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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2023
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jake Schwartz, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Canton, MI (US);
Robert Schroeter, Livonia, MI (US);
Arun Dutta, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A brightness management system for a vehicle includes a network providing wireless communication for a vehicle environment, a mobile device in the vehicle environment and including a first light detector for detecting a first light level at a first location of the mobile device, at least one vehicle display coupled with the vehicle and having at least one brightness level, and control circuitry communicatively coupled with the mobile device and the at least one vehicle display via the network. The control circuitry is configured to detect the first location of the mobile device in the vehicle, receive an indication of the first light level from the mobile device, and communicate a signal to adjust the at least one brightness level of the at least one vehicle display based on the first location and the first light level.