US Patent Issued to Steering Solutions IP Holding, Continental Automotive Systems on Sept. 16 for "Driver attention based steering effort modulation to prevent accidental lane changes" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,568, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Steering Solutions IP Holding Corp. (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and Continental Automotive Systems Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Driver attention based steering effort modulation to prevent accidental lane changes" was invented by Omkar Karve (Farmington Hills, Mich.) and Scott A. Millsap (Grand Blanc, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A number of variations may include a vehicle, system and method of modulating power steering or torque from a lane keep assist system based on driver attentiveness to avoid accidental land changes."

The patent was filed on July 7, 2022, under Application No. 17/85...