Steering control device
AssigneeJtekt Corporation
InventorTakashi KODERA
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Abstract
A steering control device controls a steering device that includes an electric motor. The steering control device includes a control unit configured to control an operation of the steering device by controlling the electric motor. The control unit is configured to calculate a control value for controlling the electric motor, to calculate a predetermined component indicating characteristics of the steering device using a value of a variable associated with the control value as an input, and to determine whether a mechanical abnormality has occurred in the steering device based on the calculated predetermined component.
Claims7
A steering control device that controls a steering device that turns turning wheels of a vehicle and includes an electric motor, the steering control device comprising:
- a control unit configured to control an operation of the steering device by controlling the electric motor, wherein the control unit is configured to perform a control value calculating process of calculating a control value for controlling the electric motor, a predetermined component calculating process of calculating a predetermined component indicating characteristics of the steering device which are exhibited by controlling the electric motor using a value of a variable associated with the control value as an input, and an abnormality state determining process of determining whether a mechanical abnormality has occurred in the steering device based on the predetermined component calculated in the predetermined component calculating process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.