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Granted Patent B2
US 12,168,486 · App. 17/748,295 · Granted Dec 17, 2024

Steering holding determination device, steering control device, and steering device

Inventors: Hirokazu Fujimoto (Hitachinaka, JP); Tatsuru Niihara (Hitachinaka, JP); Yoshinori Kohno (Hitachinaka, JP); Hiroki Sato (Hitachinaka, JP); Shigeharu Shibahata (Hitachinaka, JP); Daisuke Tsuga (Hitachinaka, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
B62D5/0481B62D5/0421B62D15/025B62D1/286
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Patent No.
US 12,168,486
App. No.
17/748,295
Granted
Dec 17, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A steering holding determination device configured to determine whether a driver holds a steering member, the steering holding determination device including: a predicted value calculation unit configured to calculate a predicted value of at least one of one or more state quantities related to steering of the steering member and one or more state quantities related to turning of a wheel; and a steering holding determination unit configured to determine whether the driver holds the steering member with reference to the predicted value calculated by the predicted value calculation unit and a variance of the predicted value.

Claims (55)

1. A steering holding determination device configured to determine whether a driver holds a steering wheel, the steering holding determination device comprising:

a processor, wherein

the processor is configured to:

calculate a predicted value of at least one of one or more state quantities related to steering of the steering wheel and one or more state quantities related to turning of a wheel; and

determine whether the driver holds the steering wheel with reference to the predicted value calculated by the processor, a variance of the predicted value, and an actual measured value corresponding to the predicted value or an updated value using the actual measured value.

2. The steering holding determination device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more state quantities related to the turning of the wheel include a rotation angle of a motor which turns the wheel.

3. The steering holding determination device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more state quantities related to the turning of the wheel include a displacement of a rack shaft connected to the wheel.

4. The steering holding determination device according to claim 1 ,

wherein an equation of state used by the processor includes at least one of:

an elastic component associated with the turning of the wheel;

an attenuation component associated with the turning of the wheel;

a component caused by eccentricity of the steering wheel; and

a friction component associated with the turning of the wheel.

5. A steering control device comprising: the steering holding determination device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a steering control quantity is changed in accordance with a determination result of the steering holding determination device.

6. A steering device comprising: the steering control device according to claim 5 .

7. The steering holding determination device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the one or more state quantities related to the turning of the wheel include a displacement of a rack shaft connected to the wheel.

8. The steering holding determination device according to claim 2 ,

wherein an equation of state used by the processor includes at least one of:

an elastic component associated with the turning of the wheel;

an attenuation component associated with the turning of the wheel;

a component caused by eccentricity of the steering wheel; and

a friction component associated with the turning of the wheel.

9. The steering holding determination device according to claim 3 ,

wherein an equation of state used by the processor includes at least one of:

an elastic component associated with the turning of the wheel;

an attenuation component associated with the turning of the wheel;

a component caused by eccentricity of the steering wheel; and

a friction component associated with the turning of the wheel.

10. The steering holding determination device according to claim 7 ,

wherein an equation of state used by the processor includes at least one of:

an elastic component associated with the turning of the wheel;

an attenuation component associated with the turning of the wheel;

a component caused by eccentricity of the steering wheel; and

a friction component associated with the turning of the wheel.

11. A steering control device comprising: the steering holding determination device according to claim 2 ,

wherein a steering control quantity is changed in accordance with a determination result of the steering holding determination device.

12. A steering control device comprising: the steering holding determination device according to claim 3 ,

wherein a steering control quantity is changed in accordance with a determination result of the steering holding determination device.

13. A steering control device comprising: the steering holding determination device according to claim 4 ,

wherein a steering control quantity is changed in accordance with a determination result of the steering holding determination device.

14. A steering control device comprising: the steering holding determination device according to claim 7 ,

wherein a steering control quantity is changed in accordance with a determination result of the steering holding determination device.

15. A steering control device comprising: the steering holding determination device according to claim 8 ,

wherein a steering control quantity is changed in accordance with a determination result of the steering holding determination device.

16. A steering control device comprising: the steering holding determination device according to claim 9 ,

wherein a steering control quantity is changed in accordance with a determination result of the steering holding determination device.

17. A steering control device comprising: the steering holding determination device according to claim 10 ,

wherein a steering control quantity is changed in accordance with a determination result of the steering holding determination device.

18. A steering device comprising: the steering control device according to claim 11 .

19. A steering device comprising: the steering control device according to claim 12 .

20. A steering device comprising: the steering control device according to claim 13 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2022
From: FUJIMOTO, HIROKAZU; NIIHARA, TATSURU; KOHNO, YOSHINORI; SATO, HIROKI; SHIBAHATA, SHIGEHARU; TSUGA, DAISUKE
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-221578 · Dec 6, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2019048909 · Dec 13, 2019
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