US 11,835,332 B2
Device and method for detecting the steering wheel position, the steering wheel angle and the inclination of the steering wheel of a vehicle
Stefan Müller, Illingen (DE); Rainer Weisgerber, Saarwellingen (DE); Ismail Kurt, Völklingen (DE); and Thomas Tentrup, Merzig-Mechern (DE)
Assigned to DURR ASSEMBLY PRODUCTS GMBH, Puttlingen (DE)
Appl. No. 16/338,138
Filed by DÜRR Assembly Products GmbH, Saarbrücken (DE)
PCT Filed Sep. 29, 2017, PCT No. PCT/DE2017/100835
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 29, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/059628, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 5, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2016 118 593.0 (DE), filed on Sep. 30, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0293534 A1, Sep. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. G01B 11/26 (2006.01); G01C 9/06 (2006.01); G01M 17/06 (2006.01)
CPC G01B 11/26 (2013.01) [G01C 9/06 (2013.01); G01M 17/06 (2013.01); G01C 2009/066 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for detecting the steering wheel position, the steering wheel angle and the inclination of the steering wheel of a vehicle,
characterized in that the device comprises at least two cameras to sense the steering wheel, wherein at least three reference objects are releasably fastened to the steering wheel,
characterized in that the device comprises a frame for the three reference objects, wherein the three reference objects are interconnected by means of the frame, wherein the frame consists of three longitudinal elements that are interconnected, at a common center point, at one of the ends thereof, wherein the reference objects are in each case resiliently fastened at the other end of the longitudinal elements, in order to push the reference objects in the longitudinal direction of the longitudinal elements.