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STEERING ASSIST CONTROL APPARATUS AND STEERING ASSIST CONTROL METHOD

  • US 20160101812A1
  • Filed: 10/09/2015
  • Published: 04/14/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A steering assist control apparatus comprising:

  • a lane recognition unit configured to recognize a lane using a pickup image, the lane being a lane along which an own vehicle runs, the pickup image being a pickup image of a forward sight of the own vehicle in a travelling direction of the own vehicle;

    a steering assist control unit configured to give a manipulated variable to a steering system of the own vehicle such that the own vehicle runs along the lane recognized by the lane recognition unit, the manipulated variable being a manipulated variable by which steering of the own vehicle is controlled;

    an abnormality detection unit configured to detect at least any one of (i) an abnormality in recognition of the lane made by the lane recognition unit and a manner of the abnormality in the recognition and (ii) a control abnormality in the steering assist control unit and a manner of the control abnormality; and

    a control stop unit configured to decrease the manipulated variable with time, when the abnormality detection unit detects at least any one of the abnormality in recognition of the lane made by the lane recognition unit and the control abnormality in the steering assist control unit,wherein the control stop unit decreases the manipulated variable at a manipulated variable decrease rate corresponding to at least any one of the manner of the abnormality in recognition and the manner of the control abnormality.

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