Patent ID: 8989937
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. An emergency steering system comprising: a handle unit configured to receive a first steering operation signal from a driver to change a direction of a vehicle; a plurality of wheel units each including an in-wheel motor and a steering unit; a motor controller configured to control an electric current applied to at least one of the in-wheel motors; and an emergency steering signal input unit configured to receive an emergency steering signal from the driver as a second steering operation signal, which is a signal for applying the electric current to the at least one of the in-wheel motors, configured to transmit the received emergency steering signal to the motor controller, and configured to control the motor controller based on the emergency steering signal to change the direction of the vehicle, wherein the motor controller is configured to control the electric current applied to the at least one of the in-wheel motors based on the emergency steering signal.