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Method and device for determining whether a hand cooperates with a manual steering element of a vehicle

US11094080B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG · BB

Inventors

David Schiebener · Mettmann, DE
Alexander Barth · Wohlen, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 24, 2020
Grant date	Aug 17, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 24, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06V40/107
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for determining an information on whether at least one hand of a vehicle driver cooperates with a manual steering element of a vehicle, wherein the method comprises: taking at least one image by means of at least one sensor mounted on the vehicle, wherein the at least one image captures at least a manual steering element of the vehicle; and determining, on the basis of the at least one image, an information on whether at least one hand of a vehicle driver cooperates with the manual steering element.

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