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Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014

Filed:

Dec. 14, 2009
Applicants:

Cameron Christie, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Yuval Appelboum, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);

Gantimur Meissner, Berlin, DE;

Inventors:

Cameron Christie, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Yuval Appelboum, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);

Gantimur Meissner, Berlin, DE;

Assignees:

Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, DE;

Audi AG, Ingolstadt, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01); B60K 37/06 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60K 37/00 (2006.01); B60K 37/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3697 (2013.01); B60K 2350/357 (2013.01); B60K 37/06 (2013.01); B60K 2350/352 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1068 (2013.01); B60K 2350/355 (2013.01); B60K 2350/941 (2013.01); G01C 21/3626 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1072 (2013.01); B60K 2350/965 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1024 (2013.01); B60K 37/00 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1044 (2013.01); B60K 2350/948 (2013.01); B60K 2350/108 (2013.01); B60K 37/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

For a three-dimensional corporal figure for communicating with a passenger in a motor vehicle, wherein the three-dimensional corporal figure may be locked in place in the motor vehicle, it is in particular provided that a communication from a passenger and a driver of the motor vehicle, respectively, to the three-dimensional corporal figure is carried out acoustically and/or haptic, and that a communication from the three-dimensional corporal figure to a driver or a passenger of the motor vehicle is carried out optically and/or acoustically.


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