A method of operating a vehicle to maintain the vehicle along a desired course. The vehicle has a first steering system for turning left and right wheels at a first end of the vehicle, a second steering system for turning left and right wheels at a second end of the vehicle, brakes for slowing rotation of the wheels, and a steering lock mechanism. The method includes determining that the first steering system is malfunctioning. The steering lock mechanism is operated to lock out turning of the left and right wheels at the first end of the vehicle. The brakes are operated to maintain the vehicle along the desired course. The second steering system is operated to maintain the vehicle along the desired course.

The present disclosure relates to a method for emergency steering of a vehicle in response to a failure of a vehicle steering system, comprising determining a failure of the vehicle steering system, locking a first and a second wheel of a steering axle of said vehicle, such that said first and second wheels of said steering axle of said vehicle are prevented from rotating, and applying a first drive torque to a first wheel and a second different torque to a second wheel, of a non-steering axle of said vehicle, thereby steering the vehicle into a desired direction. The present disclosure further relates to an emergency steering system of a vehicle for steering the vehicle in response to a failure of a vehicle steering system, as well as to a vehicle comprising such a system, and to a computer program for performing the steps of the method.

A steer-by-wire system for a motor vehicle includes at least two wheels which are steerable independently of one another in a normal operating mode of the steer-by-wire system, at least two steering actuators, each one being assigned to one of the steerable wheels and being configured for adjusting a steering angle of the particular steerable wheel, and at least one steering electronics system which is signally connected to the steering actuators and which is configured for controlling the steering actuators individually on the basis of steering commands.

An auxiliary steering system (100) and method for an electric vehicle and the electric vehicle are disclosed. The system includes a detection component (6A) including a first electric motor (4) and a detection controller (6) configured to determine whether a steering assist device (2) is normal, to continue to determine whether the steering assist device (2) is normal if yes, and to control a drive rack (5A) of the first electric motor (4) to drive wheels (17) of the electric vehicle to return and to output a steering failure signal, a steering wheel torque signal and a direction signal if no; an electric motor controller (8); a second electric motor (14); and a vehicle controller (7). The electric motor controller (8) is further configured to control the second electric motor (14) to increase a drive torque for an outer front wheel (17), to brake an inner rear wheel (17), and to stop driving an inner front wheel (17) and an outer rear wheel (17).

A vehicular control system includes a control disposed at a vehicle. A camera is disposed at the vehicle and has a field of view exterior and at least forward of the vehicle. The control is operable to at least partially control driving of the vehicle responsive to determination of an emergency driving condition. The control, responsive to determination of an emergency driving condition, determines a target stopping location ahead of the vehicle at a road along which the vehicle is traveling. The control determines the target stopping location responsive at least in part to processing of image data captured by the camera. The control, responsive to determination of the target stopping location, at least partially controls driving of the vehicle to the target stopping location.

A method for influencing the direction of travel of motor vehicles. The motor vehicle has a first steering system, having at least one steering axle with at least two wheels. The wheels are connected to the steering axle through wheel suspensions that can be adjusted by actuators. A redundant steering system is realized by adjusting a steering roll radius of at least one of the steering axles, according to which a force component acting orthogonally to the direction of travel in the region of at least one wheel is applied to the first steering system.

A method for controlling a vehicle within a confined site, the method including, following a determination that there is no steering system available in a vehicle that can be controlled by steering control signals generated in automated fashion in order to influence a steering angle of wheels of a steered vehicle axle of the vehicle in automated fashion, specifying a path between a starting area and a specified destination area within the confined site, and generating drive control signals and steering braking control signals such that, during subsequent automated control of a drive system and of a brake system using the control signals, the vehicle moves from the starting area along the path to the specified destination area, and the steering angle varies owing solely to automated control of the brakes of the brake system.

A driver assistance system of a vehicle includes a control operable to control steering of the vehicle and braking of the vehicle responsive to determination of an emergency driving event. The control operates in a normal operation mode and an emergency mode. The control, responsive to determination of an emergency driving event, engages the emergency mode. The control, responsive to determination of a lane in which the vehicle is traveling, and responsive to an emergency mode activation, may control the steering of the vehicle to steer the vehicle along the determined lane. Optionally, the control may not control braking of the vehicle to quickly stop the vehicle responsive to an input from the driver indicative of the driver not wanting to stop the vehicle.

Systems and methods for performing steering compensation can include determining vehicle operation conditions, determining vehicle operations to perform in order to advance a vehicle along a desired trajectory, and performing the determined vehicle operations. The vehicle operations can include automated braking and torque vectoring. Torque vectoring can be performed using one or more differentials or one or more torque motors, each torque motor configured to apply torque to an individual wheel of the vehicle.

Steering a vehicle may include applying a net brake-steering force to a steered wheel sufficient to affect a steering moment upon the steered wheel sufficient to move the steered wheel away from a zero steering angle, and resisting movement of the steered wheel back toward the zero steering angle.