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US 2018/0022344 A1Published application
Vehicle pivot technique
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsEric Hongtei Tseng, Li Xu, Kyle Simmons, Paul Theodosis, Douglas Blue
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Abstract
A vehicle includes: motor(s), steering, processor(s) configured to: (a) receive a current heading; (b) receive a desired heading; (c) calculate a first steering angle (FSA) based on (a) and (b); (d) move the vehicle, via the motor(s) and steering: (i) in a first direction based on the FSA; (ii) in a second, opposing direction, based on an opposite of the FSA.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a motor;
- a steering system;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- (a) receive a current heading;
- (b) receive a desired heading;
- (c) calculate a first steering angle (FSA) based on (a) and (b);
- (d) automatically move the vehicle, via the motor and the steering system:
- (i) in a first direction based on the FSA;
- (ii) in a second, opposing direction, based on an opposite of the FSA.
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A method comprising:
- (a) receiving, via a steering system, a current heading;
- (b) receiving, via the steering system, a desired heading;
- (c) calculating, via at least on processor, a first steering angle (FSA) based on (a) and (b);
- (d) automatically moving the vehicle, via a motor and the steering system:
- (i) in a first direction based on the FSA;
- (ii) in a second, opposing direction, based on an opposite of the FSA.
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