A steering system is provided with a control unit (15) configured to determine a target steered angle (αt) according to a steering angle (β) of a steering shaft (18) which is fitted with a steering wheel (19) and drive a steering actuator so as to cause the steered angle (α) to coincide with the target steered angle, and to determine a target reaction force (Tt) according to a steered state of the wheels and drive a reaction force actuator (13) so as to cause the reaction force to coincide with the target reaction force. The control unit is configured to correct an output of the steering angle sensor in such a manner that a geometric steering center of the steering wheel coincides with a mechanical steering center of the steering shaft upon receiving a prescribed input (S) from a manual input switch (37).

A steering control device includes a control unit. The control unit is configured to execute a control angle calculation process, an angle feedback process, and a standard value adjustment process. The control angle calculation process is a process of calculating a control angle as an absolute angle relative to a standard value, and the angle feedback process is a process of performing feedback control on the control angle, and the standard value adjustment process is a process of adjusting the stored standard value. The standard value adjustment process includes a process of, when, in a straight-ahead state, the control angle deviates from a value showing the straight-ahead state, adjusting the standard value such that the deviation of the control angle from the value showing the straight-ahead state decreases.

A torque index sensor including a substrate; a first cover which accommodates the circuit board; a first hall sensor and a second hall sensor which are disposed on the circuit board; a magnet seating member which is coupled to the stator; a second magnet which is coupled to the magnet seating member; and a second cover made of a metal material coupled with the first cover. Further, the magnet seating member and the second magnet are disposed between the first cover and the second cover, the second cover comprises: an upper plate on which a through hole is formed; and a side plate which extends in the rotational axis direction from the upper plate, and the side plate comprises a groove formed at a position corresponding to the hall sensor.

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.

A position measurement system for a steering system includes a steering shaft. The position measurement system also includes a worm gear coupled to the steering shaft. The position measurement system further includes a worm in meshed engagement with the worm gear, the worm driven by a motor. The position measurement system yet further includes a first sensor operatively coupled to the worm to detect an angular position of the worm and the motor that drives the worm. The position measurement system also includes a driving gear coupled to the steering shaft. The position measurement system further includes a spur gear in meshed engagement with the driving gear. The position measurement system yet further includes a second sensor operatively coupled to the spur gear to detect an angular position of the spur gear.

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.

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.

A method for controlling an autonomous vehicle includes: determining whether an autonomous control mode of the autonomous vehicle is active; determining a steering wheel angle bias in response to determining that the autonomous control mode of the autonomous vehicle is active; and controlling, via a steering controller of the autonomous vehicle, an electronic power steering system of the autonomous vehicle using the steering wheel angle bias.

Disclosed are an apparatus and method for adjusting a steering wheel, the apparatus including an image capturing unit configured to capture images of a current state of a steering wheel at multiple angles, an analysis unit configured to create leveling information on zero adjustment of the steering wheel by processing the image acquired by the image capturing unit, and a control unit configured to calculate an error from preset reference leveling information depending on the leveling information created by the analysis unit and performing the zero adjustment on the steering wheel by controlling a drive unit for operating the steering wheel depending on the calculated error.

A vehicle steering system comprises: a motor assembly operably coupled to a steering rack, the motor assembly comprising a motor having a rotor and a motor position sensor configured to sense a rotor angle of the motor in a single-turn range; and a rotary-to-linear conversion mechanism operably coupled between the motor assembly and the steering rack, the rotary-to-linear conversion mechanism comprising a rotor operably coupled to the rotor of the motor. A processor calculates an absolute angular position of the pinion in a full-turn range of rotation of the pinion based on the sensed rotor angle of the motor and a pinion angle sensed by a pinion angle sensor in a single-turn range, or based on the sensed rotor angle of the motor and an angle of the rotor of the rotary-to-linear conversion mechanism sensed by an angular position sensor in the single-turn range.