OCCUPANT STATE DETECTION DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

    公开(公告)号:US20250136168A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-05-01

    申请号:US18835563

    申请日:2023-01-31

    Inventor: Yuki YAMAZAKI

    Abstract: The present invention provides an occupant state detection device to which a touchpad and a grip sensor are both provided and in which the grip sensor and the touchpad can operate normally and a computer program. The occupant state detection device comprises: a steering wheel having a touchpad that can be operated using electrostatic capacitance and a grip sensor that detects whether a driver is gripping a rim portion; an operation determination unit that makes an operation determination regarding whether the touchpad is being operated; and a grip determination unit that makes a grip determination regarding whether the rim portion of the steering wheel is being gripped.

    HANDS-ON DETECTION DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

    公开(公告)号:US20250128752A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-24

    申请号:US18726001

    申请日:2022-12-19

    Inventor: Yuki YAMAZAKI

    Abstract: A hands-on detection device and a computer program that can simultaneously improve the speed of determining hands-on or hands-off and the accuracy of such determination.
    A hands-on detection ECU that performs hands-on detection of the rim part by passing a current through a sensor electrode provided on the rim part, hands-on detection being performed using two modes in which the current for the hands-on detection is different.

    GRIPPING DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND GRIPPING DETERMINATION METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20240182104A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-06

    申请号:US18552114

    申请日:2022-02-22

    CPC classification number: B62D1/046 B62D1/06

    Abstract: Providing of a gripping determination system and gripping determination method enabling detecting whether or not the driver is gripping the steering device with higher accuracy.
    A gripping determination system that determines a gripping state of a steering device having an electrode on a part of a steering device of a vehicle, includes:



    an electrostatic capacitance detecting part that detects electrostatic capacitance of the electrode,
    a steering torque sensor that detects steering torque of the steering wheel shaft, and
    a determining part that determines whether or not the steering device is being gripped based on detection results of the electrostatic capacitance detecting part and the steering torque sensor.

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