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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2019
Neonode Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Björn Alexander Jubner, Spånga, SE;
Björn Thomas Eriksson, Stockholm, SE;
Gunnar Martin Fröjdh, Dalarö, SE;
Simon Greger Fellin, Sigtuna, SE;
Stefan Johannes Holmgren, Sollentuna, SE;
Neonode Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A vehicle user interface including a vehicle steering wheel including a grip, a sensor mounted in the steering wheel grip detecting objects touching the steering wheel grip, a plurality of individually activatable illumination units illuminating respective locations on the steering wheel grip, and a processor receiving outputs from the sensor, selectively activating a subset of the illumination units adjacent to a detected object, and controlling a plurality of vehicle functions in response to outputs of the sensor.