US 11,912,357 B2
Systems and methods for providing directional steering cues
Manuel Ludwig Kuehner, Mountain View, CA (US); and Nicholas Charles Fishwick, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US)
Filed by TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., Los Altos, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/477,158.
Prior Publication US 2023/0079860 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 50/10 (2012.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B62D 6/10 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 6/10 (2013.01) [B60W 50/10 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); B60W 2050/143 (2013.01); B60W 2510/202 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle, comprising:
an autonomous control system adapted to provide one or more commands to autonomously control one or more systems of the vehicle; and
an influential control component adapted to impart influential control over a driver's operation of a steering wheel of the vehicle, the imparted influential control effectuating cues for the driver to adjust the driver's actuation of the steering wheel by rotating one or more directional cue wheels on a surface of the steering wheel;
wherein the directional cue wheels rotate about an axis perpendicular to an axis of rotation of the steering wheel.