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Patent No.:

US 12307790 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 01, 2022

Steering wheel contact detection

Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

David Michael Herman, West Bloomfield, MI (US);

Yashanshu Jain, Dearborn, MI (US);

Ryan Sorsby, Canton, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:

Frank Lollo

Brooks Kushman P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Negussie Worku

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 20/64 (2022.01); B62D 6/10 (2006.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G06V 40/18 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 20/59 (2022.01); B62D 6/10 (2013.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 20/64 (2022.01); G06V 40/18 (2022.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30201 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30268 (2013.01);
Abstract

An object can be detected in contact with a steering wheel of a vehicle. A first image of the steering wheel at a first angle of rotation and a second image of the steering wheel at a second angle of rotation are then obtained. A type of the object is identified based on at least one of the first image or the second image, as one of a human hand or a foreign object. A vehicle component is controlled based on the type of object.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Herman, David. (2025). Steering wheel contact detection (U.S. Patent No. 12307790). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12307790

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