The present embodiments relate to an inductor device, a filter device and a steering assist device. The inductor device can comprise: a core including a magnetic material; and a wire which is wound around the core and which includes a low resistance material.

A position detection device includes a first positional sensor mounted on a reference portion, and a second positional sensor mounted on a detection target that is movable relative to the reference portion. A controller calculates a position of the detection target based on a detection value of the first positional sensor and a detection value of the second positional sensor. The position detection device may be applied to a steer-by-wire system for a vehicle. The reference portion may be a fixed portion of the vehicle, and the detection target may be a steering wheel or a vehicle wheel of the vehicle. The controller may calculate a steering angle of the steering wheel or a turning angle of the vehicle wheel as the position of the detection target.

A vehicle control system for a steer-by-wire vehicle executes: driving assist control that assists driving of the vehicle; and conjunction reaction force control that applies a steering reaction force component to a steering wheel in conjunction with vehicle turning caused by the driving assist control. A driver turn angle is a target turn angle corresponding to a steering angle of the steering wheel, and a first system turn angle is a target turn angle required by the driving assist control. In the conjunction reaction force control, a second system turn angle is acquired by adjusting the first system turn angle according to a driver's steering intention such that the difference between the system turn angle and the driver turn angle becomes smaller. Then, a steering reaction force component is applied in a direction of reducing a difference between the driver turn angle and the second system turn angle.

A vehicle control system controls a vehicle of a steer-by-wire type. The vehicle control system is configured to execute: driving assist control that assists driving of the vehicle; and conjunction reaction force control that applies a steering reaction force component to a steering wheel in conjunction with turning of the vehicle caused by the driving assist control. A driving assist direction is a direction of the turning of the vehicle caused by the driving assist control. The conjunction reaction force control includes feedforward reaction force control that moves the steering wheel in a same direction as the driving assist direction without depending on a steering angle of the steering wheel.

A steering wheel-based HMI system for a vehicle includes a steer-by-wire system and a control module. The steer-by-wire system includes a steering wheel and a torque feedback unit mechanically connected to the steering wheel. The control module is communicatively connected to the torque feedback unit. The control module is configured to identify a communication, gather information about user securement of the steering wheel, and operate the torque feedback unit to apply a supplementary torque to the steering wheel for haptically issuing the communication through the steering wheel. The supplementary torque has a magnitude that is scaled based on the information about user securement of the steering wheel.

A steering seal diagnostic system includes a steering linkage that is operatively connectable to a pair of road wheels. The steering seal diagnostic system also includes a sealed compartment containing at least a portion of the steering linkage. The steering seal diagnostic system further includes a pressure sensor positioned to detect an internal pressure within the sealed compartment over a range of travel of the steering linkage, wherein a pressure change lower than a pressure change threshold indicates a leak condition of the sealed compartment.

An ECU, which is a signal control apparatus, has a plurality of control units, which control one same motor. Steering angle calculation units acquire sensor signals from the angle sensors provided corresponding to the steering angle calculation units, respectively, and calculate the steering angles in correspondence to the sensor signals. The angle FB units perform the angle FB control based on the angle differences, which are between the target angle and the steering angle and between the target angle and the steering angle, respectively. In the angular FB unit of at least one of the control units, the angular feedback control is performed using the angle difference, which is subjected to the correction processing to reduce the error between the detection angle of the own system and the detection angle of the other system calculated by the steering angle calculation unit of the other control unit.

An ECU includes a plurality of motor driving circuits for driving at least one motor, a plurality of computers and a plurality of clock circuits. A first computer, which is at a synchronization signal transmission-side, transmits a synchronization signal to a second computer, which is at a synchronization signal reception-side. The first computer and the second computer execute a plurality of specific periodic processes, which are processes executed at cycle periods (for example, 200 μs, 400 μs) of different natural number multiples of a cycle period (for example, 200 μs) of the synchronization signal and need be synchronized. Each timing of the plurality of specific periodic processes is determined based on one synchronization signal.

Disclosed is zero point compensation method and device for EPS. The method includes: acquiring a value of lateral distance when a vehicle travels along an ideal path and obtaining a smoothed lateral distance value, for each control cycle; calculating a longitudinal movement distance value of the vehicle for each control cycle; performing linear fitting to obtain a linear relationship between the longitudinal movement distance value and the smoothed lateral distance value; calculating a zero point compensation angle for the EPS based on a first parameter in the linear relationship and a preset steering wheel transmission ratio, and compensating a steering control angle; and determining that the zero point compensation angle passes verification when a minimum residual error is less than a preset acceptable deviation. In this way, the time required for calibration can be reduced, and the accuracy and effectiveness of the control algorithm can be improved.

An electronic steering control apparatus to which a redundancy system is applied and which includes a first position controller and a second position controller. When communication is established between the first and second position controllers, the first position controller controls the position of a first motor based on command steering angles θ.sub.1 and θ.sub.2 from a control unit and feedback steering angles θ.sub.m1 and θ.sub.m2 from the first motor and a second motor, and the second position controller controls the position of the second motor based on the command steering angles θ.sub.1 and θ.sub.2 from the control unit and the feedback steering angles θ.sub.m1 and θ.sub.m2 from the first motor and the second motor.