WO2024256319A1 - Verfahren zum betreiben einer lenkradvorrichtung mit einer kombinierten heiz- und detektionseinrichtung sowie heiz- und detektionseinrichtungen - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to two methods for operating a steering wheel device with a combined heating and detection device.
- the invention also relates to two combined heating and detection devices for a steering wheel device for a motor vehicle, a steering wheel device with a combined heating and detection device and a motor vehicle with a steering wheel device.
- a motor vehicle can have a steering wheel device in which a detection device is integrated.
- the detection device is designed to determine whether or not a user of the motor vehicle is currently touching the steering wheel device with at least part of a hand or is gripping it with at least one hand.
- the detection device can therefore provide a hand detection function, which can alternatively be referred to as hands-on detection (HOD).
- HOD hands-on detection
- a check to see whether the user is touching the steering wheel device with at least part of the hand or is gripping the steering wheel device with at least the hand can be carried out, for example, in order to determine whether the user is ready to take over manual steering of the motor vehicle again if the steering of the motor vehicle is currently being carried out by an at least partially automatic, in particular fully automatic function, for example a driver assistance system.
- the user is therefore preferably a driver of the motor vehicle.
- the detection device can be designed as a capacitive detection device. It typically has a capacitive sensor.
- the capacitive sensor comprises at least one electrode and preferably several electrodes.
- the at least one electrode can be designed, for example, as a mat that is arranged around a steering wheel skeleton of the steering wheel device.
- a heating function for the steering wheel can also be implemented.
- the heating function can, for example, specify and implement an increase in the temperature of the steering wheel to a predetermined target temperature.
- the detection device can therefore actually be a combined heating and detection device.
- such a combined heating and detection device has different operating modes in which it is operated alternately. For example, it can be controlled alternately for a first time window in a heating mode to heat the steering wheel device and for a second time window in a detection mode to detect the presence of at least part of the hand in a gripping area of the steering wheel device.
- this leads to relatively long interruptions in heating during the detection mode. It can therefore be energy-intensive to bring the steering wheel device to a predetermined target temperature, for example, and to keep it there.
- the combined heating and detection device is therefore not very efficient.
- a first aspect of the invention relates to a method for operating a steering wheel device with a combined heating and detection device.
- the steering wheel device can alternatively be referred to as a steering wheel.
- the steering wheel device is intended for a motor vehicle. In particular, it is installed in the motor vehicle. This method can be referred to as the first method.
- the heating and detection device has at least two electrodes which are arranged distributed on a steering wheel rim of the steering wheel device.
- the respective electrode can be designed as a mat, in particular as a sensor mat.
- a first electrode of the at least two electrodes can be arranged in at least one partial area of an inner side of the steering wheel device which faces a steering wheel hub of the steering wheel device.
- a second electrode of the at least two electrodes can be arranged on at least one partial area of an outer side of the steering wheel device opposite the inner side. This makes it clear that electrodes can, for example, be opposite one another, for example in relation to a steering wheel skeleton of the steering wheel device.
- one of the electrodes can be arranged at least on a partial area of an underside of the steering wheel device which faces a steering wheel column of the steering wheel device, and/or on at least one partial area of an upper side of the steering wheel device opposite the underside.
- Steering wheel device which faces a driver's seat of the motor vehicle when the steering wheel device is installed in a designated installation position in the motor vehicle.
- the at least two electrodes are controlled alternately in a heating mode for heating the steering wheel device and in a first detection mode for detecting the presence of at least part of a hand in a gripping area of the steering wheel device.
- the electrodes can be operated in heating mode for a first time window of, for example, 8 milliseconds and then in the first detection mode for a second time window of, for example, 2 milliseconds.
- the two time windows can be of the same length. Time windows other than those mentioned are possible.
- a switch of the heating and detection device can be provided, by means of which it is possible to switch between the modes.
- a first measured value is recorded together for the at least two electrodes.
- the first measured value depends, for example, on whether at least part of the hand is present in the gripping area or not.
- the first measured value also varies, for example, depending on whether only individual fingers of the hand touch the steering wheel rim or whether the hand is gripping the steering wheel rim.
- the first measured value is influenced, for example, by whether a single hand or two hands are present in the gripping area.
- the gripping area is, for example, a surface of the steering wheel device that is arranged in the detection area of at least one of the several electrodes of the heating and detection device.
- the first measured value is recorded together for all electrodes, i.e. at least for the two electrodes.
- the reference value can be specified, for example, depending on an activated driver assistance system. It can therefore be selected, for example, in such a way that the deviation from the The reference value is used to detect whether the steering wheel rim is gripped with both hands or whether no part of the hand is present in the gripping area. Depending on whether touching and/or gripping the steering wheel rim is currently required or not, the reference value can be selected accordingly.
- the first measured value deviates from the specified reference value if it is larger or smaller than this.
- a reference value range can be specified, i.e. an interval of several reference values. If the first measured value is outside the specified reference value range, the system switches to the second detection mode.
- the heating and detection device switches back to heating mode.
- the alternating control in heating mode and first detection mode is therefore continued. In this case, there is no switch to the second detection mode.
- a second measured value is recorded and evaluated individually for each of the at least two electrodes.
- self measurements take place for each of the at least two electrodes.
- the second measured value for the first electrode is recorded first and then the second measured value for the second electrode, or vice versa.
- this takes more time than the joint measurement in the first detection mode. This extends the time interval between two heating phases, which at least makes heating efficient.
- mutual measurements can be carried out with more than two electrodes, in which at least two electrodes are always measured against each other.
- the respective second measured value is also evaluated.
- the evaluation includes, for example, comparing each of the second measured values with another reference value and/or another reference value range. For example, as a result of the measurements in the second detection mode, it is determined whether the presence or absence of the hand in the gripping area specified by the reference value or the reference value range can also be detected in the individual measurements on the electrodes, i.e. can be determined or not. A detailed measurement of the individual electrodes therefore only takes place if the previously performed joint measurement showed an anomaly. This makes the detection function of the heating and detection device efficient. Overall, both the detection of the presence of the hand in the gripping area of the steering wheel device and its heating are carried out efficiently.
- the influence of the measurement due to mutual influence of the electrodes is reduced. This is at least because the at least two electrodes are operated in parallel with the same potential when they are measured together.
- the reference value or the reference value range can also include the influence.
- shielding of the electrodes and/or electronics of the steering wheel device i.e. a so-called SHIELD signal, can be improved because the electrodes are operated in parallel with the same potential in the first detection mode. This causes the electrodes to be charged homogeneously. This improves the measurement of a change in capacitance when at least part of the hand is present in the gripping area.
- One embodiment provides that by evaluating the respective second measured value recorded, the electrode of the at least two electrodes in whose detection area at least part of the hand is present is determined. During the individual measurements in the second detection mode, it can thus be determined in which part of the steering wheel rim the hand is located and in which it is not. This is particularly useful with more than two electrodes that are distributed around the steering wheel rim and divide it into several zones. The presence or absence of at least part of the hand can then be individually detected and provided for each zone.
- the respective measured value can be used to distinguish whether individual fingers or the entire hand are present in the gripping area.
- Known methods for evaluating measured values from a detection device of a steering wheel device can be used here.
- one embodiment provides that the at least two electrodes are controlled in heating mode again after being controlled in the second detection mode. After each of the electrodes has been measured individually, the mode changes back to heating mode. The first detection mode can then be used again, for example. The heating and detection device therefore always tries to switch between heating mode and the first detection mode, provided that the first measured value allows this. If a switch to the second However, if detection mode is necessary, it will return to heating mode as soon as possible and return to alternating operation in heating mode and first detection mode. This helps to ensure that both the detection of the presence of the hand in the gripping area of the steering wheel device and its heating are always carried out efficiently.
- a further aspect of the invention relates to a method for operating a steering wheel device with a combined heating and detection device, which has at least two electrodes that are distributed on a steering wheel rim of the steering wheel device.
- the steering wheel device corresponds in terms of the arrangement and design of the electrodes, for example, to the steering wheel device described above.
- a measuring mode a measurement is carried out between two of the at least two electrodes in order to detect the presence of at least part of a hand in a gripping area of the steering wheel device. This method can be referred to as a second method.
- the heating and detection device is therefore designed to carry out a measurement between two electrodes of the at least two and thus several electrodes in order to detect or determine the presence of the hand.
- the heating and detection device can have a measuring unit for this purpose that records the measurement information. No independent measurement of the respective electrode is therefore carried out, but rather the joint measurement using at least two electrodes mentioned above. This makes the detection of the presence of the hand in the gripping area particularly reliable and accurate compared to pure independent measurements.
- the measurement between the two electrodes can be understood as a coupling of the two electrodes.
- the heating and detection device is preferably operated with an alternating voltage, so that the steering wheel device can have an alternating voltage source for the heating and detection device or the steering wheel device is supplied with energy by means of an alternating voltage source external to the steering wheel, which can be a component of the motor vehicle.
- the measurement information can therefore describe an impedance, in particular a capacitive component of the impedance, wherein the heating and detection device has the impedance when it is operated with alternating current
- This operation with alternating voltage can also be provided in the first aspect of the invention.
- a first electrode of the two electrodes When measuring between the two electrodes, a first electrode of the two electrodes is controlled to heat the steering wheel device. Heating and detection of the presence of at least part of the hand in the gripping area of the steering wheel device thus take place simultaneously.
- the measuring mode or detection mode of the heating and detection device is therefore combined with the heating mode of the heating and detection device.
- a second electrode of the two electrodes is not controlled to heat, but only serves to detect the presence of the hand.
- the detection of the presence of the hand and thus the measurement between the two electrodes takes place in particular at the beginning and/or at the end of the heating. It therefore takes place during a phase of switching on and/or switching off the first electrode as the electrode for heating. In this phase, a voltage applied to the first electrode is, for example, increased or reduced.
- the first electrode is operated in an excitation mode in which a temporal variation of an electrical charge of the first electrode is specified.
- the first electrode is consequently excited or stimulated in the excitation mode. It can therefore alternatively be referred to as a transmitting electrode.
- the charge of the first electrode is consequently not constant in the excitation mode, so that, for example, a temporally changing electromagnetic field is generated in the heating and detection device.
- the second electrode of the two electrodes is simultaneously operated in a receiving mode in which capacitive measurement information describing the second electrode can be detected. The second electrode can therefore be referred to as a receiving electrode.
- the capacitive measurement information is, for example, a capacitance, in particular a capacitive component of the impedance.
- the detected measurement information is influenced by the stimulated first electrode, that is, by the temporally changing electromagnetic field generated. Since at least the first electrode influences the second electrode, a measurement is carried out between at least these two electrodes and thus a joint measurement.
- the recorded capacitive measurement information is influenced at least by the temporal variation of the electrical charge of the first electrode, so that the presence of at least part of the hand is recognizable, i.e. can be recognized, by evaluating the recorded capacitive measurement information. It is therefore intended that the first electrode stimulates the second electrode by changing its charge. It is assumed here that the two electrodes are arranged in such a way that the electromagnetic field generated by the change in charge affects the capacitive measurement information recorded by the second electrode and thus the second electrode. Taking into account the predetermined temporal variation of the charge, it is at least possible to estimate which capacitive measurement information is expected for the second electrode, i.e. which capacitive measurement information is stimulated. If the hand now moves into the gripping area of the steering wheel, this has an effect on the capacitive measurement information recorded for the second electrode. This effect can be determined by evaluating the measurement information. This illustrates how the presence of the hand can be detected and thus identified.
- the first electrode used for heating is in excitation mode due to the voltage applied to it for heating.
- the second electrode in reception mode, the presence of at least part of the hand is detected in addition to heating, so that the heating and detection functions occur simultaneously. Heating takes place, for example, in an area or zone of the first electrode and the hand is detected in the area or zone of the second electrode.
- one embodiment provides that a mode of the respective electrode is continuously changed between the excitation mode and the reception mode, whereby only the respective electrode that is operated in the excitation mode is always controlled to heat the steering wheel device.
- the first electrode is initially controlled for a first time window and then the second electrode for a second time window for heating. After the second time window, the first electrode is again controlled for the first time window for heating and so on.
- the two time windows can be selected to be the same length or different lengths. It is therefore not intended that the first electrode is constantly operated in the excitation mode and the second electrode in the reception mode, but rather the two electrodes repeatedly switch between the two possible modes.
- the change between the modes takes place after an interval in the range of milliseconds, for example between 100 and 300 milliseconds.
- the hand grasps the steering wheel, it is typically in the detection range of two electrodes arranged around the steering wheel rim. The presence of the hand is therefore detected for, for example, the electrode that is currently in receive mode.
- This can be used to detect, for example, a grasp of the steering wheel rim or the steering wheel by alternately recording and evaluating the capacitive measurement information for the first and second electrodes, with the presence of the hand then being detected for both electrodes in receive mode.
- more than two electrodes are provided, in particular four electrodes.
- the other three electrodes can each be operated at least temporarily in the reception mode.
- the second electrode can be controlled for heating at least partially at the same time, with, for example, a third and fourth electrode of the four electrodes now each being operated in the reception mode.
- a preferred embodiment provides that the first electrode experiences a voltage change.
- the first electrode can first be switched off for a predetermined time interval and then switched on.
- a voltage drop or voltage value is specified via the first electrode, for example when switching on, so that if at least part of the hand is present in the gripping area of the steering wheel device during the voltage change, in particular when switching on, a measured value of the measurement between the two electrodes depends on which part of the steering wheel rim at least part of the hand is present in.
- connections for two electrodes for example, run at a first location on the steering wheel rim.
- the voltage drop or voltage value is now specified at the connections for the first electrode, i.e. this electrode is controlled for heating and operated in excitation mode.
- a high voltage can be applied to a first connection of the two connections of this electrode compared to the voltage applied to a second connection of the two connections.
- the voltage applied to the second connection is, for example, 0 volts.
- a maximum measurable value can now be recorded when measuring between the two electrodes.
- a minimum measurable value is recorded when measuring between the two electrodes.
- a measurement value is recorded that lies between the maximum and the minimum measurable measurement value. If the second location is opposite the first location, the measurement value is, for example, 50 percent of the maximum measurable measurement value. However, if the second location is, for example, midway between the first location and the opposite location, the measurement value is 25 percent or 75 percent of the maximum measurable measurement value, depending on whether this second location is further away from the first connection or closer to it compared to the opposite location.
- the location on the steering wheel rim where the hand grips the steering wheel rim can be determined. This means that three or more partially overlapping electrodes are not necessary for this location-accurate detection. This simplifies the heating and detection device compared to other location-accurate detection techniques.
- the voltage is preferably first reduced to zero by switching the first electrode off and then increased again to the maximum by switching it on.
- smaller voltage changes without switching it off and then on are possible.
- Such a voltage change can be specified, for example, by the control device of the steering wheel device.
- the voltage change can occur when the engine is started, when an energy-intensive driver assistance system of the motor vehicle is activated or deactivated and/or when a vehicle battery of the motor vehicle is charged in recuperation mode and can be used for the location-specific detection of the presence of the hand at the time of this voltage change.
- a phase of noise in the voltage of the power supply of the steering wheel can be used to carry out the location-specific detection.
- the second electrode is operated synchronously with the voltage change in receive mode.
- the described method for spatially resolved detection of the presence of a hand can be transferred to any capacitive sensor that is based, for example, on capacitively detected touches.
- a touch-sensitive switch for which sliding a finger along the switch is to be detected and evaluated.
- a slide function can therefore be implemented.
- the volume of an audio output in the vehicle and/or the temperature of an air conditioning system in the vehicle can be set by detecting a location of the touch on the switch and linking it to a specified setting parameter for the audio output or the air conditioning system.
- An additional embodiment provides that the spatially resolved determination described above is checked.
- a voltage change is again applied to the first electrode, for example by first switching it off again for a predetermined time interval and then switching it on.
- a reverse voltage drop in particular a charge change in the opposite direction, is specified via the first electrode than before, particularly when switching it on.
- the higher voltage is now applied to the second connection compared to the first connection. This changes the proportions of the maximum measurable measured value that are expected at the individual locations on the steering wheel rim when the hand grasps the steering wheel rim there.
- the evaluation of the measured value is now repeated, whereby only if the same part of the steering wheel rim is determined in both evaluations is presence information describing this part provided.
- both measurement values indicate the same location on the steering wheel rim. This is then described by the presence information.
- the respective location is understood here as a partial area of the steering wheel rim, since the hand that grips the steering wheel rim always covers a certain area (partial area) and thus more than one specific point (location). This ensures that the location-resolved detection of the hand's presence has been carried out reliably before the presence information is provided, for example, to a currently activated driver assistance system in the vehicle.
- an embodiment provides that after the at least two electrodes have been controlled in the second detection mode, the at least two electrodes are controlled in the measuring mode.
- the heating and detection device switches to the measuring mode, in which heating takes place and the presence of the hand is detected at the same time, with the joint measurement being carried out for this purpose. It is now checked whether a result relating to the presence of at least part of the hand in the gripping area of the steering wheel device, which was obtained in the second detection mode, matches such a result in the measuring mode.
- Such a result in the measuring mode is a result relating to the presence of at least part of the hand in the gripping area of the steering wheel device.
- the two described methods for operating the steering wheel device with the combined heating and detection device are therefore applied one after the other to ensure that no measurement error has occurred when applying the first or second method of the two methods.
- the method with the measurement mode represents a verification level and a redundant method to the method with the detection modes. This is particularly suitable for driver assistance systems with safety requirements that require or require a redundant design of components and/or functions of the motor vehicle.
- a further embodiment provides that if the presence of at least part of the hand in the gripping area of the steering wheel device was detected when the at least two electrodes were activated in the measuring mode, the at least two electrodes are then activated in the first detection mode and/or in the second detection mode. It is then checked whether the presence of at least part of the hand in the gripping area of the steering wheel device is also detected by means of the first or second detection mode.
- the heating and detection device is initially operated according to the second method, which provides the measuring mode in which heating and the presence of the hand are detected at the same time, with the joint measurement being carried out for this purpose. If the presence of the hand is detected here, this result is checked, for which the first method is used.
- the two described methods for operating the steering wheel device with the combined heating and detection device are therefore applied one after the other to ensure that no measurement error has occurred when applying the second of the two methods.
- the method with the detection modes represents a verification level and a redundant method to the method with the measurement mode. This is particularly suitable for driver assistance systems with safety requirements that require or require a redundant design of components and/or functions of the motor vehicle.
- the trigger can be set to detect or determine the absence of the hand instead of detecting or recognizing the presence of at least part of the hand in the gripping area of the steering wheel device.
- the trigger depends, for example, on the activated driver assistance system.
- An additional embodiment provides that only if a match was found during the check, result information describing the presence or absence of at least part of the hand in the gripping area of the steering wheel device is recognized and provided, in particular by means of a control device of the steering wheel device. It can therefore be provided that the result of one of the two methods alone is not sufficient to be used further. This leads to a consistently reliable detection of the presence of at least part of the hand, in particular the entire hand, in the gripping area, since this presence is only provided as result information, for example for the activated driver assistance system, if it is detected twice.
- Advantages of the described methods include: a reduction in the effects of cross talking between the electrodes when detecting the presence of the hand; cross talking can be used to detect moisture in the steering wheel device by taking into account the increase in coupling due to the impedance between the electrodes; improvement of the Heating performance either by optimizing the detection mode measurement periods and/or by using the measurement mode measurement periods; optimizing the quiescent current, since the time for the hand presence measurement is less when the first detection mode is activated; reducing the load on the SHIELD signals; and/or improving electromagnetic interference (EMI) performance, for example by reducing radiated noise (RF noise), since in the first detection mode all electrodes are measured simultaneously.
- EMI electromagnetic interference
- a further aspect of the invention relates to a combined heating and detection device for a steering wheel device for a motor vehicle, wherein the heating and detection device has at least two electrodes and is designed to control the at least two electrodes alternately in a heating mode for heating the steering wheel device and in a first detection mode for detecting the presence of at least part of a hand in a gripping area of the steering wheel device.
- the heating and detection device is designed to record a first measured value jointly for the at least two electrodes in the first detection mode, to check whether the recorded first measured value deviates from a predetermined reference value, and only if this is the case, to control the at least two electrodes in a second detection mode for detecting the presence of at least part of the hand in the gripping area of the steering wheel device, in which a respective second measured value is recorded and evaluated individually for each of the at least two electrodes.
- At least the embodiments that were described for the first method apply analogously to this heating and detection device.
- a further aspect of the invention relates to a combined heating and detection device for a steering wheel device for a motor vehicle, wherein the heating and detection device has at least two electrodes and is designed to carry out a measurement between two electrodes of the at least two electrodes in a measuring mode in order to detect the presence of at least part of a hand in a gripping area of the steering wheel device.
- the heating and detection device is designed to control a first electrode of the two electrodes for heating the steering wheel device during this measurement.
- At least the embodiments that were described for the second method apply analogously to this heating and detection device.
- An additional aspect of the invention relates to a steering wheel device for a motor vehicle with a combined heating and detection device as described above.
- the at least two electrodes of the heating and detection device are arranged distributed on a steering wheel rim of the steering wheel device.
- One aspect of the invention relates to a motor vehicle with a steering wheel device as described above.
- the motor vehicle is, for example, a passenger car, a truck, a bus, a motorcycle and/or a moped.
- the motor vehicle can have the control device described.
- a further aspect of the invention relates to a control device for the steering wheel device and/or the heating and detection device.
- the control device is designed to carry out the respective described method.
- the control device carries out the respective described method, in particular an embodiment or a combination of embodiments of the respective described method.
- the control device has a processor device.
- the processor device can have at least one microprocessor and/or at least one microcontroller and/or at least one FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) and/or at least one DSP (Digital Signal Processor).
- the processor device can have program code, which can alternatively be referred to as a computer program product.
- the program code can be stored in a data memory of the processor device.
- a further aspect of the invention relates to a computer program product.
- the computer program product is a computer program.
- the computer program product comprises instructions which, when the program is executed by a computer, such as by the control devices, cause the computer to carry out the corresponding steps of the respective method described.
- the detection of the presence of the hand or at least part of the hand can alternatively be referred to as determining, determining or ascertaining the presence within the meaning of the invention.
- the detection of the presence of the hand can be understood here as the detection of the presence of at least part of the hand and vice versa.
- Fig. 1 is a schematic representation of a motor vehicle with a steering wheel device
- Fig. 2 is a schematic representation of a steering wheel device
- Fig. 3 is a schematic representation of a first method for operating a steering wheel device with a combined heating and detection device
- Fig. 4 is a schematic representation of switch positions for the method in Fig. 3;
- Fig. 5 is a schematic representation of a second method for operating a steering wheel device with a combined heating and detection device
- Fig. 6 is a schematic representation of an embodiment of the method according to Fig. 5;
- Fig. 7 shows a schematic representation of a signal flow graph of a method for the precise location detection of the presence of a hand in a gripping area of a steering wheel device
- Fig. 8 shows a schematic representation of a signal flow graph of a method for checking the methods according to Fig. 3 and Fig. 5 or Fig. 6.
- Fig. 8 shows a schematic representation of a signal flow graph of a method for checking the methods according to Fig. 3 and Fig. 5 or Fig. 6.
- functionally identical components are provided with the same reference symbols.
- Fig. 1 shows a section of an interior of a motor vehicle 1.
- the motor vehicle 1 has a steering wheel device 2.
- the steering wheel device 2 has a heating and detection device 3 which is integrated into the steering wheel device 2 and is therefore a component of the steering wheel device 2 which is arranged below a surface of the steering wheel device 2.
- the steering wheel device 2 can alternatively be referred to as a steering wheel.
- the steering wheel device 2 has a steering wheel rim 4 and a central steering wheel cup 9.
- An axis A runs perpendicular to the surface of the steering wheel device 2.
- the steering wheel rim 4 or the steering wheel device 2 has an inner side 5 that faces the steering wheel cup 9. It or she also has an outer side 6 that is opposite the inner side 5 and thus faces away from the steering wheel cup 9. The outer side 6 faces an area surrounding the steering wheel device 2.
- two hands 7 of a user 8 grasp the steering wheel device 2, wherein they encompass the steering wheel rim 4 in two different partial regions of the steering wheel rim 4.
- Fig. 2 shows the steering wheel device 2 with the combined heating and detection device 3.
- This has at least two electrodes 10, 11, which are arranged distributed on a steering wheel rim 4 of the steering wheel device 2.
- two electrodes 10, 11 are sketched as an example.
- a first electrode 10 of the two electrodes 10, 11 faces the inner side 5.
- a second electrode 11 of the two electrodes 10, 11 faces the outer side 6.
- the two electrodes 10, 11 are thus opposite one another.
- a respective electrode 10, 11 can be arranged on an underside of the steering wheel device 2, which faces a steering wheel column of the steering wheel device 2, and/or on an upper side of the steering wheel device 2 opposite the underside, which faces the user 8.
- the respective electrode 10, 11 can only face a partial area of the respective side.
- the steering wheel device 2 and/or the combined heating and detection device 3 has a control device 19.
- the switch unit 12 is designed to specify a mode for the respective electrode 10, 11.
- two connections 13 are provided for each of the electrodes 10, 11, which connect the switch unit 12 to a start and an end of the respective electrode 10, 11. Four connecting cables are therefore sketched here.
- the mode of the respective electrode 10, 11 can be, for example, a heating mode 14, a first detection mode 15, a second detection mode 16 and/or a measuring mode 17.
- the control device 19 can have a microcontroller 18. This can be referred to as MCU.
- Fig. 3 illustrates a first method for operating the steering wheel device 2 with the combined heating and detection device 3.
- the at least two electrodes 10, 11 are controlled alternately in the heating mode 14 for heating the steering wheel device 2 and in the first detection mode 15 for detecting the presence of at least part of the hand 7 in a gripping area of the steering wheel device 2.
- a voltage U or a current I is plotted against time t. It is clear that here in the heating mode 14 a higher voltage U is applied or a higher current I flows than in the first detection mode 15. In addition, the heating mode 14 lasts longer here than the first detection mode 15.
- a first measured value is recorded together for the at least two electrodes 10, 11. This takes place, for example, in a method step S1.
- a check is then carried out in a method step S2 to see whether the recorded first measured value deviates from a predetermined reference value. This is determined here during the second activation in the first detection mode 15.
- a reference value deviation 20 therefore occurs. Only if this occurs, i.e. only if the recorded first measured value deviates from the predetermined reference value, are the at least two electrodes 10, 11 activated in a method step S3 in the second detection mode 16.
- the second detection mode 16 is designed to detect the presence of at least part of the hand 7 in the gripping area of the steering wheel device 2.
- a respective second measured value is recorded and evaluated individually for each of the at least two electrodes 10, 11.
- a single measurement is carried out for the first electrode 10 and for the second electrode 11.
- the electrode 10, 11 of the at least two electrodes 10, 11 can be determined in whose detection range at least part of the hand 7 is present.
- the at least two electrodes 10, 11 can be controlled again in the heating mode 14 in a method step S4.
- the mode then changes back to the first detection mode 15, for example, and so on.
- Fig. 4 illustrates the difference between the first detection mode 15 and the second detection mode 16.
- individual switches 21 are sketched for each of the two electrodes 10, 11, via which the respective electrode 10, 11 can be connected to or disconnected from an alternating current source 22 at its input and output.
- the alternating current source 22 is, for example, a component of the control device 19.
- the first detection mode 15 all individual switches 21 are closed so that both electrodes 10, 11 are measured together. The result is the first measured value.
- the same potential is applied to both electrodes 10, 11.
- the individual switches 21 are open for one of the two electrodes 10, 11 and closed for the other. In the upper illustration, the second electrode 11 can therefore be measured individually and in the lower illustration the first electrode 10.
- Fig. 5 illustrates a second method for operating the steering wheel device 2 with the combined heating and detection device 3.
- the heating and detection device 3 is operated in measuring mode 17.
- a measurement is carried out between two electrodes 10, 11 of the at least two electrodes 10, 11 in order to detect the presence of at least part of a hand 7 in the gripping area of the steering wheel device 2.
- the first electrode 10 of the two electrodes 10, 11 is controlled to heat the steering wheel device 2.
- the first electrode 10 is in an excitation mode in which a temporal variation of an electrical charge of the first electrode 10 is specified.
- the second electrode 11 is simultaneously operated in a receiving mode in which capacitive measurement information describing the second electrode 11 can be recorded.
- the recorded capacitive measurement information is influenced at least by the temporal variation of the electrical charge of the first electrode 10.
- a mode of the respective electrode 10, 11 can be continuously switched between the excitation mode and the reception mode, whereby only the respective electrode 10, 11 that is operated in the excitation mode is controlled to heat the steering wheel device 2.
- heating is initially achieved using the first electrode 10, which is operated in excitation mode.
- This electrode 10 is therefore symbolically assigned to heating mode 14.
- the measurement information is recorded for the second electrode 11, which is operated in reception mode. This therefore measures the presence or absence of the hand 7. It is therefore marked as measurement mode 17.
- the two electrodes 10, 11 then change modes, so that the second electrode 11 now contributes to heating and the first electrode 10 contributes to detecting the hand 7, i.e. to recognizing the presence of the hand 7.
- heating can be carried out continuously using one of the electrodes 10, 11.
- the outlined time sequence is then repeated, for example.
- Fig. 6 shows a schematic of the second method with more than two electrodes 10, 11.
- a third electrode 23 and a fourth electrode 24 are provided.
- the steering wheel device 2 therefore has four electrodes 10, 11, 23, 24. More than four electrodes 10, 11, 23, 24 can be provided.
- heating is initially carried out with the third electrode 23 and a measurement is taken between this and the first electrode 10 to detect the presence of the hand 7. While the third electrode 23 is still heating, heating can already begin with the fourth electrode 24 and measuring can be taken between this and the second electrode 11 to detect the presence of the hand 7.
- a measurement can also be carried out with one of the other electrodes 10, 11, 23, 24 in receive mode to detect the presence of the hand 7.
- a measurement can also be carried out together with the second electrode 11 or the fourth electrode 24 for detecting the presence of the hand 7 when the excitation mode of the third electrode 23 is switched off. Since a time duration of the respective measurement for detecting the presence of the hand 7, which is again marked here as measurement mode 17, is shorter than the respective heating duration, which is marked here as heating mode 14, two measurements can therefore be carried out together with several electrodes 10, 11, 23, 24 in the reception mode during heating.
- the steering wheel device 2 can be heated simultaneously in several sub-areas, since the individual heating phases can at least partially overlap in time.
- Fig. 7 shows further method steps for the second method.
- the first electrode 10 is first switched off for a predetermined time interval and then switched on in a method step S6, wherein a voltage drop or voltage value is specified via the first electrode 10 when switched on.
- a measured value of the measurement between the two electrodes 10, 11 depends on which part of the steering wheel rim 4 at least part of the hand 7 is present in.
- the presence of at least part of the hand 7 is now detected in a spatially resolved manner by evaluating the measured value. Partial area information 25 can therefore be determined which indicates the part of the steering wheel rim 4 for which presence was detected.
- a method step S7 the first electrode 10 is first switched off again for a predetermined time interval and then switched on in a method step S8.
- a reverse voltage drop in particular a charge change in the opposite direction, is specified via the first electrode 10 than before and the evaluation of the measured value is repeated. Therefore, a further partial area information 25' is determined here.
- the two partial area information items 25, 25' are therefore compared with one another. Only if the same partial area of the steering wheel rim 4 was determined in both evaluations is presence information 26 describing this partial area provided in a method step S10.
- the presence information 26 can correspond to the partial area information 25, 25' or contain additional information, for example an indication that the partial area was determined twice.
- step S5 can be repeated or the method can be terminated without the presence information 26 being provided.
- Fig. 8 shows that after controlling the at least two electrodes 10, 11 in the second detection mode 16, the at least two electrodes 10, 11 are controlled in the measuring mode 17. It can then be checked in a method step S11 whether a result concerning the presence of at least part of the hand 7 in the gripping area of the steering wheel device 2, which was obtained in the second detection mode 16, matches such a result in the measuring mode 17. If this is the case, result information describing the two results is determined and provided in a method step S12.
- the at least two electrodes 10, 11 can then be activated in the first detection mode 15 and/or in the second detection mode 16.
- the result information 27 which describes the presence or absence of at least part of the hand 7 in the gripping area of the steering wheel device 2, is determined and provided.
- the result information 27 can then be provided by the control device 19 of the steering wheel device 2 for a control unit of the motor vehicle 1. For this purpose, it can be transmitted to the control unit.
- the examples show a cross-talk and heating improvement for a hand recognition function with several zones, i.e. with several electrodes 10, 11.
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