IP Library Granted Patent US 11,292,510
Granted Patent B2
US 11,292,510 · App. 16/790,514 · Granted Apr 5, 2022

Steering control device and method for controlling steering device

Inventors: Koji Anraku (Okazaki, JP); Isao Namikawa (Okazaki, JP); Yusuke Kakimoto (Okazaki, JP); Yoshio Kudo (Machida, JP)
Assignees: JTKEKT CORPORATION; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B62D5/046B62D6/008B62D6/04
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Patent No.
US 11,292,510
App. No.
16/790,514
Granted
Apr 5, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A steering control device includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit controls operation of a steering-side motor so as to apply a steering reaction force that resists a steering operation input to the steering wheel. The electronic control unit computes an obstruction strike reaction force for regulating a steering operation that steers a steered wheel toward an obstruction. The electronic control unit generates determination information indicating that the steered wheel is struck by an obstruction. The determination information includes first determination information indicating that the left side of the steered wheel is struck by an obstruction, and second determination information indicating that the right side of the steered wheel is struck by an obstruction. The electronic control unit sets a direction in which the obstruction strike reaction force is applied based on the generated determination information.

Claims (11)

1. A steering control device for a steering device, the steering device being structured such that power transmission to and from a steering portion is separated from power transmission to and from a steered portion, the steered portion being provided with a steered-side motor and steering a steered wheel in accordance with a steering operation that is input to a steering wheel coupled to the steering portion, the steering control device comprising:

an electronic control unit configured to:

control operation of a steering-side motor so as to apply a steering reaction force that resists the steering operation that is input to the steering wheel, the steering-side motor being provided to the steering portion;

compute an obstruction strike reaction force for regulating a steering operation that steers the steered wheel toward an obstruction, the obstruction strike reaction force being computed based on a current supplied to the steered-side motor and a steering angle deviation, which is determined by a difference between an actual steering angle of the steering wheel and a target steering angle of the steering wheel;

generate determination information indicating that the steered wheel is struck by an obstruction, the determination information including first determination information indicating that a left side of the steered wheel is struck by an obstruction and second determination information indicating that a right side of the steered wheel is struck by an obstruction; and

set a direction in which the obstruction strike reaction force is applied based on the generated determination information.

2. A method for controlling a steering device, the steering device being structured such that power transmission to and from a steering portion is separated from power transmission to and from a steered portion, the steered portion being provided with a steered-side motor and steering a steered wheel in accordance with a steering operation that is input to a steering wheel coupled to the steering portion, the method comprising:

controlling, by an electronic control unit, operation of a steering-side motor so as to apply a steering reaction force that resists the steering operation that is input to the steering wheel, the steering-side motor being provided to the steering portion;

computing, by the electronic control unit, an obstruction strike reaction force for regulating a steering operation that steers the steered wheel toward an obstruction, the obstruction strike reaction force being computed based on a current supplied to the steered-side motor and a steering angle deviation, which is determined by a difference between an actual steering angle of the steering wheel and a target steering angle of the steering wheel;

generating, by the electronic control unit, determination information indicating that the steered wheel is struck by an obstruction, the determination information including first determination information indicating that a left side of the steered wheel is struck by an obstruction and second determination information indicating that a right side of the steered wheel is struck by an obstruction; and

setting, by the electronic control unit, a direction in which the obstruction strike reaction force is applied based on the generated determination information.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 18, 2022
From: JTEKT CORPORATION
To: JTEKT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059230/0125 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2020
From: ANRAKU, KOJI; NAMIKAWA, ISAO; KAKIMOTO, YUSUKE; KUDO, YOSHIO
To: JTEKT CORPORATION; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 051931/0132 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-034710 · Feb 27, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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