SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ADAPTIVE STEERING CONTROL OF AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLES
First Claim
1. A method for providing automated assistive steering of an automotive vehicle to maintain the vehicle within a vehicle lane by providing automated assistive steering relative to a target vehicle offset, the method comprising:
- modifying, in response to steering input from a driver, the target vehicle offset and thereby maintaining the vehicle along a new path in the vehicle lane.
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Abstract
A variety of methods, systems, devices and arrangements are implemented for automated assistance for a driver. One such method relates to a synergistic combination of automation and human control for a motor vehicle traveling on a lane, thereby allowing human-based decisions to be supplement (or be supplemented by) automated decisions. Specific aspects facilitate maintenance of the vehicle on the lane. The vehicle is automatically steered towards a lateral offset within the vehicle lane. Steering input from the driver results in changes to this lateral offset. This modification of the lateral offset can be used to allow the driver to follow any trajectory parallel to the road, including trajectories where the vehicle is not centered within the lane.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for providing automated assistive steering of an automotive vehicle to maintain the vehicle within a vehicle lane by providing automated assistive steering relative to a target vehicle offset, the method comprising:
modifying, in response to steering input from a driver, the target vehicle offset and thereby maintaining the vehicle along a new path in the vehicle lane. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for providing automated assistive steering of an automotive vehicle to maintain the vehicle at a target vehicle offset within a vehicle lane, the method comprising:
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setting, in response to a driver steering input, the target vehicle offset within the vehicle lane as a function of a current vehicle-position signal; and generating, in response to an error between the current vehicle-position and the target vehicle offset, a steering trim-adjust signal to facilitate automatic assistive steering for the automotive vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. For automatic assistive steering of an automotive vehicle operating in a vehicle lane with the vehicle operating responsive to manually-controlled driver steering forces, a computer readable medium containing a set of computer-executable instructions that, when executed, causes a computer in the automotive vehicle to:
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set, in response to a driver steering input, a target vehicle offset that indicates a lateral position within the vehicle lane as a function of a current vehicle-position; and generate, in response to an error between the current vehicle-position and the target vehicle offset, a steering trim-adjust signal to facilitate automatic assistive steering for the automotive vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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