Automatic driving apparatus
First Claim
1. An automatic driving apparatus for an automotive vehicle comprising:
- a storage unit, in response to a storing model signal for setting a storing mode of the vehicle, for storing as model driving data steering and running states of the vehicle corresponding to elapsed time in the storing mode;
a setting unit, in response to an automatic driving mode signal for setting an automatic driving mode of the vehicle, for comparing the steering and running states stored in said storage unit and steering and running states of the vehicle detected in the automatic driving mode for each predetermined time point, so as to set at least one automatic steering state data to allow the vehicle to be steered automatically in accordance with said model driving data; and
an AND section for generating said automatic driving mode signal if vehicle operation signals are consistent with automatic steering.
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Abstract
In an automatic driving apparatus, a storage unit is responsive to a storing mode signal for storing as model driving data steering and running states of the vehicle corresponding to elapsed time in a storing mode. In response to an automatic driving mode signal, a setting unit compares the steering and running states stored in the storage unit and steering and running states of the vehicle detected in an automatic driving mode so as to set at least one automatic steering state data. In the automatic driving mode, the model driving data stored in the storage unit can be reproduced with the vehicle'"'"'s steering system set to an automatically operating state, and the vehicle can be steered automatically in accordance with the model driving data, so that highly convenient, efficient and reliable automatic driving are achieved in automatic garaging of the vehicle etc. with a simple structure that would otherwise require high-level skill of the vehicle driver. The apparatus further includes an electric power steering apparatus that is used for controlling steering of the vehicle on the basis of the automatic steering state data supplied by the setting unit. The use of the electric power steering apparatus substantially simplifies the structure of the automatic driving apparatus.
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8 Claims
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1. An automatic driving apparatus for an automotive vehicle comprising:
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a storage unit, in response to a storing model signal for setting a storing mode of the vehicle, for storing as model driving data steering and running states of the vehicle corresponding to elapsed time in the storing mode; a setting unit, in response to an automatic driving mode signal for setting an automatic driving mode of the vehicle, for comparing the steering and running states stored in said storage unit and steering and running states of the vehicle detected in the automatic driving mode for each predetermined time point, so as to set at least one automatic steering state data to allow the vehicle to be steered automatically in accordance with said model driving data; and an AND section for generating said automatic driving mode signal if vehicle operation signals are consistent with automatic steering. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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