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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Paul K. Dellock, Northville, MI (US);
Bhavani Thota, Novi, MI (US);
Chester S. Walawender, Livonia, MI (US);
Linh Doan, Belleville, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 3/04 (2006.01); G02F 1/133 (2006.01); G02F 1/163 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 3/04 (2013.01); G02F 1/13318 (2013.01); G02F 1/163 (2013.01); G02F 1/13312 (2021.01);
Abstract
A method of operating a vehicle having variable opacity windows that includes customer convenience functions such as transitioning a window to transparent when the vehicle is in use as a ride-sharing vehicle and detects picking up a new passenger; or transitioning the window to transparent when a signal is received from an emergency vehicle.