Patent ID: 8275517

Claim:
System for assisting maneuvers of a motor vehicle, of the type having a power steering system, associated to a steering wheel and to a power steering actuator, whose operation is controlled by a data processing unit to apply an assisting torque to the steering system of the vehicle, wherein said assistance system comprises means for controlling the return of the steering system into at least one predetermined position connected to the data processing unit, said control means comprising means for calculating a return torque from a disturbance rejection torque corresponding to the resistance torque applied by the steering system and from a setpoint torque corresponding to the torque required to control the rotation of the steering wheel, wherein the predetermined position is a stop position of the steering system, wherein in a central position of the steering system, the vehicle advances in a straight line, and in the stop position of the steering system, the wheels of the vehicle are turned away from the central position, wherein the control means comprise means for acquiring the speed of the vehicle to trigger the return of the steering system into the predetermined position if the speed of the vehicle is zero.