Patent ID: 6053270
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: B60R,B60T,B62D

Abstract:
A steering angle correcting system in a vehicle, comprising:a first detecting means for detecting a state of a lane of a road ahead of the vehicle on which the vehicle is traveling;a second detecting means for detecting a relationship of a current position of the subject vehicle to the road lane of the subject vehicle;a steering amount calculating means for calculating a steering amount required to maintain an aimed relationship of the position of the subject vehicle to the road lane ahead of the subject vehicle from outputs from said first and second detecting means;a steering amount detecting means for detecting a current steering amount; anda driving means for driving a steering device such as to decrease the difference between a steering amount calculated in said steering amount calculating means and a steering amount detected by said steering amount detecting means, said driving means being mounted between a grasping portion of a steering wheel and said steering device, wherein said driving means is arranged to permit a relative motion to be produced between said grasping portion of said steering wheel and said steering device in an operative state of said driving means, but to inhibit said relative motion in an inoperative state of said driving means.