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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Key Safety Systems, Inc., Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Inventors:
Michael Jendrowski, Washington Township, MI (US);
Byron Spencer, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Roland Furtado, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
Key Safety Systems, Inc., Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/04 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60K 37/06 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/046 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 37/06 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/03 (2013.01); B60K 2370/122 (2019.05); B60K 2370/143 (2019.05); B60K 2370/146 (2019.05); B60K 2370/1468 (2019.05); B60K 2370/158 (2019.05); B60K 2370/164 (2019.05); B60K 2370/197 (2019.05); B60K 2370/48 (2019.05); B60K 2370/744 (2019.05); B60K 2370/782 (2019.05);
Abstract
An information processing and display system comprising steering wheel () having a rim () and at least one spoke (), and a plurality of sensors () placed about one or both of the rim and the spoke, each sensor selectively actuable due to the proximity of a finger, fingers, a hand or hands of a driver; and a processor, logic device or computer () in communication with each sensor and capable of detecting specific hand or finger movements corresponding to specific desirable functions.