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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Stephenie Worthy, Westland, MI (US);
Grant Inskeep, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Erick Michael Lavoie, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jayanthi Rao, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 2370/145 (2019.05); B60K 2370/152 (2019.05); B60K 2370/161 (2019.05); B60K 2370/589 (2019.05); B60K 2370/782 (2019.05);
Abstract
A vehicle includes an interface having an electromagnetic transmitter and operable to receive tactile user input for control of a system of the vehicle. The vehicle includes a controller configured to modulate output having ultraviolet or infrared spectrum wavelength of the electromagnetic transmitter at a receiver capture rate to encode data into the output describing the control interface. The modulated output is responsive to a request.