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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2008
Applicants:
Kenta Kawakami, Utsunomiya, JP;
Yoshihiro Urai, Utsunomiya, JP;
Inventors:
Kenta Kawakami, Utsunomiya, JP;
Yoshihiro Urai, Utsunomiya, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This steering wheel retention state judging device includes: a torque application unit that applies a torque on a steering wheel of a vehicle, the steering wheel operated by a driver; an angle sensor that detects a steering angle of the steering wheel; and a steering wheel retention state judging unit that judges a retention state of the steering wheel by the driver based on the steering angle of the steering wheel when the torque is applied by the torque application unit.