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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2009
Applicants:
Shree Jaisimha, Senoia, GA (US);
Mohammed Reza Kanji, Dearborn, MI (US);
Tatsuya Fujisawa, Atlanta, GA (US);
Roopa Chandrashekar, Peachtree City, GA (US);
Inventors:
Shree Jaisimha, Senoia, GA (US);
Mohammed Reza Kanji, Dearborn, MI (US);
Tatsuya Fujisawa, Atlanta, GA (US);
Roopa Chandrashekar, Peachtree City, GA (US);
Assignee:
Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, division of Panasonic Corporation of North America, Peachtree City, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); G08B 13/14 (2006.01); G08B 21/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/123 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/14 (2006.01); B60Q 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/143 (2013.01); B60Q 3/048 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/337 (2013.01); B60W 2540/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of operating a vehicle includes receiving a radio frequency signal and determining that the radio frequency signal has at least one characteristic indicative of the vehicle entering a tunnel. A setting of a vehicle system is automatically modified in response to the determining step.