Patent ID: 11904931
Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 10:
11. The steering system according to claim 1, wherein:
the control unit is configured to switch between a manual drive mode in which steering of steered wheels of the vehicle is driven based on an operation of the operation member by the driver and an autonomous drive mode in which the steering of the steered wheels is driven based on an instruction generated without depending on the operation of the operation member by the driver;
the control unit is configured to disable the operation member in the autonomous drive mode so as not to allow the operation member to accept the operation by the driver; and
the control unit is configured to enable the operation member that has been disabled when the control unit acquires, while the operation member is in a disabled state and is moving toward the normal position, the determination result indicating that the direction of the external force is the same as the moving direction of the operation member.