Patent ID: 6564140
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: B60K,B60T,B60W

Abstract:
A vehicle dynamics control system comprising:road information recognizing means for detecting and recognizing a situation of a road and a shape of the road; vehicle behavior control means for controlling a behavior of the vehicle, said vehicle behavior control means including at least a braking power control unit for controlling the behavior of the vehicle by using a braking force; and variable control means for, according to the situation of the road and the shape of the road, freely varying at least one of a magnitude of control and a sensibility of said vehicle behavior control means in intervening in associated control actions, wherein said braking power control unit judges whether a driving condition of the vehicle signifies a tendency toward one of oversteering and understeering; and wherein said variable control means varies a sensibility of said braking power control unit in intervening in an associated control action depending on whether the control action is performed to cope with the tendency toward the oversteering or the understeering according to the situation of the road and the shape of the road.