Vehicle control apparatus and control method therefor
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsJeong Min Cho, Jae Woong Choi
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Abstract
In a method and an apparatus for controlling vehicle, the vehicle control apparatus includes a rear wheel steering unit configured to steer rear wheels, measure a rear wheel angle, and generate a status signal, a failure determination unit configured to determine a failure situation of the rear wheel steering unit based on the status signal and a curvature prediction unit configured to generate a predicted curvature of a traveling route of a vehicle based on the failure situation, wherein, the curvature prediction unit generates the predicted curvature based on the rear wheel angle.
Claims7
A vehicle control apparatus comprising a processor configured to:
- measure a rear wheel angle;
- generate a status signal;
- determine a failure situation of a rear wheel steering unit based on the status signal;
- generate a predicted curvature of a traveling route of a vehicle based on the failure situation,
- control rear wheels of the vehicle using the predicted curvature,
- wherein the predicted curvature is generated based on the rear wheel angle,
- wherein the status signal includes whether or not the rear wheel steering unit operates normally and whether or not the rear wheel angle is measurable, and
- wherein the processor is further configured to generate the predicted curvature based on the rear wheel angle in response that the rear wheel steering unit does not operate normally and the rear wheel angle is measurable.
A method for generating a predicted curvature by a vehicle control apparatus generating the predicted curvature in response that a vehicle turns, the method comprising:
- measuring, by a processor including a rear wheel steering unit, a rear wheel angle;
- generating, by the processor, a status signal of the rear wheel steering unit;
- determining, by the processor, a failure situation of the rear wheel steering unit based on the status signal;
- generating, by the processor, the predicted curvature based on the failure situation;
- controlling rear wheels of the vehicle using the predicted curvature,
- wherein, the generating of the predicted curvature includes generating the predicted curvature based on the rear wheel angle,
- wherein the status signal includes whether or not the rear wheel steering unit operates normally and whether or not the rear wheel angle is measurable, and
- wherein the generating the predicted curvature further includes:
- generating the predicted curvature based on the rear wheel angle in response that the rear wheel steering unit does not operate normally and the rear wheel angle is measurable.
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program including instructions executed by at least one processor, the instructions executed by the at least one processor including a rear-wheel steering unit, causing the at least one processor to:
- measuring a rear wheel angle;
- generating a status signal of the rear wheel steering unit;
- determining a failure situation of the rear wheel steering unit based on the status signal;
- generating a predicted curvature based on the failure situation;
- and
- controlling rear wheels of a vehicle using the predicted curvature,
- wherein, the generating of the predicted curvature includes generating the predicted curvature based on the rear wheel angle,
- wherein the status signal includes whether or not the rear wheel steering unit operates normally and whether or not the rear wheel angle is measurable, and
- wherein the generating the predicted curvature further includes:
- generating the predicted curvature based on the rear wheel angle in response that the rear wheel steering unit does not operate normally and the rear wheel angle is measurable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.