US 12,246,742 B2
Method and control device for providing feedback to a vehicle occupant
Samantha Rout, Stuttgart (DE); Fabian Klausmann, Stuttgart (DE); Bastian Freese, Stuttgart (DE); Andrian Riedel, Gerlingen (DE); Dij Jayaratna, San Francisco, CA (US); Christian Delise, San Mateo, CA (US); Erik Glaser, San Francisco, CA (US); Alisia Martinez, San Francisco, CA (US); Alexander Bogner, Bad Liebenzell (DE); and Lutz Krauss, Karlsruhe (DE)
Assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Wolfsburg (DE); AUDI AG, Ingolstadt (DE); and DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AG, Stuttgart (DE)
Appl. No. 17/760,820
Filed by Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg (DE); AUDI AG, Ingolstadt (DE); and Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart (DE)
PCT Filed Nov. 22, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/082217
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 16, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/052610, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/900,874, filed on Sep. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0340159 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 50/16 (2020.01); B60W 50/08 (2020.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 50/16 (2013.01) [B60W 50/082 (2013.01); B60W 60/005 (2020.02); B60W 2520/105 (2013.01); B60W 2540/215 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for providing feedback to an occupant of a vehicle, comprising:
obtaining a signal corresponding to one or more of current and upcoming movements of the vehicle, wherein the signal is automatically generated by the vehicle when the vehicle is in an autonomous driving mode;
providing the obtained signal to a controller located within the cabin of the vehicle, wherein the controller is configured to both receive input from the occupant and to provide haptic feedback to the occupant when the controller is touched by the occupant; and
automatically moving the controller corresponding to the provided signal to indicate to the occupant the one or more of current and upcoming movements of the vehicle as haptic feedback of vehicle movements.