Method and device for improving driving comfort in a steering assistance system
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1. A method for supporting a driver when steering a vehicle, comprising:
- exerting a servo torque which reduces the amount of steering forces required by the driver and an additional actuating torque which causes the driver to make a change in a position of a steering wheel on a steering system of the vehicle; and
limiting a gradient of the additional actuating torque to a prespecified maximum value,wherein the maximum value has a different magnitude for positive and negative gradients, andwherein the maximum value has an inversely proportional relationship with a magnitude of the additional actuating torque.
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Abstract
A method for supporting a driver when steering a vehicle, in which a servo torque, as well as an additional actuating torque that may additionally be exerted on the steering system of the vehicle, are produced in order to cause the driver to make a change in the position of the steering wheel. The steering intervention by the additional required actuating torque may be made significantly more comfortable if the gradient of the actuating torque is limited to a maximum value.
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1. A method for supporting a driver when steering a vehicle, comprising:
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exerting a servo torque which reduces the amount of steering forces required by the driver and an additional actuating torque which causes the driver to make a change in a position of a steering wheel on a steering system of the vehicle; and limiting a gradient of the additional actuating torque to a prespecified maximum value, wherein the maximum value has a different magnitude for positive and negative gradients, and wherein the maximum value has an inversely proportional relationship with a magnitude of the additional actuating torque. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method for supporting a driver when steering a vehicle, comprising:
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exerting a servo torque which reduces the amount of steering forces required by the driver and an additional actuating torque which causes the driver to make a change in a position of a steering wheel on a steering system of the vehicle, the additional actuating torque being produced as a function of a driving situation; and limiting a difference between a manual torque applied by the driver and the additional actuating torque to a prespecified maximum value, wherein the difference is limited only if a magnitude of the additional actuating torque exceeds a prespecified threshold value.
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4. A device for supporting a driver when steering a vehicle, comprising:
a control device that exerts a servo torque which reduces the amount of steering forces required by the driver and an additional actuating torque which causes the driver to make a change in a position of a steering wheel on a steering system of the vehicle, the additional actuating torque being produced as a function of a driving situation, the control device being adapted to limit a gradient of the additional actuating torque to a predefined maximum value, wherein the maximum value has a different magnitude for positive and negative gradients, and wherein the maximum value has an inversely proportional relationship with a magnitude of the additional actuating torque. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8)
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