Messaging via vehicle steering wheel

US9290186B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Christopher Attard · Ann Arbor, US
• Shane Elwart · Ypsilanti, US
• Jeff Allen Greenberg · Ann Arbor, US
• Rajit Johri · Ann Arbor, US
• John P. Joyce · Beverly Hills, US
• Devinder Singh Kochhar · Ann Arbor, US
• Douglas Scott Rhode · Farmington Hills, US
• John Shutko · Ann Arbor, US
• Louis Tijerina · Dearborn, US
• Hongtei Eric Tseng · Canton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 10, 2014
• Grant date: Mar 22, 2016
• Expiry date: Jul 12, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60W2050/146
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

One of a condition affecting a vehicle and a planned action of the vehicle are identified. An instruction is provided to actuate movement of a steering wheel in the vehicle, wherein the movement is determined according to the one of the condition and the planned action.