US5931252A
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Automatic steering system for vehicle
Assignee: Honda Motor Co Ltd
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Filing: 1998-04-06
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Granted: 1999-08-03
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Expires: 2018-04-06
Abstract
Abstract An automatic steering system for appropriately maintaining an operational amount of a brake pedal in carrying out automatic parking control, while allowing a vehicle to creep. Data for a steering angle of a wheel relative to a distance of movement of a vehicle is previously stored in a memory section in correspondence to four parking modes. If a desired parking mode is selected by a mode selecting switch and a driver permits the vehicle to creep, while depressing a brake pedal, a control section controls the operation of a steering actuator to carry out automatic parking. A reference operational amount for the brake pedal, is previously set so as to provide an appropriate vehicle creep speed, and if a deviation between an actual operational amount of the brake pedal detected by a brake operational amount detecting means and the reference operational amount exceeds a predetermined value, a warning is emitted by a warning means to the driver, in order to urge the driver to regulate the actual operational amount of the brake pedal.
Inventors
- 👤 Yasuo Shimizu
- 👤 Katsuhiro Sakai
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 05:47
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60T; B60T7/00; B60T7/12; B62; B62D; B62D15/00; B62D15/02; B62D15/027; B62D15/028; B62D15/0285; B60T2201/00; B60T2201/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
135 words
An automatic steering system for a vehicle, comprising: a movement locus setting means for storing a locus of movement of a vehicle to a target position, an actuator adapted to steer at least one wheel of the vehicle wheel based upon the locus of movement set by said movement locus setting means, a brake input means operated by a driver to brake the vehicle, an actuator driving control means coupled to said actuator for operating said actuator when said brake input means is operated, a brake operational amount detecting means for detecting an actual operational amount of said brake input means, and a deviation calculating means, coupled to said brake operational amount detecting means, for calculating a deviation between the detected actual operational amount and a preset reference operational amount of said brake input means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
135 words
An automatic steering system for a vehicle, comprising: a movement locus setting means for storing a locus of movement of a vehicle to a target position, an actuator adapted to steer at least one wheel of the vehicle wheel based upon the locus of movement set by said movement locus setting means, a brake input means operated by a driver to brake the vehicle, an actuator driving control means coupled to said actuator for operating said actuator when said brake input means is operated, a brake operational amount detecting means for detecting an actual operational amount of said brake input means, and a deviation calculating means, coupled to said brake operational amount detecting means, for calculating a deviation between the detected actual operational amount and a preset reference operational amount of said brake input means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
132 words
An automatic steering system for a vehicle, comprising: a movement locus setting means for calculating a locus of movement of a vehicle to a target position, an actuator adapted to steer a wheel of the vehicle based upon the locus of movement set by said movement locus setting means, a brake input means operated by a driver to brake the vehicle, an actuator driving control means coupled to said actuator for operating said actuator when said brake input means is operated, a brake operational amount detecting means for detecting an actual operational amount of said brake input means, and a deviation calculating means, coupled to said brake operational amount detecting means, for calculating a deviation between the detected actual operational amount and a preset reference operational amount of said brake input means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
132 words
An automatic steering system for a vehicle, comprising: a movement locus setting means for calculating a locus of movement of a vehicle to a target position, an actuator adapted to steer a wheel of the vehicle based upon the locus of movement set by said movement locus setting means, a brake input means operated by a driver to brake the vehicle, an actuator driving control means coupled to said actuator for operating said actuator when said brake input means is operated, a brake operational amount detecting means for detecting an actual operational amount of said brake input means, and a deviation calculating means, coupled to said brake operational amount detecting means, for calculating a deviation between the detected actual operational amount and a preset reference operational amount of said brake input means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
An automatic steering system for a vehicle according to claim 1 or 2, further including a notifying means for indicating at least one of said actual operational amount, said reference operational amount and said deviation.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
34 words
An automatic steering system for a vehicle according to claim 1 or 2, further including a warning means for emitting a warning when said deviation is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.
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