ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,380, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Pyeongtaek-si, South Korea).
"Apparatus and method of detecting hands on/off of steering wheel" was invented by Hoseok Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Taeyoung Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure detects hands on/off by performing a frequency analysis based on a torque value of a steering wheel, so that it is possible to improve performance of hands on/off determination by using only an existing torque sensor even without requiring an additional sensor for detecting hands on/off."
The patent was filed on June 6, 2023, under Application...