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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2013
Volkswagen Ag, Wolfsburg, DE;
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
William Brian Lathrop, San Jose, CA (US);
Maria Esther Mejia Gonzalez, Braunschweig, DE;
Bryan Grant, Palo Alto, CA;
Heiko Maiwand, Foster City, CA (US);
VOLKSWAGEN AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Abstract
A control system, components and methodologies enable control of vehicle and in-vehicle system functionality via gesture recognition. In illustrative embodiments, the control system, constituent components and methodologies determine what functionality a user wishes to control by tracking the user's gaze to identify a selected function or function set. In combination with identifying the selected function and function set, one or more sensors installed in the vehicle detect one or more user gestures initiated by a user to interact with and/or control the selected function/function set.