Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle steering control display device
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Application No.: US15096662Application Date: 2016-04-12
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Publication No.: US10040352B2Publication Date: 2018-08-07
- Inventor: James E. Bostick , John M. Ganci, Jr. , Martin G. Keen , Sarbajit K. Rakshit
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent William H. Hartwell
- Main IPC: B60K35/00
- IPC: B60K35/00 ; B60Q9/00 ; B62D1/04

Abstract:
In one embodiment, a system for a vehicle control display device is provided. The system includes a vehicle steering wheel having spokes connected to a steering shaft, the wheel positioned in front of a dashboard having controls mounted therein. The system further includes a flexible display attached to the wheel or a spoke. The system further includes a sensor installed in the wheel to detect a driver's hand position on the wheel. The system further includes an overhead camera and micro cameras installed in the wheel to determine the driver's eye position. The system further includes a processor attached to the flexible display, the sensor, and the cameras to determine which controls are obscured by the wheel and the spokes and for displaying pre-specified ones of the obscured controls on the flexible display.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170291493A1 VEHICLE STEERING CONTROL DISPLAY DEVICE Public/Granted day:2017-10-12
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