Adaptive steering control for a motor vehicle

A steering control method for a motor vehicle, comprising the steps of:

• detecting a current value of an operation quantity of a steering wheel;
• selecting a map assigning to a detected current value of the operation quantity a setpoint value of the operation quantity;
• issuing a setpoint signal to an actor of steered wheels, comprising the steps of:
• deciding whether the motor vehicle is in a state of motion requiring a high level of attention from a driver;
• if it is decided that the motor vehicle is not in a high attention-requiring state, selecting the map based on a speed of the motor;
• and
• if it is decided that the motor vehicle is in a high attention-requiring state, re-selecting the map selected in a previous iteration of selecting the map based on the speed of the motor vehicle.

A computer readable medium embodying a program product, said program product comprising:

• an adaptive steering control program for a motor vehicle, the adaptive steering control program for the motor vehicle configured to:
• detecting a current value of an operation quantity of a steering wheel;
• selecting a map assigning to a detected current value of the operation quantity a setpoint value of the operation quantity;
• issuing a setpoint signal to an actor of steered wheels, comprising the steps of:
• deciding whether the motor vehicle is in a state of motion requiring a high level of attention from a driver;
• if it is decided that the motor vehicle is not in a high attention-requiring state, selecting the map based on a speed of the motor vehicle;
• and
• if it is decided that the motor vehicle is in a high attention-requiring state, re-selecting the map selected in a previous iteration of selecting the map based on the speed of the motor vehicle.