US 12,459,566 B2
Apparatus and method for controlling 4-wheel independent steering system
Tae Hong Kim, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Dec. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/527,503.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0078790 (KR), filed on Jun. 20, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0425110 A1, Dec. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. B62D 7/15 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 7/159 (2013.01) 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for controlling a 4-wheel independent steering system of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
a sensor module;
a switch module comprising a plurality of switches configured for receiving an instruction for a transition of a steering mode of the 4-wheel independent steering system; and
a processor configured to execute a set of instructions stored on a storage medium to perform a steering mode transition operation of the 4-wheel independent steering system based on a combination of selections of the switches of the switch module),
wherein:
the switch module comprises a first switch of the plurality of switches and a second switch of the plurality of switches,
the first switch is located on a left-side of a steering wheel of the 4-wheel independent steering system and is configured to activate the processor to control transition of the 4-wheel independent steering system into and out of a left crab mode based on operations of the first switch, and
the second switch is located on a right-side of the steering wheel and is configured to activate the processor to control transition of the 4-wheel independent steering system into and out of a right crab mode based on operations of the second switch.