Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Driver state estimation device
- Patent Title (中): 驱动状态估计装置
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Application No.: US12678245Application Date: 2009-08-07
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Publication No.: US08930080B2Publication Date: 2015-01-06
- Inventor: Hideki Sakai
- Applicant: Hideki Sakai
- Applicant Address: JP Aichi-Ken
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Aichi-Ken
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2008-219789 20080828
- International Application: PCT/JP2009/064022 WO 20090807
- International Announcement: WO2010/024109 WO 20100304
- Main IPC: B60W40/09
- IPC: B60W40/09

Abstract:
A driver state estimation device 1 includes a steering angle sensor 2 detecting a steering angle of a steering, a steering torque sensor 3 detecting steering torque applied to the steering, and an ECU 4 having a steering angle estimation unit 5 and a driver state estimation unit 6. The steering angle estimation unit 5 is input with a steering angle (steering angle detected value) MA detected by the steering angle sensor 2 and steering torque (steering torque detected value) MT detected by the steering torque sensor 3, determines whether the steering angle detected value MA is 0 or not, when the steering angle detected value MA is 0, calculates a steering angle estimated value MAest by multiplying the steering torque detected value MT by the gradient of the steering angle (proportionality coefficient) α with respect to the steering torque, and when the steering angle detected value MA is not 0, sets the steering angle detected value MA as the steering angle estimated value MAest.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100211268A1 DRIVER STATE ESTIMATION DEVICE Public/Granted day:2010-08-19
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