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Vehicle steering control

  • US 10,545,498 B2
  • Filed: 07/21/2017
  • Issued: 01/28/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer comprising a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:

  • upon determining that a vehicle entered an autonomous-steering mode, deactivate a plurality of lights on a steering-wheel rim;

    upon determining that the vehicle is in the autonomous-steering mode, instruct an actuator rotatably coupled to the steering-wheel rim to hold the steering-wheel rim stationary while turning road wheels of the vehicle to create a current steering angle of the road wheels; and

    upon initiating a transition of the vehicle from the autonomous-steering mode to a manual-steering mode, illuminate at least one of the lights, wherein a position of the illuminated lights indicates a steering-wheel angle, wherein the steering-wheel angle correspond s to the current steering angle of the road wheels of the vehicle by a steering ratio.

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