Light-based touch controls on a steering wheel
US8918252B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 24, 2014 |
| Grant date | Dec 23, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 24, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M2250/22
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system for use in a vehicle, including a steering element situated opposite a driver seat in a vehicle, the steering element including a plurality of proximity sensors encased in the periphery of the steering element operable to detect hand gestures along the outer periphery of the steering element, an interactive deck housed in the vehicle, for providing at least one of radio broadcast, video broadcast, audio entertainment, video entertainment and navigational assistance in the vehicle, and a processor housed in the vehicle, coupled with the proximity sensors and the deck, operable to identify the hand gestures detected by the proximity sensors, and to control the deck in response to thus-identified hand gestures.
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