Patent ID: 7975801
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A vehicle control apparatus for controlling a vehicle, comprising: speed signal generating means for generating speed signals corresponding to each one of steerable wheels; discriminating means for discriminating and outputting vibration components on the speed signals from the speed signal generating means, the vibration components having a waveform similar to the sine wave and a cyclic period corresponding to a rotation of the steerable wheel; turn determining means for determining whether the vehicle is in a turning movement or not; and control means for controlling force on the steerable wheels in order to suppress vibrations on the vehicle, the force being adjusted based on the vibration components discriminated by the discriminating means to have a direction that is the same as a direction of a lateral force on the vehicle caused by the vibration components, when the turning movement of the vehicle is determined by the turn determining means.