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

Claim 9:
10. The steering system according to claim 1, further comprising
an input unit configured to accept an input by the driver and operate according to the input, 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 input unit in the autonomous drive mode so as not to allow the input unit to accept the input by the driver; and
the control unit is configured to enable the input unit that has been disabled when the control unit acquires, while the input unit is in a disabled state and the operation member 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.