Patent ID: 9610977
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: B62D

Claim:
1. A steering device, comprising: an acquisition section that acquires specific information related to whether or not a driving assistance section, which performs driving assistance processing that assists driving of a vehicle by an occupant of the vehicle, is performing the driving assistance processing; a gripping section that is grippable by the occupant of the vehicle, and that is configured to present a plurality of different occupant-perceptible information presentation states to the occupant, the plurality of occupant-perceptible information presentation states including a first information presentation state and a second information presentation state that is different from the first information presentation state; and a controller that controls the gripping section, based on the specific information acquired by the acquisition section, to transition from the first information presentation state to the second information presentation state to indicate switching between the driving assistance processing performed by the driving assistance section and manual driving of the vehicle by the occupant.