IP Library Granted Patent US 10,086,872
Granted Patent B2
US 10,086,872 · App. 15/215,542 · Granted Oct 2, 2018

Lane keeping control method and apparatus thereof

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Patent No.
US 10,086,872
App. No.
15/215,542
Granted
Oct 2, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a lane keeping control method of the vehicle and an apparatus thereof. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for calculating a torque for the lane keeping of the vehicle. In particular, the present invention provides a lane keeping control device that includes: a receiving unit that is configured to receive sensed information containing lane information from one or more sensors in the vehicle; a target torque calculating unit that is configured to calculate a target torque for the lane keeping of the vehicle based on the sensed information; and a final torque calculating unit that is configured to calculate a final torque for the lane keeping based on a driver steering torque and the target torque according to the input of the driver steering torque, and further provides a lane keeping control method.

Claims (34)

1. A control device comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive sensed information containing lane information from one or more sensors in the vehicle;

a target torque calculating unit configured to calculate a target torque for the lane keeping of the vehicle based on the sensed information; and

a final torque calculating unit configured to calculate a final torque for the lane keeping based on a driver steering torque and the target torque when the driver steering torque is input,

wherein the control device is configured to control movement of the vehicle by using the calculated final torque,

wherein when the driver steering torque direction and the target torque direction are detected in the opposite directions, the final torque calculating unit calculates the final torque by a vector sum of the driver steering torque and the target torque,

wherein the final torque calculating unit calculates the target torque as the final torque when the driver steering torque is less than a predetermined reference torque, and calculates the final torque by a vector sum of a torque, which is obtained by subtracting the reference torque from the driver steering torque, and the target torque when the driver steering torque is equal to, or more than, the reference torque, and

wherein the reference torque has the same direction as the driver steering torque.

2. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the final torque calculating unit further comprises a torque direction detecting unit that is configured to detect whether or not the driver steering torque direction and the target torque direction match each other.

3. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein when the driver steering torque direction and the target torque direction are detected in the same direction, the final torque calculating unit calculates the final torque by subtracting the driver steering torque from the target torque.

4. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the final torque calculating unit calculates the final torque to be zero when a lane change signal is detected.

5. A control device comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive sensed information containing lane information from one or more sensors in the vehicle;

a target torque calculating unit configured to calculate a target torque for the lane keeping of the vehicle based on the sensed information; and

a final torque calculating unit configured to calculate a final torque for the lane keeping based on a driver steering torque and the target torque when the driver steering torque is input,

wherein the control device is configured to control movement of the vehicle by using the calculated final torque,

wherein when the driver steering torque direction and the target torque direction are detected in the opposite directions, the final torque calculating unit calculates the final torque by a vector sum of the driver steering torque and the target torque,

wherein the final torque calculating unit calculates the target torque as the final torque when the driver steering torque is less than a predetermined reference torque, and calculates the final torque by a vector sum of a torque, which is obtained by subtracting the reference torque from the driver steering torque, and the target torque when the driver steering torque is equal to, or more than, the reference torque, and

wherein the reference torque varies depending on the distance between the vehicle and a road surface-marked line.

6. A control device comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive sensed information containing lane information from one or more sensors in the vehicle;

a target torque calculating unit configured to calculate a target torque for the lane keeping of the vehicle based on the sensed information; and

a final torque calculating unit configured to calculate a final torque for the lane keeping based on a driver steering torque and the target torque when the driver steering torque is input,

wherein the control device is configured to control movement of the vehicle by using the calculated final torque,

wherein when the driver steering torque direction and the target torque direction are detected in the opposite directions, the final torque calculating unit calculates the final torque by a vector sum of the driver steering torque and the target torque, and

wherein the final torque calculating unit, when the final torque reaches a predetermined reference value, maintains the final torque as the reference value.

7. A control method comprising:

receiving sensed information containing lane information from one or more sensors in the vehicle;

calculating a target torque for the lane keeping of the vehicle based on the sensed information;

calculating a final torque for the lane keeping based on a driver steering torque and the target torque according to the input of the driver steering torque; and

controlling, by a control device of the vehicle, movement of the vehicle by using the calculated final torque,

wherein when the driver steering torque direction and the target torque direction are detected in the opposite directions, calculating the final torque by a vector sum of the driver steering torque and the target torque, and maintaining the final torque as the reference value when the final torque reaches a predetermined reference value.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the calculating of the final torque further comprises a torque direction detecting operation to detect whether or not the driver steering torque direction and the target torque direction match each other.

9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the final torque decreases in proportion to the driver steering torque.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 18, 2022
From: MANDO CORPORATION
To: HL MANDO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062152/0127 →
MERGER Recorded Jul 25, 2022
From: MANDO MOBILITY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
To: HL KLEMOVE CORP.
Reel/Frame 060841/0955 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2021
From: MANDO CORPORATION
To: MANDO MOBILITY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058214/0306 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2016
From: KIM, SOON TAE
To: MANDO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039213/0273 →
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