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Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 26, 2018
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Marcus Hoggarth, Hertfordshire, GB;

Matthew Graeme Leck, Ruislip, GB;

Morten Warren, Cobham, GB;

Susan Cook, London, GB;

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/133 (2006.01); G02F 1/01 (2006.01); G10K 11/175 (2006.01); B60J 3/04 (2006.01); G10K 11/178 (2006.01); G01H 11/06 (2006.01); H01L 27/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/0121 (2013.01); B60J 3/04 (2013.01); G01H 11/06 (2013.01); G10K 11/175 (2013.01); G10K 11/178 (2013.01); G02F 1/133 (2013.01); G02F 1/13306 (2013.01); G10K 2210/12821 (2013.01); H01L 27/3237 (2013.01);
Abstract

A privacy system for a vehicle, including: a window configured to selectively switch between transparent and non-transparent states and to simultaneously have a transparent zone and a non-transparent zone, an elongate touch sensitive sensor provided adjacent to the window, and a controller configured to receive a signal from the elongate touch sensitive sensor and control the transparency of the window such that a transition line between the transparent zone and the non-transparent zone is substantially aligned with and follows a point at which the elongate touch sensitive sensor is being touched.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Hoggarth, Marcus. (2021). Privacy system and method for a vehicle (U.S. Patent No. 11137628). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11137628

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