Steering wheel assembly for a motor vehicle
First Claim
1. A steering wheel assembly for a motor vehicle, having:
- a steering wheel rotatably mounted about a steering axis;
a steering wheel rim for activating the steering wheel;
at least one display device, arranged on the steering wheel, for displaying travel-related information of a motor vehicle; and
at least one detection device, arranged on the steering wheel, for detecting the state of attentiveness of a driver of the motor vehicle, wherein the detection device serves to actuate the display device as a function of the state of attentiveness of the driver, characterized in that, in a straight-ahead travel position of the steering wheel, the display device is arranged on the steering wheel rim along the vertical axis of the vehicle above the steering axis, and in that, in a straight-ahead travel position of the steering wheel, the detection device is arranged on the steering wheel rim adjacent to the display device along the vertical axis of the vehicle above the steering axis.
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Abstract
A steering wheel assembly for a motor vehicle is provided. The assembly includes a steering wheel, a steering wheel rim of the steering wheel at least partially rotating about a steering axis about which the steering wheel is mounted to be rotatable at an angle to the steering axis, at least one display device, arranged on the steering wheel, for displaying travel-related information of a motor vehicle, and at least one detection device, disposed on the steering wheel, for detecting an attentiveness level of the driver of the motor vehicle. The detection device is adapted to control the display device depending on the detected attentiveness level of the driver. The application is characterized that the at least one display device is mounted on the steering wheel rim.
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35 Claims
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1. A steering wheel assembly for a motor vehicle, having:
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a steering wheel rotatably mounted about a steering axis;
a steering wheel rim for activating the steering wheel;
at least one display device, arranged on the steering wheel, for displaying travel-related information of a motor vehicle; and
at least one detection device, arranged on the steering wheel, for detecting the state of attentiveness of a driver of the motor vehicle, wherein the detection device serves to actuate the display device as a function of the state of attentiveness of the driver, characterized in that, in a straight-ahead travel position of the steering wheel, the display device is arranged on the steering wheel rim along the vertical axis of the vehicle above the steering axis, and in that, in a straight-ahead travel position of the steering wheel, the detection device is arranged on the steering wheel rim adjacent to the display device along the vertical axis of the vehicle above the steering axis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method for actuating a display device using a steering wheel assembly, comprising:
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detecting a state of attentiveness of a driver using a detection device; and
actuating a display device to display travel-related information as a function of the detected attentiveness level, wherein with a detection device in the form of a camera it is automatically checked whether the camera is restricted in its function by a lens of the camera being covered, and wherein if the lens of the camera is covered the functional capability of the camera which is restricted as a result of this is indicated to the driver by means of the display device.
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Specification