CPC B62D 1/046 (2013.01) [B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60R 21/01532 (2014.10); B62D 1/06 (2013.01); B60K 35/60 (2024.01); B60K 2360/143 (2024.01); B60K 2360/782 (2024.01)] | 15 Claims |
1. A steering wheel of a vehicle, configured with a detection device to detect contact or proximity of a person with the steering wheel, the detection device comprising only three sensors, among which:
a first sensor arranged on a left-hand half of a first face of the steering wheel and to cover at least 45% of a perimeter of the rim or at least 90° of an angular sector defined in a plane normal to an axis of rotation of the steering wheel and centered on the axis of rotation,
a second sensor arranged on a right-hand half of said first face of the steering wheel and to cover at least 45% of a perimeter of the rim or at least 90° of an angular sector defined in the plane normal to an axis of rotation of the steering wheel and centered on the axis of rotation, and
a third sensor arranged on a second face opposed to said first face of the steering wheel and to cover at least 90% of a perimeter of the rim or at least 300° of an angular sector defined in the plane normal to an axis of rotation of the steering wheel and centered on the axis of rotation,
wherein said first face is a rear face of the steering wheel, and
wherein at least one of said sensors has, on a radial cross-section of the steering wheel, a position and/or an included angle that varies depending on a location of said radial cross-section on the steering wheel.
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