US 12,227,192 B2
Apparatus and method for controlling steering wheel of autonomous vehicle
Seo Hyung Cheon, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Jin Su Jeong, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Eun Young Choi, Seoul (KR); Min Sang Yu, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Rosali Sun Pyun, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Ki Seok Seong, Chungcheongnam-do (KR); Dong Il Yang, Seoul (KR); and Woo Jin Kim, Incheon (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on May 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/745,672.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0125829 (KR), filed on Sep. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0092515 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 40/08 (2013.01) [B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 60/0053 (2020.02); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2540/223 (2020.02); B60W 2540/229 (2020.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for controlling a steering wheel, the apparatus comprising:
a monitoring device provided in an autonomous driving vehicle and configured to monitor a state of a driver during autonomous driving; and
a controller configured to:
control, during the autonomous driving, movement of the steering wheel to achieve at least one of an upward/downward location, a leftward/rightward tilting angle, or an axial movement of the steering wheel of the autonomous driving vehicle, based on the state of the driver; and
determine a sensitivity, by which the steering wheel is controlled, based on the state of the driver,
wherein the sensitivity includes a magnitude of the steering wheel movement controlled by the controller; and
wherein the controller is configured to increase or decrease the sensitivity based on the state of the driver.