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Humanized steering model for automated vehicles

  • US 9,914,475 B2
  • Filed: 10/05/2015
  • Issued: 03/13/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A humanized steering system for an automated vehicle, said system comprising:

  • one or more steering-wheels operable to steer a vehicle;

    an angle-sensor configured to determine a steering-angle of the steering-wheels;

    a hand-wheel used by an operator of the vehicle to influence the steering-angle and thereby manually steer the vehicle;

    a steering-actuator operable to influence the steering-angle thereby steer the vehicle when the operator does not manually steer the vehicle;

    a position-sensor operable to indicate a relative-position an object proximate to the vehicle; and

    a controller configured toreceive the steering-angle and the relative-position,determine, using deep-learning techniques, a steering-model based on the steering-angle and the relative-position while the operator is using the hand-wheel to manually steer the vehicle, andoperate the steering-actuator when the operator does not manually steer the vehicle to steer the vehicle in accordance with the steering-model, whereby the vehicle is steered in a manner similar to how the operator manually steers the vehicle.

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