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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2024
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Kotaro Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A grip determining system includes a contact sensor provided in a steering operation member of a vehicle and configured such that capacitance of the contact sensor varies according to a contact position of a driver on the steering operation member, a steering torque sensor configured to output an output value according to steering torque generated by a steering operation by the driver, and a controller configured to determine whether the driver is gripping the steering operation member. The controller is configured to estimate the contact position of the driver on the steering operation member based on the capacitance of the contact sensor, set a threshold according to the estimated contact position of the driver, and determine that the driver is gripping the steering operation member in a case where the output value of the steering torque sensor is equal to or more than the threshold.