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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2014
Robert Bingle, Walker, MI (US);
C. Bruce Banter, Northville, MI (US);
Robert Bingle, Walker, MI (US);
C. Bruce Banter, Northville, MI (US);
ADAC PLASTICS, INC., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Abstract
A user-actuatable vehicle door control, comprising: at least one force sensing member disposed beneath at least one force transfer member, the at least one force sensing member operative to detect the intensity of forces applied thereto, and the at least one force transfer member moveable upon user application thereto of one or more forces so as to transfer the one or more user-applied forces to one or more locations on the at least one force sensing member; and a controller operatively connected to the at least one force sensing member. The controller operates to: map the location and intensity of each of the one or more user-applied forces as detected by the at least one force sensing member; compare the mapped location and intensity information received from the at least one force sensing member to pre-defined force profiles, each pre-defined force profile corresponding to at least one pre-defined vehicle command; and direct the execution of one or more of the pre-defined vehicle commands when the mapped location and intensity information received from the at least one force sensing member corresponds to a pre-defined force profile associated with a vehicle command (such as, for instance, unlocking the vehicle's door(s), turning on exterior and/or interior lights, etc.).