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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jamel Seagraves, Mountain View, CA (US);
Chih-Wei Tang, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sudipto Aich, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Darioush Aghai-yazdi, San Carlos, CA (US);
Yonathan Redda, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Casey Bryan Feldman, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An example mobile device case is described. In one implementation, the mobile device case includes a housing that surrounds at least a portion of a mobile device. A capacitive touch button is disposed on the housing and associated with a vehicle function. A user activation sensor initiates monitoring of the capacitive touch button in response to a user contact. A vehicle control module senses activation of the capacitive touch button and, in response to sensing the activation, initiates the associated vehicle function.