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US 2015/0307022 A1Published application
Haptic steering wheel
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorZachary David Nelson
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Abstract
At least one location of an operator's hand on a vehicle steering wheel is detected. One or more haptic devices may be actuated in the steering wheel to provide a message to the operator, the one or more haptic devices selected for actuation being determined according to the at least one location.
Claims20
A system, comprising a computer in a vehicle, configured to:
- instruct actuation of one or more haptic devices in a steering wheel to provide a message to a vehicle operator, the one or more haptic devices selected for actuation being determined according to one of a detected location of the operator's hand on the steering wheel and detected respective locations of the operator's hands on the steering wheel.
A method, comprising:
- detecting at least one location of an operator's hand on a vehicle steering wheel;
- and
- instructing actuation of one or more haptic devices in the steering wheel to provide a message to the operator, the one or more haptic devices selected for actuation being determined according to the at least one location.
A computer-readable medium having embodied thereon instructions executable by a computer processor, the instructions including instructions for:
- detecting at least one location of an operator's hand on a vehicle steering wheel;
- and
- instructing actuation of one or more haptic devices in the steering wheel to provide a message to the operator, the one or more haptic devices selected for actuation being determined according to the at least one location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.