The invention discloses a
steering wheel multi-area hand separation detection device and method based on high-order intelligent driving, and relates to the technical field of intelligent
driving safety. The apparatus includes a
steering wheel assembly, a flexible sensor pad, and an
electronic control unit (ECU). The annular holding part of the
steering wheel is divided into at least three physical and
signal independent sensing areas, and all the areas are arranged in a crossed mode to achieve non-blind
area coverage. The flexible sensor pad is integrated between a steering wheel framework and a
skin layer, and a sensor layer of the flexible sensor pad is composed of conductive fabric,
metal wires or
metal foils and used for detecting
capacitance changes. The ECU is used for collecting signals of all the induction areas and judging the hand state of a driver through
software integrating temperature compensation,
signal filtering and a multi-source
information fusion algorithm. According to the method, high-precision hand-leaving detection is realized based on the device. The method solves the problems of high
false alarm rate and poor environmental adaptability in the prior art, and has the advantages of high detection precision, good reliability, strong process compatibility and OTA
upgrade support.