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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Pietro Buttolo, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Stephen Ronald Tokish, Sylvania, OH (US);
James Stewart Rankin, II, Novi, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Gary Steven Strumolo, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A personal device may include a display and a processor. The processor of the personal device may be programmed to send, to the display, a vehicle interior map overlaid with indications of in-vehicle components, create a group of the in-vehicle components responsive to receipt of a swipe gesture to the display selecting a subset of the indications, receive input from the display of a location on the map, and aim outputs of the in-vehicle components of the group based on the location.