Patent ID: 8589028
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: B60W,B62D

Abstract:
1. A control apparatus for a vehicle comprising a steering mechanism capable of changing a rudder angle of steered wheels regardless of a driver's steering input, said control apparatus comprising: a performing device for performing predetermined lane keeping control for controlling the steering mechanism such that the vehicle does not depart from a target driving route, in response to a lane keeping request; and an ending device for ending the lane keeping control on the basis of an operating state of a direction indicator and a control state of the steering mechanism in a period of performing the lane keeping control, wherein the control state is a generation direction of generating a steering torque in a course of performing the lane keeping control, the operating state is an indicated direction of the direction indicator, and said ending device changes end timing of the lane keeping control in accordance with whether or not the generation direction is equal to the indicated direction.