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Driver detection steering wheel

  • US 10,293,783 B2
  • Filed: 05/19/2016
  • Issued: 05/21/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle comprising:

  • a steering wheel comprising;

    a body;

    a wheel;

    pillars connecting the wheel to the body;

    first sensors disposed on the wheel and facing away from the body; and

    second sensors disposed on the wheel and facing the body, each of the first sensors and second sensors forming a group;

    a vehicle speed sensor;

    a passenger sensor; and

    processors configured to;

    measure a duration of having a number of hands on the steering wheel by using the first sensors and the second sensors; and

    responsive to detecting, via the first sensors and the second sensors, two hands on the steering wheel for a predetermined period, responsive to detecting, via the vehicle speed sensor, that a speed of the vehicle is greater than a predetermined speed, and responsive to detecting, via the passenger sensor, a passenger, grant access to an infotainment system; and

    responsive to less than all sensors in the group satisfying a delay threshold, limit access to an infotainment system.

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