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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2005
Applicants:
Julian Styles, Sawson, GB;
Ian Thorpe, Cambridge, GB;
Carl Pickering, Kenilworth, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Jaguar Cars Limited, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01); B60N 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A control system for a vehicle subsystem () comprises a controller () arranged to control operation of the subsystem (), a user input () connected to the system controller () and arranged to be operated by a user, and a sensor comprising a transmitter () associated with user input () and a receiver () associated with a first user, whereby the controller uses detection of a signal from the transmitter () by the receiver () to distinguish between operation of the user input () by said first user and operation of the user input by a second user.