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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2019
Adac Plastics, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Ryan Bussis, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Anne Adamczyk, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
James Jetton, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Robert Bingle, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Keith J. Vadas, Caledonia, MI (US);
Thomas M. French, Rockford, MI (US);
ADAC Plastics, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Abstract
A gesture access system for a motor vehicle, includes a radiation transmitter to emit radiation signals and a radiation receiver, an illumination device and/or an audio device, and a processor programmed to activate the illumination and/or audio device according to a first activation scheme in response to determining an object is within a sensing region of the radiation receiver, and in response to the object within the sensing region exhibiting a predefined gesture, to activate the illumination and/or audio according to a second activation scheme and control an actuator to unlock, lock, open or close an access closure of the motor vehicle.