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Vehicle steering control display device

  • US 10,040,352 B2
  • Filed: 04/12/2016
  • Issued: 08/07/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • a vehicle steering wheel having spokes connected to a steering shaft, the wheel positioned in front of a dashboard having controls mounted therein;

    a flexible display attached to the wheel or a spoke;

    a sensor installed in the wheel to detect a driver'"'"'s hand position on the wheel;

    a transparent microfluidics layer for providing haptic feedback on the wheel;

    an overhead camera and micro cameras installed in the wheel to determine the driver'"'"'s eye position; and

    a processor attached to the flexible display, the sensor, the microfluidics layer, and the cameras to determine which controls are obscured by the wheel and the spokes for displaying pre-specified ones of the obscured controls on the flexible display, and for providing haptic feedback in the form of a touch sensation on the wheel.

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