System and method to prevent lateral control by limiting turning by a steering wheel
AssigneesToyota Research Institute, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsManuel Ludwig Kuehner, Jaime S. Camhi, Hiroshi Yasuda, Daniel J. Brooks
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Abstract
A system is provided for implementing steering wheel controls, namely steering wheel rotation locking. In accordance with embodiments of the disclosed technology, a system may comprise a steering wheel rotation locking device; and a controller communicatively connected to the steering wheel rotation locking device to determine a presence and location of one or more objects or conditions surrounding a vehicle, and produce steering wheel control feedback to physically prevent rotational movement of a steering wheel.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- determining a presence and location of one or more objects or conditions on a collision course with a vehicle, based on an analysis of vehicle data;
- and
- controlling a steering wheel rotation locking device to produce steering wheel control feedback that physically prevents rotational movement of a steering wheel in a direction that correlates to maneuvering the vehicle in a lateral direction towards the one or more objects or conditions.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, that when read by a processor, cause the processor to:
- determine a presence and location of one or more objects or conditions on a collision course with a vehicle, based on an analysis of vehicle data;
- determine a selected position of a steering wheel to engage a steering wheel rotation locking device;
- and
- control the steering wheel rotation locking device to produce steering wheel control feedback that physically prevents rotational movement of the steering wheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.