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Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 19, 2015
Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Inventors:

Masaya Watanabe, Miyoshi, JP;

Yoshiyuki Muramatsu, Aichi-gun, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); B62D 1/04 (2006.01); B62D 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 15/029 (2013.01); B62D 1/04 (2013.01); B62D 1/046 (2013.01); B62D 1/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a steering device, including: an acquisition section that acquires specific information related to whether or not a driving assistance section, which performs driving assistance processing that assists driving of a vehicle by an occupant, is performing the driving assistance processing; a gripping section that is grippable by the occupant, and that presents information so as to be perceptible to the occupant using an information presentation state that is one of a predetermined first information presentation state or a predetermined second information presentation state; and a controller that controls the gripping section so as to implement the first information presentation state as the information presentation state, and that, based on the specific information acquired by the acquisition section, controls the gripping section such that the information presentation state transitions from the first information presentation state to the second information presentation state.


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