| US 7,469,176 B2 | ||
| Vehicle control system for traversing obstacles | ||
| Marcus Turner, Coventry (United Kingdom); and Ian Hulme, Leamington Spa (United Kingdom) | ||
| Assigned to Land Rover, Warwickshire (United Kingdom) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 16, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/869,743. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0283289 A1, Dec. 22, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 19/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 701—41 [701/1] | 15 Claims |
| 1. A vehicle control system, comprising:
an active steering system including a steerable wheel defining a steering angle and a steering wheel defining a driver input
control angle, said active steering system further including a coupler component, an actuator component, a controller component,
and a sensor component, said components operably interconnected such that said controller component can selectively vary said
steering angle relative to said driver input control angle, said steering angle defining a desired path;
said sensor component configured to detect at least a first vehicle operating parameter indicating that the vehicle is off
road, and to detect at least a second vehicle operating parameter indicating that the vehicle has encountered an object preventing
the vehicle from traveling along said desired path;
said controller component adapted to oscillate said steerable wheel when said sensor component detects that the vehicle is
off road and has encountered an object preventing the vehicle from traveling along said desired path.
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