ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,713, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC. (Los Altos, Calif.).
"Grip strength smart sleeves" was invented by Manuel Ludwig Kuehner (Los Altos, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for influential control over a driver's hand(s) that grip a vehicle's steering wheel. Upon issuing an autonomous control signal to control motive operation of the vehicle, an autonomous control system of the vehicle may further reinforce the application of the autonomous control signal by inducing the driver's hand(s) to grip/increase grip strength on the vehicle's steering wheel or by releasing t...