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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Adrian Aguirre, Alvaro Obregon, MX;
Michael John Kipley, Saline, MI (US);
Pietro Buttolo, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
James Robert Chascsa, II, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ross Kern, Novi, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle is provided that includes a steering wheel, a steering wheel sensor sensing rotational movement of the steering wheel, an accelerator pedal actuatable to accelerate the vehicle, a brake pedal actuatable to decelerate the vehicle, and a sensor sensing a signal indicative of an acceleration or deceleration of the vehicle. The vehicle also includes at least one proximity switch located on the steering wheel, and a controller configured to process the rotational movement of the steering wheel and the sensed signal and control an interaction mode of the at least one input switch, wherein the controller changes the interaction mode of the at least one input switch based on the sensed steering wheel movement and the sensed signal.