Control system for vehicle
AssigneeMazda Motor Corporation
InventorsDaisuke Umetsu, Yasumasa Imamura
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Abstract
A control system for a vehicle is provided, which includes a steering wheel configured to be operated by a driver, a steering angle sensor configured to detect a steering angle corresponding to operation of the steering wheel, and a controller configured to set an additional deceleration to be applied to the vehicle based on the steering angle detected by the steering angle sensor to control a vehicle posture when the steering wheel is turned, and applies the additional deceleration to the vehicle. The controller sets the additional deceleration larger when the vehicle travels off road than when the vehicle does not travel off road.
Claims18
A control system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a steering wheel configured to be operated by a driver;
- a steering angle sensor configured to detect a steering angle corresponding to operation of the steering wheel;
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- a controller configured to set an additional deceleration to be applied to the vehicle based on the steering angle detected by the steering angle sensor to control a vehicle posture when the steering wheel is turned, and applies the additional deceleration to the vehicle,
- wherein the controller sets the additional deceleration larger when the vehicle travels off road than when the vehicle does not travel off road.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.