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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2010
David K. Lambert, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Michel F. Sultan, Troy, MI (US);
Laci J. Jalics, Ray, MI (US);
Francis E. Szczublewski, Macomb, MI (US);
David K. Lambert, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Michel F. Sultan, Troy, MI (US);
Laci J. Jalics, Ray, MI (US);
Francis E. Szczublewski, Macomb, MI (US);
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A motor vehicle includes control apparatus for establishing an interactive human-machine interface (HMI) between a vehicle driver and an on-board communication system that is wirelessly coupled to a nomadic communication device carried by the driver. The on-board communication system has the ability to activate the nomadic communication device to check for messages, and the interactive HMI includes a configurable display through which check-message inquiries are selectively communicated to the driver, and an input device selectively manipulated by the driver to accept a check-message inquiry. An HMI controller responsive to sensed vehicle operating condition data and driver manipulation of the input device determines if and when a check-message inquiry should be communicated to the driver.