ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,358, issued on July 22, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Steering wheel hands-on/off detection device and method thereof" was invented by Joon-Sang Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering wheel hands-on/off detection device includes: an imaging part provided in a vehicle and configured to capture a motion of a driver; a dynamic sensor configured to measure a dynamics motion of the vehicle; an image processor configured to process an image obtained from the imaging part; and a vehicle safety controller. The image processor includes a driver...