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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2012
Mark S. Frye, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (US);
Lawrence D. Cepuran, Northville, MI (US);
Steven Swanson, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Charles A. Everhart, Canton, MI (US);
Mark S. Frye, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (US);
Lawrence D. Cepuran, Northville, MI (US);
Steven Swanson, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Charles A. Everhart, Canton, MI (US);
General Motors LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
An vehicle interior component for supporting a communication system is disclosed herein. The vehicle interior component includes, but is not limited to, a body that is adapted for attachment to an interior of the vehicle and that is configured to receive a smartphone. The vehicle interior component further includes a hardware module that is configured to communicatively couple with the smartphone. The vehicle interior component still further includes a user input module communicatively coupled with the hardware module. The user input module is configured to generate a first input signal in response to a first user input and to transmit the first input signal to the hardware module. The hardware module is further configured to generate a first output signal and to transmit the first output signal to the smartphone in response to receiving the first input signal.