US 12,246,742 B2 · Method and control device for providing feedback to a vehicle occupant

Abstract

In a method and control device for providing feedback to a vehicle occupant, a signal corresponding to current and/or upcoming movements of the vehicle is obtained when the vehicle is in an autonomous driving mode. The obtained signal is provided to a control device located within the cabin of the vehicle. The control device is moved corresponding to the provided signal. In an embodiment, an input of the occupant for an autonomous driving unit of the vehicle via the control device is received and a signal corresponding to the received input is submitted to the autonomous driving unit. The input may correspond to a maneuver request and/or to a selection of one of several autonomous driving-modes.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method for providing feedback to an occupant of a vehicle, comprising:

obtaining a signal corresponding to one or more of current and upcoming movements of the vehicle, wherein the signal is automatically generated by the vehicle when the vehicle is in an autonomous driving mode;
providing the obtained signal to a controller located within the cabin of the vehicle, wherein the controller is configured to both receive input from the occupant and to provide haptic feedback to the occupant when the controller is touched by the occupant;
and
automatically moving the controller corresponding to the provided signal to indicate to the occupant the one or more of current and upcoming movements of the vehicle as haptic feedback of vehicle movements.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

17/760,820Filed 22 Nov 2019 · us provisional application

Priority

16 Sep 2019

Published

US 2022/0340159 A127 Oct 2022

Granted

11 Mar 2025

Term ends

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Classification18 codes

B60W 50/16
Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention: tactile feedback to the driver, e.g. vibration or force…
B60K 35/10
Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles: input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle,…
B60K 35/25
Output arrangements, i.e. from vehicle to user, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor: using haptic output
B60K 35/28
Output arrangements, i.e. from vehicle to user, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor: characterised by the type of the…

Method and control device for providing feedback to a vehicle occupant

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