Huf North America Automotive Parts Manufacturing Corp.

Huf North America Automotive Parts Mfg. Corp.

Joyson Safety Systems Acquisition LLC

Yipeng Tang

Lynn D Da Deppo

Khalid Kamal

John S Nantz

Yi Luo

Joseph Kae Krause

James Sanborn

Robert J Campbell

Mansour Ashtiani

Cristian Murarescu

Adrian Valentin Muresan

William Todd Watson

Vehicular systems and related methods offer improved user control over activations of vehicular components. User intent to perform an action can be detected using one or more sensors. The user may be prompted by the vehicle to verify the intent by further user behavior. The intent may also be confirmed by requiring that a set of conditions be fulfilled before the action associated with the intent is performed. For example, a sensed gesture and specific position of a key fob may need to both be established before the vehicle performs the action associated with the intent.

Method of verifying user intent in activation of a device in a vehicle

A method and apparatus for hands-free activation of vehicle functions such as accessing doors and windows, and establishing driver preferences such as seat positions is disclosed. A capacitive sensor is embedded in a non-metallic portion of the vehicle such as a tail light, window, or cladding on the vehicle. The capacitive sensor is in communication with a vehicle control unit, which can detect the proximity of a user or a specific gesture to activate a predetermined vehicle function.

Gesture controls for remote vehicle access systems

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Troy, MI, United States of America

Yipeng Tang