Combined automatic and manual guidance system
First Claim
1. A system for combined automatic and manual steering of a vehicle, comprising at least one manual steering means and an automatic equipment with at least one executing means, said executing means being coupled to said manual steering means such that a counterforce is generated in said manual steering means to the force applied by the driver, said counterforce being a function of the deviation, produced by the driver, from a steered path of said vehicle as predetermined by said automatic equipment, said automatic equipment being such that over the whole steering range, said counterforce is less than the force that the driver is able to apply on said manual steering means.
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Abstract
A system for combined automatic and manual control of the motion of a vehicle comprises at least one manual control device and automatic equipment with at least one executing device. The executing device is coupled to the manual control device in such a way that a counterforce is generated in the manual control device to the force supplied by the driver. This counterforce is a function of the deviation, produced by the driver, from the intention of the automatic equipment. The automatic equipment is such that, over the whole control range, this counterforce is less than the force that the driver is able to apply on the manual control.
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- 1. A system for combined automatic and manual steering of a vehicle, comprising at least one manual steering means and an automatic equipment with at least one executing means, said executing means being coupled to said manual steering means such that a counterforce is generated in said manual steering means to the force applied by the driver, said counterforce being a function of the deviation, produced by the driver, from a steered path of said vehicle as predetermined by said automatic equipment, said automatic equipment being such that over the whole steering range, said counterforce is less than the force that the driver is able to apply on said manual steering means.
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