US Patent Issued to HONDA MOTOR on Dec. 23 for "Steering device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,303, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to HONDA MOTOR Co. LTD (Tokyo).

"Steering device" was invented by Kotaro Nakamura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering device includes a measurement circuit which measures electrostatic capacitance of an electrode provided to a steering wheel, and a grip determination device which determines presence/absence of gripping of the steering wheel based on a measurement value Ch_d from the measurement circuit. The grip determination device includes a capacitance threshold setter which sets a reference value Ch_0 for the electrostatic capacitance of the electrode, and a determiner which deter...