Haptic feedback for steering system controls
AssigneeSteering Solutions IP Holding Corporation
InventorAshok Chandy
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Abstract
A system for haptic feedback for steering system controls includes a touch sensor input detection module and an actuator haptic response driver module. The touch sensor input detection module acquires a touch sensor input from one or more touch sensors of a steering system and identifies a touch gesture type of the touch sensor input. The actuator haptic response driver module determines a desired haptic feedback associated with the touch gesture type and controls a steering system actuator to produce a haptic response based on the desired haptic feedback.
Claims17
A system for haptic feedback for steering system controls, the system comprising:
- a touch sensor input detection module that acquires a touch sensor input from one or more touch sensors of a steering system, identifies a touch gesture type of the touch sensor input, and determines a touch location of the touch gesture type;
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- an actuator haptic response driver module that determines a desired haptic feedback based on indexing the touch gesture type and the touch location with respect to a haptic feedback map and controls a steering system actuator to produce a haptic response based on the desired haptic feedback.
A steering system comprising:
- one or more touch sensors;
- a steering system actuator;
- and
- a control module operable to acquire a touch sensor input from the one or more touch sensors, identify a touch gesture type of the touch sensor input, determine a touch location of the touch gesture type, determine a desired haptic feedback based on indexing the touch gesture type and the touch location with respect to a haptic feedback map, and control the steering system actuator to produce a haptic response based on the desired haptic feedback.
A method for haptic feedback for steering system controls, the method comprising:
- acquiring, by a control module, a touch sensor input from one or more touch sensors of a steering system;
- identifying a touch gesture type of the touch sensor input;
- determining a touch location of the touch gesture type;
- determining a desired haptic feedback based on indexing the touch gesture type and the touch location with respect to a haptic feedback map;
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- controlling a steering system actuator to produce a haptic response based on the desired haptic feedback.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.