US 12,077,210 B2
Vehicle steering control system
Abhishek Pathak, Royal Oak, MI (US)
Assigned to Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US)
Filed by STEERING SOLUTIONS IP HOLDING CORPORATION, Saginaw, MI (US)
Filed on Feb. 13, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/789,641.
Prior Publication US 2021/0253167 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
Int. Cl. B62D 15/02 (2006.01); B62D 5/04 (2006.01); B62D 6/00 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 15/0285 (2013.01) [B62D 5/046 (2013.01); B62D 6/002 (2013.01); B62D 15/021 (2013.01); B62D 15/029 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A steering control system for providing steering assistance to an operator of a vehicle when pulling out of a parallel parking space, the steering control system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory that includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
determine a first steering direction of a vehicle based on a direction the operator is looking, wherein the direction the operator is looking indicates a direction that the operator intends to move the vehicle to pull out of the parallel parking space;
determine a selected gear of the vehicle as selected by the operator of the vehicle; and
in response to the first steering direction and the selected gear being a forward gear of the vehicle, generate a first steering control value to control steering of the vehicle to a first full lock position in the first steering direction and, in response to the selected gear being a reverse gear of the vehicle, generate a second steering control value to control steering of the vehicle to a second full lock position in a second steering direction opposite the first steering direction such that the operator of the vehicle changing the selected gear from the forward gear to the reverse gear causes steering of the vehicle to alternate from the first full lock position to the second full lock position and the operator of the vehicle changing the selected gear from the reverse gear to the forward gear causes the steering of the vehicle to alternate from the second full lock position to the first full lock position.