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Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017

Filed:

Nov. 05, 2015
Applicant:

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;

Inventor:

Julian Eichhorn, Munich, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 15/02 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/10 (2006.01); B60W 30/12 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 15/029 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60W 30/10 (2013.01); B60W 30/12 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B62D 15/025 (2013.01); B62D 15/0255 (2013.01); B60K 2350/928 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01);
Abstract

A display device for a vehicle indicates upcoming automatically performed steering interventions. The display device includes a vehicle steering wheel; a light strip comprising a plurality of light elements positioned one alongside another, the light strip being formed in the vehicle steering wheel and being visible therein; and a control device that is coupled to the light strip and is configured to receive information regarding upcoming automatically performed steering interventions, particularly from a unit for automatically determining upcoming driving maneuvers, and activate light elements of the light strip on the basis of the received information on upcoming steering interventions.


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