US 12,233,970 B2
Steering system based on intended yaw rate during loss of traction
Hiroshi Yasuda, San Francisco, CA (US); Manuel Ludwig Kuehner, Mountain View, CA (US); and Yan Ming Jonathan Goh, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Assigned to Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US); and Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed by Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/100,648.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/406,539, filed on Sep. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0083498 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. B62D 6/00 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 6/003 (2013.01) [B62D 6/005 (2013.01); B62D 15/025 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory communicably coupled to the processor and storing an assistance module including instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
in response to detecting a slipping tire of a vehicle losing traction with a road, decouple control of a pair of front tires of the vehicle by a steering wheel of the vehicle;
identify an intended yaw rate for controlling the vehicle by detecting an angle of the steering wheel while the slipping tire does not have traction; and
steer the vehicle separately from an input of the steering wheel to cause the intended yaw rate.