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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Jens Christiansen, Plymouth, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2018.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 3/283 (2017.01); B60R 1/00 (2006.01); B62D 6/10 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0061 (2013.01); B60Q 3/283 (2017.02); B60R 1/00 (2013.01); B62D 6/10 (2013.01); B62D 15/025 (2013.01); B62D 15/029 (2013.01); G05D 1/021 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer is programmed to, upon determining that a vehicle entered an autonomous-steering mode, deactivate a plurality of lights on a steering-wheel rim; 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 that is at a steering-wheel angle corresponding to a current steering angle of the vehicle.