US 11,858,497 B2
Operator drift maintenance
Avinash Balachandran, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Yan Ming Jonathan Goh, Palo Alto, CA (US); John Subosits, Menlo Park, CA (US); Michael Thompson, San Juan Capistrano, CA (US); and Alexander R. Green, Redwood City, CA (US)
Assigned to TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., Los Altos, CA (US)
Filed by TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., Los Altos, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/346,997.
Prior Publication US 2022/0396259 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 30/02 (2012.01); B60W 10/02 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 30/02 (2013.01) [B60W 10/02 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 30/09 (2013.01); B60W 60/0015 (2020.02)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer implemented method, comprising:
initiating, by an ECU of a vehicle, a stable drift;
obtaining, by the ECU, signals associated with a driver of the vehicle performing simulated drift maneuvers on one or more interfaces of the vehicle;
interpreting, by the ECU, the signals associated with the simulated drift maneuvers as a request for a desired drift condition;
limiting, by the ECU, the desired drift condition to a stable drift condition which approximates the desired drift condition; and
optimizing, by the ECU, control of the vehicle across multiple actuators of the vehicle in order to achieve the stable drift condition which approximates the desired drift condition.