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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2014
Volkswagen Ag, Wolfsburg, DE;
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Matthew Jolda, Palo Alto, CA (US);
James Leigh Toggweiler, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nathaniel Paffett-Lugassy, San Francisco, CA (US);
VOLKSWAGEN AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Abstract
An in-vehicle system for controlling electrical systems of a vehicle includes a sensor that detects a presence or an absence of a left hand of a driver on a steering wheel of the vehicle and a sensor that detects a presence or an absence of a right hand of the driver on the steering wheel of the vehicle. Using data from the sensors, a controller may select, based on a prediction, one or more interactive control elements with which the driver will interact, wherein the selection is based on either a detected absence of the driver left hand on the steering wheel or a detected absence of the driver right hand on the steering wheel, and a controller increases a brightness of lighting elements associated with the selected interactive control elements.