of trajectory planning inputs includes a trajectory velocity array, a trajectory acceleration array, and a trajectory curvature array. The controller also executes instructions to determine a maximum rate of steering angle change based on the corresponding ideal rate of change of the commanded steering angle and the maximum rate change allowed by the EPS system.

METHOD FOR COOPERATIVE STEERING ANGLE CONTROL, CONTROL DEVICE AND ELECTROMECHANICALLY ASSISTED STEERING SYSTEM
20220371657 · 2022-11-24 ·

The disclosure relates to a method for cooperative steering angle control for an electromechanically assisted steering system of a motor vehicle. The steering system has electromechanical steering assistance with an electric motor and at least one controller. The controller has two degrees of freedom, a first of the two degrees of freedom being associated with a torque exerted on a steering wheel, and a second of the two degrees of freedom being associated with a steering angle. The method comprises the following steps: determining a driver torque; ascertaining a reference steering wheel torque by a dynamic feedforward; receiving a reference steering angle; feeding the reference steering angle into a control loop; feeding the determined reference steering wheel torque into the control loop by the dynamic feedforward; and ascertaining a steering wheel torque and a steering angle by the control circuit (34). A control device for an electromechanically assisted steering system of a motor vehicle is also disclosed.

Method and assembly for validity-checking and/or (re)initializing rear wheel steering

An assembly for plausibility checking and/or reinitializing a rear wheel steering system of a vehicle having a rear wheel steering unit, which includes at least one rear wheel actuator for adjusting a rear-wheel steering angle and a sensor for detecting the set position of the rear wheel actuator, with at least one reference sensor for detecting a reference signal and with an electronic control unit for carrying out the plausibility check and/or reinitialization of the sensor. The reference sensor is part of a vehicle unit different from the rear wheel steering unit and is designed to detect a vehicle-status-dependent reference signal. Furthermore, the control unit includes at least one mathematical model which, based on the vehicle-status-dependent reference signal, can determine a reference value and/or a reference vehicle status, with which the plausibility check and/or reinitialization can be carried out by the control unit.

Four-wheel steering system
11591014 · 2023-02-28 · ·

The four-wheel steering system includes a front-wheel steering system that steers front wheels of a vehicle and a rear-wheel steering system that steers rear wheels of the vehicle in accordance with a steering angle that is a rotation angle of a steering wheel. The rear-wheel steering system includes a second ECU that, when the vehicle speed is equal to or lower than a vehicle speed threshold, performs antiphase control in which the rear wheels are steered in the opposite direction to that in which the front wheels are steered. When the vehicle speed is equal to or lower than the vehicle speed threshold, the second ECU performs in-phase control in which the rear wheels are steered in the same direction as that in which the front wheels are steered, in response to a specific trigger operation that is performed via the steering wheel.

Vehicle trajectory prediction using road topology and traffic participant object states
11591012 · 2023-02-28 · ·

System, method, and device for controlling a vehicle. In one example, the system includes an electronic processor configured to capture, via a camera, a first image, determine, within the first image, a road traffic factor, and generate, based on sensor information from one or more sensors of the vehicle, a second image depicting an environment surrounding the vehicle. The second image includes the road traffic factor. The electronic processor is also configured to, determine, based on the detected road traffic factor and the second image, a predicted trajectory of a traffic participant proximate to the vehicle, and generate a steering command for the vehicle based on the predicted trajectory.

Apparatus for assistance avoidance steering, system having the same and method thereof

An apparatus for assistance avoidance steering is provided. The apparatus includes a processor configured to perform avoidance steering control based on Rear Wheel Steering (RWS) control when a head-on collision risk is sensed, and a storage configured to store data and an algorithm runnable by the processor. The avoidance steering control is based on the algorithm.

FOUR-WHEEL STEERING CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD
20230056227 · 2023-02-23 · ·

A four-wheel steering control device for independently controlling steering of each of first to fourth wheels disposed in a vehicle. A commanded steering angle acquiring part acquires first to fourth commanded steering angles for first to fourth wheels of a vehicle. A four-wheel turning control rate calculating part determines first to fourth residual angles, by which the first to fourth wheels realize the first to fourth commanded steering angles, from current steering angles and calculate first to fourth turning control rates of the first to fourth wheels on basis of the first to fourth residual angles determined. A control part independently controls steering of each of the first to fourth wheels using the first to fourth turning control rates calculated.

METHOD TO CONTROL A ROAD VEHICLE WITH REAR STEERING WHEELS
20220363311 · 2022-11-17 ·

A method to control a road vehicle with rear steering wheels and having, while driving along a curve, the steps of: determining a desired steering angle for the rear wheels; comparing the desired steering angle with a threshold value; applying, while driving along a curve and if the desired steering angle is greater than the threshold value, to both rear wheels a same actual steering angle that is equal to the desired steering angle; and applying, while driving along a curve and if the desired steering angle is smaller than the threshold value, to a rear wheel on the outside of the curve an actual steering angle greater than the desired steering angle and applying to a rear wheel on the inside of the curve a zero actual steering angle.

Steering control system
20220363243 · 2022-11-17 ·

The present disclosure relates to a steering control system for a vehicle, a vehicle comprising such a steering control system and a method for operating such a steering control system for a vehicle. The steering control system comprises a frequency filter unit, a first control unit, and a second control unit. The frequency filter unit comprises a high pass filter and a low pass filter. The frequency filter unit is configured to receive a request for a steering angle and filter the request into a low-pass filtered request and a high-pass filtered request. The first control unit is configured to determine a first controlling torque based on the low-pass filtered request the second control unit is configured to determine a second controlling torque based on the high-pass filtered request. The first control unit is different of the second control unit.

Control device, steering device, control method, and recording medium
11584429 · 2023-02-21 · ·

A control device of a steering device, for a vehicle, which includes left and right steering mechanisms not mechanically coupled to each other, and which steers left and right steered wheels individually by driving force of steering actuators, includes: a steered angle determining unit that determines a target steered angle for each of the left and right steering mechanisms; and a steering command unit that generates drive signals corresponding to the target steered angles, and outputs the drive signals to each of the actuators. When an anomaly occurs in one of the left and right steering mechanisms, the steered angle determining unit sets the target steered angle for the steering mechanisms that is normal to be different from the target steered angle when both the left and right steering mechanisms are normal.