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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Annette Lynn Huebner, White Lake, MI (US);
Artur Sakarian, Birmingham, MI (US);
Ali Ammar, Dearborn, MI (US);
Kristin Ann Hellman, Walled Lake, MI (US);
Ryan Welch, Ottawa Lake, MI (US);
Josh Greiner, Detroit, MI (US);
Cornel Lewis Gardner, Romulus, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A light bar is provided and includes an elongated carrier having a surface extending along the carrier. Capacitive sensors are spaced along the carrier and positioned below the surface. Light sources are included for illuminating the surface, each associated with at least one capacitive sensor and positioned proximate thereto. A controller is included for detecting capacitive changes in the capacitive sensors, wherein when the controller detects a capacitive change in a capacitive sensor, the controller alters an illumination state of a light source associated therewith.