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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2023
Magna Mirrors of America, Inc., Holland, MI (US);
Sethuraman Ravichandran, Aschaffenburg, DE;
Magna Mirrors of America, Inc., Holland, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicular closure panel opening system includes a closure panel handle assembly configured to mount at a closure panel of a vehicle. A projection device is electrically operable to emit light. The light emitted by the projection device projects a three-dimensional (3D) hologram along a handle region of an outer surface of the closure panel. The system, with the 3D hologram projected at the handle region of the outer surface of the closure panel and based on processing of sensor data captured by a sensor operable to sense objects at the handle region, determines presence of an object at or near the projected 3D hologram. The system, responsive to determining presence of the object at or near the projected 3D hologram, actuates a latch mechanism of the closure panel to release the latch mechanism and allow the closure panel to move from a closed position toward an open position.