ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,152, issued on April 29, was assigned to Toyota Research Institute Inc. (Los Altos, Calif.).
"Steering wheel-based HMI system" was invented by Hiroshi Yasuda (San Francisco) and Manuel Ludwig Kuehner (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering wheel-based HMI system for a vehicle includes a steer-by-wire system and a control module. The steer-by-wire system includes a steering wheel and a torque feedback unit mechanically connected to the steering wheel. The control module is communicatively connected to the torque feedback unit. The control module is configured to identify a communication, gather information abou...