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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Charles Everett Badger, II, Westland, MI (US);
Brandon Beauvais, Dearborn, MI (US);
Matthew Fleming, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/10 (2012.01); B60R 21/0136 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/0136 (2013.01); G01C 21/36 (2013.01); G07C 5/0841 (2013.01); G01C 21/3407 (2013.01); G01C 21/3629 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes a computer programmed to receive impact sensor data specifying a force of an impact to a vehicle body panel. The computer is programmed to, upon determining that the force is below a collision force threshold, identify the impact as user input. The computer is programmed to actuate a vehicle component according to the user input.