Automatic steering system for vehicle
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYasuo Shimizu, Katsuhiro Sakai
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Abstract
An automatic steering system having misoperation prevention is provided. The system includes a mode selecting switch operated by a driver having four switches for selecting any of four parking modes. If the driver pushes the switch for a desired parking mode, the switch is turned on or lit for 5 seconds. If the driver, having confirmed whether the selected parking mode is wrong or not, pushes an automatic parking start switch in the course of such period, automatic parking control is started. When the automatic parking start switch is not pushed while the switch is lit, or when the vehicle is moved by the driver to conduct the spontaneous parking, the switch is turned off to cancel the automatic parking control.
Claims9
An automatic steering system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a movement locus setting means for storing loci of movement of a vehicle for a plurality of target positions,
- a selecting means for selecting one locus of movement for one of the target positions,
- an actuator adapted to steer wheels of the vehicle,
- a control means coupled to the actuator for controlling the driving of the actuator based on the selected locus of movement, during movement of the vehicle from a start position to the target position, and
- a start means coupled to the control means for starting the control of the actuator based on the selected locus of movement after selection of the locus of movement by the selecting means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.