US 12,187,121 B2
Vehicle control system, method and storage medium for determination and display of driver grip on a steering operation element
Takeyuki Suzuki, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/973,565.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-184167 (JP), filed on Nov. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0142656 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. B60K 35/00 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/29 (2024.01); B62D 6/00 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 35/00 (2013.01) [B62D 6/008 (2013.01); B62D 15/029 (2013.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/29 (2024.01); B60K 2360/178 (2024.01); B60K 2360/188 (2024.01); B60K 2360/191 (2024.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle control system comprising:
a steering operation element configured to receive a steering operation of a vehicle by a driver;
a grip detector configured to detect a gripping state of the steering operation element by the driver of the vehicle for each of a plurality of parts into which the steering operation element is divided; and
a display processor configured to cause a display device to display a notification image indicating at least the gripping state,
wherein the notification image includes a first graphic deformable based on a circle within an entire image area, and
wherein the display processor causes the display device to display the notification image including the first graphic deformed to expand, in a radial direction of the circle and to outside of the circle, only a location corresponding to a part of the circle where the driver is gripping the steering operation element.