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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mahmoud A. Abou-Nasr, Canton, MI (US);
Devinder Singh Kochhar, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Walter Joseph Talamonti, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/10 (2012.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/10 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06K 9/00355 (2013.01); B60W 2420/905 (2013.01);
Abstract
A user gesture is detected based on received data from one or more motion sensors. User gesture attributes are identified including at least one of hand vectoring, wrist articulation, and finger articulation from the gesture including respective movements of each of a plurality of a user's fingers. Based on the gesture attributes, a user and an action to be performed in a vehicle are identified. The action is performed in the vehicle to control at least one vehicle component based on the gesture.