STEERING ASSISTANCE CONTROL SYSTEM AND STEERING ASSISTANCE CONTROL METHOD

摘要

Provided is a steering assistance control system that controls an assistance torque that assists steering in an automobile in which an information presenting device is mounted, by using actuator units of a plurality of systems. The steering assistance control system comprises: a monitoring unit that monitors the actuator unit of each system (S101); a torque control unit for controlling an assistance torque obtained by combining output torques related to the actuator units of all the systems, so that the assistance torque is lower than that before the occurrence of one system abnormality, such control performed in conjunction with the turning of a steering wheel (S105-S107, S109, S111); and a warning control unit that controls the information presenting device so as to aurally present a warning sound inside the automobile (S108, S110).