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Method for sensing the readiness of a driver to steer

  • US 20030088352A1
  • Filed: 10/01/2002
  • Published: 05/08/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Method for sensing the readiness to steer or the steering behavior of a motor vehicle driver, comprising supplying an electrical signal when at least one pressure and/or contact sensor is touched and/or pressure is exerted, the at least one sensor being integrated into a steering wheel of a motor vehicle or mounted on the steering wheel and is provided with a multiplicity of one of sensor elements and sensor segments arranged along the circumference of the steering wheel, and detecting whether the driver'"'"'s hand grasps the steering wheel from inside, outside, top or bottom thereof via each of the sensor elements or sensor segments which has, in the cross-section of a rim of the steering wheel, contact-sensitive zones.

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