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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2014
General Motors Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Danilo E. Gurovich, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (US);
Keith A. Fry, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Shane M. McCutchen, Howell, MI (US);
Daniel E. Rudman, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Joseph M. Goree, II, Detroit, MI (US);
General Motors LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
There is provided a communication system that includes a vehicle and a mobile device, and a method uses that system to provide vehicle owner's manual information. The method includes the steps of: receiving a digital image of a portion of a vehicle; identifying an object of the vehicle in the digital image; associating the object with at least one reference object image stored in an object library comprising a plurality of reference object images; displaying owner's manual information based on the association; and storing at least a portion of the digital image in the object library as a new reference object image for future identifications.