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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2012
Jeff Allen Greenberg, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Dean Mengel, Livonia, MI (US);
Les R. Bodnar, Dearborn, MI (US);
Sonya Nematollahi, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Finn Tseng, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jeff Allen Greenberg, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Dean Mengel, Livonia, MI (US);
Les R. Bodnar, Dearborn, MI (US);
Sonya Nematollahi, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Finn Tseng, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A visual feedback system for a vehicle including an engine, includes an operating control for varying the engine's speed. Connected to the engine, an engine acceleration reporter reports an amount of acceleration of the engine. A creation control being linked to both the engine acceleration reporter and the operating control enables the creation of images on a visual display according to a variation in the engine speed. Accordingly, the creation control creates a pendulum image within a sector of a circle, with the pendulum image swinging in response to the amount of acceleration being reported by the engine acceleration reporter.