Appeal No. 96-1920
Application 08/218,136
The disclosed invention pertains to a control system for
controlling the steering device of a vehicle. More
particularly, the invention estimates the driving skill of a
vehicle operator and uses this estimate to determine a level
of intervention for the control system. In this manner the
level of intervention for an automatic control system can be
decreased as the operator’s skill level increases.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A system for controlling a vehicle steering device
according to an operating condition of a vehicle, comprising:
means for detecting an operating condition of said
vehicle;
means for controlling said vehicle steering device
according to data on said operating condition detected by said
detecting means;
means for estimating a driving skill of a vehicle
operator according to an operation executed by said vehicle
operator;
means for modifying a property of said controlling means
according to said driving skill estimated by said driving
skill estimating means;
said operating condition includes at least one of a yaw
movement and a lateral acceleration of said vehicle; and
a level of intervention of said control means on said
steering device is decreased when said estimated driving skill
is relatively high.
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