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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2015
Applicant:
Faurecia Interior Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Inventors:
Louis Thomas, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Daniel Vander Sluis, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
FAURECIA INTERIOR SYSTEMS, INC., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/02 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60R 13/02 (2006.01); B60R 11/02 (2006.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H02J 50/60 (2016.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/026 (2013.01); B60R 11/02 (2013.01); B60R 13/02 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); H02J 7/025 (2013.01); H02J 50/60 (2016.02); B60R 2013/0287 (2013.01); G01S 7/4813 (2013.01);
Abstract
Interior trim apparatuses for motor vehicles are provided. In one example, an interior trim apparatus for a motor vehicle comprises one or more infrared (IR) light emitting diodes (LEDs). One or more IR sensors are cooperatively configured with the one or more IR LEDs to detect a presence of a nomadic device and/or a user input.