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Hand-on steering wheel detection

  • US 9,630,628 B2
  • Filed: 05/15/2015
  • Issued: 04/25/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer comprising a memory and a processor storing instructions executable by the processor such that the computer is programmed to:

  • receive from a wearable portable device, mobile movement data representing movement of the wearable portable device;

    identify, from the mobile movement data, a vibrational torque signal including a periodic component, the periodic component corresponding to a vibration of a steering wheel during driving and transmitted by the steering column to the steering wheel; and

    determine that a hand of a user is on the steering wheel based at least in part on the periodic component of the vibrational torque signal from the mobile movement data.

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