Device for steering a vehicle with controlled course holding
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1. Apparatus for steering and maintaining course of a vehicle, of the type having a position sensor 1 for detecting position of the vehicle in relation to a roadway;
- a between the position of the vehicle detected by the position sensor and a prescribed set vehicle position, and emits a steering-aid adjustment signal and a steering angle adjustment device 9 for adjusting a steering angle of the vehicle in response to the steering-aid adjustment signal;
wherein;
a limiter unit coupled to an output of said steering control device limits a steering angle adjustment requested by the steering control device to predetermined upper and lower limits; and
the steering angle adjustment device is coupled to receive a driver-requested steering angle adjustment signal from a driver operated steering angle input device, and sets a steering angle of the vehicle by combining the steering angle adjustment requested by the steering control device and the steering angle adjustment requested by the driver, whereby an output of said steering angle adjustment device is limited in a predeterminable manner.
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Abstract
A device for steering and maintaining the course of a vehicle contains, in addition to a device for detecting the position of the vehicle, and a steering control device which acts on a steering angle adjustment device, a preselectable limitation of the steering angle setting requested by the control. A steering angle setting requested by the control is combined with the steering angle setting requested by the driver, and the steering angle adjustment device sets the steering angle in accordance with this combination.
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1. Apparatus for steering and maintaining course of a vehicle, of the type having a position sensor 1 for detecting position of the vehicle in relation to a roadway;
- a between the position of the vehicle detected by the position sensor and a prescribed set vehicle position, and emits a steering-aid adjustment signal and a steering angle adjustment device 9 for adjusting a steering angle of the vehicle in response to the steering-aid adjustment signal;
wherein;a limiter unit coupled to an output of said steering control device limits a steering angle adjustment requested by the steering control device to predetermined upper and lower limits; and the steering angle adjustment device is coupled to receive a driver-requested steering angle adjustment signal from a driver operated steering angle input device, and sets a steering angle of the vehicle by combining the steering angle adjustment requested by the steering control device and the steering angle adjustment requested by the driver, whereby an output of said steering angle adjustment device is limited in a predeterminable manner. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
- a between the position of the vehicle detected by the position sensor and a prescribed set vehicle position, and emits a steering-aid adjustment signal and a steering angle adjustment device 9 for adjusting a steering angle of the vehicle in response to the steering-aid adjustment signal;
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