Patent ID: 7712572

Claim:
Steering actuation device for a vehicle, having an operating element for inputting steering commands by an operator exerting torques on the operating element, having a sensor arrangement for monitoring the steering command input state of the operating element and having an electronic control device for converting the steering command input data detected by the sensor arrangement into control information for a steering drive apparatus of the vehicle, wherein the sensor arrangement is configured to detect the respective steering command input state of the operating element by means of monitoring the elastic material deformation of an element, which is subjected to elastic deformation by means of a steering command input torque having a level and duration on the operating element and is coupled to or associated with the operating element, and wherein the control device is configured to control the steering drive apparatus in accordance with a steering characteristic program, which in each case takes into consideration the level and/or duration of the respective steering command input torque detected by the sensor arrangement in order to provide control information for the steering drive apparatus.