Patent ID: 8296012

Claim:
A vehicle communication system, comprising: a steering wheel, comprising: a display configured to out put information to a driver of the vehicle; a wireless transceiver configured to operably connect to a wireless device; a steering sensor, configured to obtain directional steering information; and a controller, configured to receive input from the wireless transceiver and the sensor and output a signal to the display based on the received input; and a navigation system, operably connected to the controller, configured to receive input from the wireless device, and at least one vehicle sensor, configured to collect and provide sensor information about the vehicle to the navigation system; wherein the controller is configured to determine an appropriate movement of the steering wheel based on an input from the navigation system and wherein the controller is configured to change the appearance of the display based on a comparison between the appropriate movement of the steering wheel and the actual movement of the steering wheel determined from the direction steering information.