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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2022
Steering Solutions Ip Holding Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Scott A Millsap, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
Gustavo M. Nunes, Midland, MI (US);
Omkar Karve, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Joseph A LaBarbera, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Michael S. Wyciechowski, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Continental Automotive Systems Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A system and method of hands-off signature detection may include applying a unique sinusoidal motor command to an EPS or handwheel actuator of a vehicle and monitoring attenuation of the unique sinusoidal motor command to determine if a user's hands are on or off of a handwheel of a vehicle. Attenuation of the unique sinusoidal motor command may occur due to the physical presence of a driver's hand(s) on the steering wheel.