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7620497 Method and device for informing a driver or for reacting when the vehicle leaves a lane  
A method and a device for driver information and for a reaction upon leaving the traffic lane by a vehicle. In this context, the course of at least one edge marking of the traffic lane is...
7620485 Method for regulating driving stability  
The invention relates to a method for controlling the driving stability of a vehicle, wherein it is determined when a stable or unstable driving behavior prevails whether a tendency to a subsequent...
7619859 Electric power steering device  
An electric power steering device that can estimate an ambient temperature and apply current limiting without using ambient temperature detecting means is provided. The electric power steering...
7617037 System for automatically monitoring a motor vehicle  
The invention relates to a system for automatically monitoring a motor vehicle, especially for automatically monitoring a vehicle (E) in a traffic jam. Said system comprises at least one sensor ( 2...
7617033 Steering system and method for automotive vehicle  
In steering system and method for an automotive vehicle, a reaction force actuator is configured to provide a steering reaction force for the operation inputting section on the basis of a reaction...
7613556 Vehicle steering system  
In a steering-without-driving state, a larger current limit value, drive limit time and steering angle deviation threshold value are set than when a low-speed driving state occurs. An automatic...
7610988 Hydraulic steering  
The invention concerns a hydraulic steering with a steering initiator, a steering unit with feedback properties, which can be activated by the steering initiator, the steering unit having a supply...
7610134 Vehicle steering system  
A brake application speed is compared with a speed threshold value so as to judge whether or not a braking operation being performed is an emergency braking operation. If not the emergency braking...
7610133 Controller for electric power steering apparatus  
In a controller for an electric power steering apparatus, a target value calculation element, which calculates target values of the drive currents of a motor on the basis of a detected value of the...
7610132 Power steering system for all-terrain buggy vehicle  
A power steering system of an all-terrain buggy vehicle is provided to protect a power assist motor against obstacles encountered during traveling on the irregular ground, or the like. In a power...
7610131 Roll angle control device for remote-controlled two-wheeled vehicle  
A rolling angle control device 21 is disposed to provide the rolling angle control device for a remote-controlled two-wheeled vehicle so as to facilitate the control of the vehicle by an operator...
7607506 Driving force distribution control apparatus of vehicle  
A driving force distribution control unit 60 calculates front/rear driving force distribution cooperative control addition yaw moment by multiplying front/rear driving force distribution control...
7606645 Vehicle load monitoring for four wheel steering  
Methods and apparatus are provided for automatically determining the steering system calibration of a vehicle in accordance with vehicle loading. The apparatus comprises a combination of a load...
7606644 Target parking position setting apparatus and vehicle provided with the same  
A target parking position setting apparatus includes: image capturing means adapted for a vehicle and capturing an image of an outside of the vehicle; displaying means provided inside the vehicle...
7603215 Lane keep control apparatus and method for automotive vehicle  
In lane keep control apparatus and method for an automotive vehicle, a deviation tendency detecting section detects whether the vehicle has a tendency of a deviation from a traveling traffic lane...
7599774 Method and system for adaptively compensating closed-loop front-wheel steering control  
An active front-wheel vehicle steering control system that employs closed-loop control includes an adaptive compensation sub-system that compensates for changes in vehicle dynamic parameters. The...
7599771 Parking assisting apparatus  
It is an object of the present invention to provide a parking assisting apparatus for assisting a vehicle driver in parking a vehicle more easily than the conventional apparatuses. The parking...
7596441 Power steering device  
In a power steering device employing a hydraulic power cylinder, a motor-driven pump, and a driving power source for the motor, a power steering control system is configured to electrically...
7596440 Steering apparatus and steering ratio control method for automotive vehicle  
A steering apparatus for an automotive vehicle is provided with an electric drive unit that varies a steering ratio between a road wheel angle and a steering wheel angle of the vehicle, a...
7580785 Vehicle dynamics control apparatus  
In a vehicle dynamics control apparatus capable of balancing a vehicle dynamics stability control system and a lane deviation prevention control system, a cooperative control section is provided to...
7577505 Electric power steering apparatus  
A first restrict value calculating unit obtains a first restrict value Im 1 on the basis of the integration value (Id 2 +Iq 2 ) of a d-axis current detection value and a q-axis current detection...
7575093 Vehicle steering control system  
A vehicle steering control system is provided which can appropriately control a steering angle and provide sufficient braking force even when the brake pedal is fully pressed down during cornering...
7574294 Controller for electric power steering device  
A control apparatus of an electric power steering apparatus is provided in which a nonlinear element of a motor model of-the electric power steering apparatus is compensated beforehand to linearize...
7571040 Method and apparatus for controlling a magneto-rheological power steering coupling  
A method of controlling a magneto-rheological power steering coupling is provided. The method is to be employed by a controller and is initiated upon engine start-up. The method includes...
7571039 Vehicle yaw/roll stability control with semi-active suspension  
A rollover avoidance system for changing the damping characteristics of suspension dampers at each wheel of a vehicle so as to mitigate the potential for vehicle rollover. The system includes a...
7568551 Electric power steering control apparatus  
Provided is an electric power steering control apparatus, including: a motor for generating an assist torque for supplementing a steering torque; a steering torque detector for detecting the...
7567865 Vehicle body motion realization method and apparatus  
Various state amounts of a vehicle body detected by various types of sensors are captured (step 102 ). A maximum frictional force F imax is calculated for each of wheels (steps 104 to 110 )....
7565947 Vehicular steering system  
A vehicular steering system can suppress steering of steerable road wheels in a direction not intended by a driver. A steering mechanism steers the steerable road wheels in accordance with a...
7565946 Vehicle counting counter-steer operation by driver in oversteer suppress control  
When the driver makes a counter-steer operation to steer back the steering wheel during the execution of an automatic oversteer suppress control by the turn behavior control device, the...
7558662 Vehicular driving control apparatus and method  
In vehicular driving control apparatus and method, a steering assistance force provided for steerable road wheels of the vehicle in a direction at which a sideslip angle is decreased when a...
7558657 Method for the prevention of turnover of rear wheel steered vehicles, in particular of industrial trucks  
A method for the prevention of turnover of rear wheel steered vehicles includes providing a vehicle with a plurality of sensors, and providing slip angle restriction software adapted to receive as...
7557697 System to measure wheel liftoff  
The present invention is directed to a system for determining lift-off or wheel departure of one or more wheels associated with a vehicle from a road. The system includes a sensor that measures the...
7555402 Method for determining the angular position of the steering wheel of an automobile vehicle electric power-assisted steering system  
The method consists in: determining in which actually sector the booster motor is located, a sector of the booster motor being defied by two successive poles; determining a relative angle position...
7555379 Guiding device for guiding vehicle to target place controlling the steering angle  
A guiding device is disclosed for guiding a vehicle to a target position by controlling the steering angle while estimating the vehicle position at least based on a steering angle value,...
7551997 Vehicle behavior control apparatus  
A control section includes a first turning direction estimating mechanism for estimating a first turning direction from a sign of the first yaw rate when an absolute value of the first yaw rate is...
7549504 Quadrant dependent active damping for electric power steering  
An electric power steering system includes a steering wheel, an electric assist motor operatively coupled to the steering wheel, and an electronic controller operatively coupled to the motor for...
7549501 Steering system and a method for controlling a vehicle  
A steering system for a motor vehicle, including a steering gear and at least one tie rod, is characterized in that an actuator is provided, which can move an end section of the tie rod...
7548807 Method for steering a vehicle with superimposed steering  
A method of steering a vehicle with a superimposed steering system, wherein a steering angle input by the driver and an additional angle (additional steering angle) is determined and wherein the...
7548804 Emulation to provide multiple applications in mobile equipment  
To reduce the number of processors and/or displays in mobile equipment, an operating system is emulated in one example. A primary operating system runs on a processor or uses a particular display....
7546190 Adaptive dead-zone compensation for steering systems  
A method for compensating a steering system exhibiting dead-zone characteristics estimates the dead-zone parameters of the steering system and establishes a dead-zone inverse function utilizing the...
7546179 Method and apparatus for allowing mobile robot to return to docking station  
A method and apparatus allowing a mobile robot to return to a designated location the method including: calculating a first direction angle of the mobile robot at a second location arrived at after...
7543679 Compensation of periodic sensor errors in electric power steering systems  
An electric power steering system includes a steering wheel, an electric assist motor operatively coupled to the steering wheel, and an electronic controller operatively coupled to the assist...
7541766 System and method for the intelligent use of software deadband control in a control system  
In accordance with one embodiment of the invention a control system for controlling performance of a device is provided. The control system includes a controller system and a deadband compensator...
7540351 Steering control system  
A steering control system includes a steering wheel and a steering shaft with upper and lower shaft portions. Steering shaft torque of the lower shaft portion corresponds to torque transmitted to...
7539567 Electric power steering control apparatus  
An electric power steering control includes a torque sensor for detecting steering torque as torque information, a motor for generating assist torque, a calculation section for calculating a motor...
7539566 Lane departure prevention system  
A lane departure prevention system comprises a traveling status detecting unit for detecting current lateral displacement and current yaw angle of a vehicle relative to a lane of travel, a...
7536246 Method for controlling vehicle  
Methods and systems for controlling a vehicle are provided which can include advantages of controlling corresponding to lateral wind frequency. Because the vehicle is controlled on the basis of...
7532966 Torque steer compensation algorithm  
A torque steer compensation algorithm utilizing selected vehicle parameters, such as for example engine torque, accelerator pedal position, throttle position, transmission gear, and vehicle speed....
7530423 Vehicular variable steering ratio control device and control method thereof  
An operation torque estimating portion estimates an operation torque Th of a driver based on an input angle θh and an input torque T output from a torque sensor. A non-holding state detecting...
7529605 Vehicle steering system for setting steering reaction without using difference between target and actual steering angles  
A steering system for a vehicle, includes a control operated by a driver of the vehicle; a measuring device for measuring a quantity of operation of the control by the driver; a steering section...