Patent ID: 6173222
Filing Date: 2001-01-09
Classification: B60T,B62D,G05D

Abstract:
A steering control system for an autonomous intelligent vehicle having a steering system, said steering control system comprising:image input means for supplying images appearing in front of the vehicle, said image input means comprising a plurality of elements mounted at predetermined positions on the vehicle;a plurality of image grabbers receiving images supplied from the image input means, and capturing image signals corresponding to a road, said captured images comprising near image signals and distant image signals;a first controller determining if the vehicle is being driven within a lane of the road using the near image signals captured by the image grabbers;a second controller determining a driving direction of the vehicle and detecting curves in the road using the distant image signals captured by the image grabbers;a steering controller analyzing determinations of the first and second controllers and outputting control signals comprising a steering angle and a steering direction corresponding to the analysis; anddrive means for driving the steering system of the vehicle in the steering direction and the steering angle corresponding to the control signals outputted from the steering controller.