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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2022
Knorr-bremse Systeme Fuer Nutzfahrzeuge Gmbh, Munich, DE;
Sven Kirschbaum, Mettmann, DE;
Jens-Hauke Mueller, Velbert-Neviges, DE;
Ali Karbaschian, Ratingen, DE;
KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method for detecting a probability of a steering element of a vehicle being held by a hand of a driver is disclosed. The method includes a step of reading in a torque signal representing a torque acting on a torque sensor coupled between the steering element and a steering transmission. The method also includes a step of recognizing a probability of a steering element of a vehicle being held by a hand of a driver if a value of the torque signal and/or an absolute value of the torque signal exceed(s) a threshold value that is dependent on a current vehicle speed in order to detect the probability of the steering element of the vehicle being held by a hand of the driver.