To suppress deterioration of steering feeling by automatically correcting deviation of a middle point position of a torque sensor due to the secular change after shipment for reducing possibility of resulting in market claims.
A steering device comprises a storage means for storing/holding a set neutral position signal set by the torque sensor beforehand, a correction value calculation means for calculating an offset correction value of a present neutral position signal detected by the torque sensor, and a correction propriety determination means for determining a propriety of correcting the present neutral position signal. The present neutral position signal is corrected by the offset correction value based on the determination of the correction propriety determination means.
YAMAGUCHI HIDEYUKI
Sadayoshi Igarashi
Susumu Kitano
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