An apparatus and a method for auto-leveling a steering wheel include an angle sensor configured to sense an inclination of the steering wheel; and a communication unit configured to wirelessly transmit an angle measured by the angle sensor to a controller controlling a driving of a motor driven power steering (MDPS).

A method for a vehicle safety is described. The method includes determining a current steering angle at which a vehicle is traveling. The method also includes displaying the current steering angle relative to a steering angle scale. The method further includes guiding an operator of the vehicle through feedback provided through a steering wheel of the vehicle while displaying the current steering angle relative to the steering angle scale.

According to an embodiment, it is a method for synchronizing the rotatory position (?) of the steering wheel to the angular position (?) of the road wheel comprising, causing at least one of a steering wheel to move into a steering wheel end stop position, wherein a rotatory position (?) of the steering wheel end stop position is known, and causing a road wheel to move into a road wheel end stop position, wherein an angular position (?) of the road wheel end stop position is known; causing the steering wheel to move into a neutral steering wheel position based on the rotatory position (?) of the steering wheel end stop position using a first incremental position sensor, and causing the road wheel to move into a neutral road wheel position based on the angular position (?) of the road wheel end stop position using a second incremental position sensor.

A method and apparatus for providing guidelines for parking and stopping of a four-wheel steering vehicle. The method includes: generating a surround view based on a video signal acquired from a plurality of cameras that capture the front, rear, left side, and right side of the vehicle; generating the guidelines based on a driving mode; and displaying the surround view and the guidelines on a display unit. The driving mode is classified according to a steering angle of each wheel of the vehicle, and the guidelines are displayed to extend from an image of the vehicle.

The present disclosure relates to a method and system for measuring and calibrating steering parameters of a vehicle, a medium and an autonomous vehicle. The method includes: calculating a steering angle of a front wheel of the vehicle corresponding to each sampling moment at a plurality of consecutive sampling moments respectively. The calculation process at each sampling moment includes: calculating a first calculated value based on a yaw velocity of the vehicle, a vehicle velocity and a wheelbase; calculating a second calculated value based on a vehicle velocity, a lateral acceleration of the vehicle and the wheelbase; calculating a third calculated value based on a rotating angle of the steering wheel and a steering gear ratio; and calculating a steering angle of the front wheel at a current sampling moment based on the first, second and third calculated value of the steering angle of the front wheel.

A combined angular position and torque sensor assembly for use in an electric power assisted steering system having an input part for connection to an upper column shaft, an output part for connection to a lower column shaft, a torsion bar that interconnects the input shaft and the output shaft, first and second upper column angular position sensors that each produce at least one output signal that is dependent on the angular position of the upper column shaft; and a processing means unit which produces a first torque signal indicative of the torque carried by the torsion bar. The processing unit further includes a component for producing a first absolute angular position signal by processing the output signals of the first and secondary sensors in a first way and a second absolute angular position signal processing the output of the same two sensors in a different way, and further includes a cross checker that performs a cross check between the two absolute position signals.

A control steered angle calculation unit includes: an end position determination unit that determines whether a rack shaft is located at either one of right and left rack end positions; a motor absolute angle calculation unit that detects a motor absolute angle; an end position-corresponding motor angle setting unit that, when the rack shaft is determined to be located at either one of the right and left rack end positions, sets the detected motor absolute angle as an end position-corresponding motor angle corresponding to the one of the right and left rack end positions; and a control steered angle origin setting unit that calculates an average value of right and left end position-corresponding motor angles as an offset angle, and sets an angle obtained by subtracting the offset angle from the detected motor absolute angle as an origin of the control steered angle represented by the motor ab solute angle.

A system for a vehicle (13) having a driver's cabin (15) and a rearward extending portion (14) that is pivotable with respect to the driver's cabin (15), for capturing a rear part (17) of the rearward extending portion (14), the system having at least two wheel sensors (2, 3) located on opposite ends of an axis (18, 19) of the rearward extending portion (14), for acquiring information on a rotational movement of wheels attached to the ends of the axis (18, 19), and a control unit (4) connected with the wheel sensors (2, 3), which control unit determines the rear part (17) of the rearward extending portion (14) based on the acquired information on the rotational movement of the wheels.

Provided is an apparatus and method for detecting steering information in which a plurality of torque sensors and sensors for sensing a rotation angle of a steering shaft are provided and thus it is possible to calculate steering information, such as a steering torque, a steering angle, etc., even upon occurrence of failure in some sensors. A plurality of torque sensors and absolute angle sensors (rotation angle sensors) are provided, and after it is determined whether an output value of each sensor is synchronized, a torque and a steering angle are calculated accordingly. Therefore, even upon occurrence of failure in some sensors, it is possible to calculate a torque and a steering angle normally, and thus steering control is possible.

The present disclosure relates to a steering control apparatus and method, the apparatus comprising: a reception unit which receives an ignition-off signal and an ignition-on signal, and which receives relative steering angle information received from a relative steering angle sensor for measuring only the relative angle of a steering wheel; a calculation unit which calculates section information by using the relative steering angle information, and which calculates absolute steering angle information on the basis of the relative steering angle information and the section information; and a control unit which determines, when the ignition-off signal is received, whether absolute steering angle calculation conditions enabling calculation of the absolute steering angle information are satisfied even after the ignition is off, and which generates an ignition-off control signal according to the determination result.