Patent ID: 6338022
Filing Date: 2002-01-08
Classification: B60T,B62D

Abstract:
A vehicle travel safety device comprising:an object detecting means for detecting an object present in the direction in which a vehicle is traveling, a vehicle speed detecting means for detecting the speed of the vehicle, a relationship calculating means for detecting an oncoming vehicle on the basis of the output of the object detecting means and the vehicle speed of the vehicle detected by the vehicle speed detecting means and calculating the relationship between the vehicle and the oncoming vehicle, a collision determining means for determining the possibility of a collision between the vehicle and the oncoming vehicle on the basis of the relationship calculated by the relationship calculating means, an actuator for steering the vehicle, and an actuator control means for controlling the actuator when it is determined by the collision determining means that there is a possibility of a collision, wherein the control of the actuator includes a lateral movement control for moving the vehicle laterally to avoid a collision between the vehicle and the oncoming vehicle and a yaw angle correction control to return the vehicle attitude after the avoidance of the collision, to the state of the vehicle attitude prior to the avoidance of the collision.