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Patent No.:

US 9616802 B1

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Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017

Filed:

Nov. 02, 2015
Applicant:

Aisin Technical Center of America, Inc., Northville, MI (US);

Inventors:

Hiroshi Kiriyama, Novi, MI (US);

Shogo Kimura, Novi, MI (US);

Mineo Kurita, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); G07C 9/00 (2006.01); B60R 25/20 (2013.01); B60R 25/24 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/0023 (2013.01); B60R 25/2054 (2013.01); B60R 25/246 (2013.01); G07C 9/00007 (2013.01); G07C 9/00309 (2013.01); B60Q 2400/50 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00984 (2013.01);
Abstract

A visual communication apparatus affixed to a vehicle. The visual communication apparatus includes a smart key system that detects a key fob of a user within a keyless detection zone, a projector projecting visual indications on a projecting zone lying on a ground surface of the vehicle, a sensor optically capturing gestures of the user of the vehicle, and an electrical control unit capable of actuated key elements of the vehicle. The visual indications include passive visual indications requiring no activation from the user and active visual indications requiring activations from the user. The activations are performed by gestures of the user on the active visual indications.


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