Steering assistance device and steering assistance method
AssigneeIsuzu Motors Limited
InventorTeruhiko SUZUKI
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Abstract
A steering assistance device includes: a steering assistance unit, which assists the steering of a vehicle to make the vehicle travel in the center of a lane; a deviation amount measurement unit, which measures the amount of lateral deviation of the vehicle from the center of a lane; and a steering control unit, which controls the amount of steering assistance by the steering assistance unit such that the vehicle travels with deviation from the center of the lane by the predetermined amount, in a case where the measured amount of lateral deviation is within a predetermined range from a predetermined amount for a predetermined period of time.
Claims5
A steering assistance device, comprising:
- a steering assistance unit, which assists steering of a vehicle to make the vehicle travel in the center of a lane;
- a measurement unit, which measures an amount of lateral deviation of the vehicle from the center of the lane;
- and
- a control unit, which controls the amount of steering assistance by the steering assistance unit such that the vehicle travels with deviation from the center of the lane by the predetermined amount, in a case where the measured amount of lateral deviation is within a predetermined range from a predetermined amount for a predetermined period of time.
A steering assistance method, comprising:
- measuring an amount of lateral deviation of a vehicle from the center of a lane;
- and
- controlling the amount of steering assistance by the steering assistance unit that assists steering of the vehicle such that the vehicle travels with deviation from the center of the lane by the predetermined amount, in a case where the measured amount of lateral deviation is within a predetermined range from a predetermined amount for a predetermined period of time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.