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System for detecting abnormality of steering angle sensor
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Inventors: Nishihara, Takashi; Sato, Makoto; Kiryu, Hironobu; Ishii, Yukihisa;
Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP)
Primary Examiner: Myracle; Jerry W.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Armstrong, Nikaido, Marmelstein, Kubovcik & Murray
A system for detecting the abnormality of a steering angle sensor comprises a steering angle sensor for detecting the steering angle of a wheel of a vehicle to be steered, a reference motional parameter determining apparatus for determining a reference value of a vehicle motional parameter on the basis of the steering angle, a motional parameter detector apparatus for detecting a vehicle motional parameter indicative of the same physical quantity as the reference motional parameter, and an abnormality judging apparatus for judging the abnormality of the steering angle sensor by use of the reference motional parameter and the vehicle motional parameter. It is possible to reliably and promptly detect the abnormality of the steering angle sensor. Further, abnormality judging conditions are stabilized by a delaying timer adapted to start the judgement by the abnormality judging apparatus at a given interval after satisfaction of the abnormality judging conditions, and this contributes to a further correct judgement. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION What is claimed is: 1.
A system for detecting the abnormality of a steering angle sensor, comprising a steering angle sensor for detecting the steering angle of a wheel of a vehicle to be steered, a reference motional parameter determining means for determining a reference value of a vehicle motional parameter on the basis of said steering angle, a motional parameter detector means for detecting a vehicle motional parameter indicative of a physical quantity equal to that of said reference motional parameter, and an abnormality judging apparatus for judging the abnormality of said steering angle sensor by use of said reference motional parameter and said vehicle motional parameter.
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A system for detecting the abnormality of a steering angle sensor according to claim 1, wherein said abnormality judging apparatus comprises a reference motional parameter deviation calculating means for calculating a deviation between maximum and minimum values of said reference motional parameter within a predetermined time, a vehicle motional parameter deviation calculating means for calculating a deviation between maximum and minimum values of said vehicle motional parameter within a predetermined time, and a comparator means adapted to produce a signal indicative of the steering angle sensor being abnormal, when a difference between the deviations obtained by said reference motional parameter and the vehicle motional parameter is equal to or larger than a predetermined value.
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A system for detecting the abnormality of a steering angle sensor according to claim 1 or 2, further including a check-start judging apparatus operable to permit the abnormality judging apparatus to perform a judgment while operating conditions for said abnormality judging apparatus are satisfied, and a delaying timer operable to start a judgement operation of the abnormality judging apparatus at a predetermined interval from an instant when said check-start judging apparatus has decided that the operating conditions have been satisfied
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