To accommodate advances in autonomous driving support and promote safe and comfortable mobility, Alpine has developed an ECU for manual detection to aid in the development of the next generation of autonomous systems by identifying changes in the driver's grip strength on the steering wheel.
Technological innovation is accelerating in automotive case areas such as autonomous driving, connected cars, sharing and services, and electrification.
One feature is hands-off detection, which defines the driver's grip state on the steering wheel and interacts with other systems to assess driving conditions to facilitate safe switching between driver control mode and system control mode. So vehicles equipped with these features need to detect and assess the driver's driving conditions to ensure safety, and can even switch between automatic and manual driving. Safety features are of Paramount importance as autonomous driver assistance systems continue to improve and legislation advances.
The correct switching time between automatic driving assistance and manual driving requires constant monitoring of the vehicle's driving state and the driver's driving posture to ensure safety. If it is deemed inappropriate to continue using the autopilot assistance system, the driver needs to be quickly warned that the assistance system will be removed and urged to resume manual driving immediately. To ensure safety, variations in driver's grip strength on the steering wheel need to be more accurately detected.
