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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2007
Yuriy Taborisskiy, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Igor Klimchynski, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Michael R. Boyd, Saline, MI (US);
Yuriy Taborisskiy, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Igor Klimchynski, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Michael R. Boyd, Saline, MI (US);
Yazaki North America, Inc., Canton, MI (US);
Abstract
A message center that can comprise a liquid crystal display (LCD) is provided. The LCD can be divided into one or more zones, with each zone being designated for a specific message. The message center can also include a light guide system positioned behind the liquid crystal display. The light guide system can have one or more light guides, with each of the light guides having a first end, and each of the light guides can be aligned with a zone of the liquid crystal display. The message center can further include a multi-color light emitting diode (LED) that can be mounted at the first end of each of the light guides, and a control system that can set the intensity of each of the multi-colors on each of the LEDs such that a backlighting of each zone is individually controlled.