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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2016
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventor:
Alex J. Smith, Madison Heights, MI (US);
Assignee:
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 7/00 (2006.01); B60J 7/05 (2006.01); B60J 7/057 (2006.01); B60R 22/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 7/0007 (2013.01); B60J 7/05 (2013.01); B60J 7/0573 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/301 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are providhed for controlling a sunshade associated with a sunroof system of a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes: determining, by a processor, a mode of the sunshade to be at least one of a linked mode and an unlinked mode; and selectively controlling, by a processor, a position of the sunshade based on one of a requested position of the sunshade and a requested position of a sunroof window, wherein the selectively is based on the mode.