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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 24, 2018
Applicant:

Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Rahul Khanna, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 6/00 (2006.01); B62K 11/14 (2006.01); B62K 23/02 (2006.01); B62J 45/40 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62K 11/14 (2013.01); B62J 45/40 (2020.02); B62K 23/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A control system for a vehicle and method for controlling a vehicle component. The control system includes a sensor and a controller. The sensor senses vibrations of the vehicle and senses alterations to the vibrations that result from user contact with a handle of the vehicle. The alterations are associated with a particular vehicle component and/or a particular predetermined function to be performed by the vehicle component. The controller receives an indication of the vibrations and the alterations from the sensor, and then causes the vehicle component to perform the predetermined function that is associated with the alterations.


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