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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2024
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Hanan J. Ahmed, Belleville, MI (US);
Michael Duke, Livonia, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Todd Ansbacher, Westland, MI (US);
John R. Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);
Brendan F. Diamond, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Abstract
A display system in a vehicle is operated to reduce power consumption by adaptively dimming display screens according to where a user is looking. The display system has a plurality of display objects each with a respective adjustable brightness. The passenger vehicle includes a gaze tracker evaluating an eye of a user to detect a gaze point where the user is looking. The gaze point is compared to locations of the display objects. A respective gaze frequency is determined for one or more of the display objects according to a number of times that the gaze point orients onto a respective display object. The adjustable brightness of the respective display object is adjusted according to the respective gaze frequency.