Invention Grant
- Patent Title: External vehicle component control
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Application No.: US15617023Application Date: 2017-06-08
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Publication No.: US10766446B2Publication Date: 2020-09-08
- Inventor: Charles Everett Badger, II , Brandon Beauvais , Matthew Fleming
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Bejin Bieneman PLC
- Agent Frank A. MacKenzie
- Main IPC: B60W50/10
- IPC: B60W50/10 ; B60R21/0136 ; G07C5/08 ; G01C21/36 ; G01C21/34

Abstract:
A system includes a computer programmed to receive impact sensor data specifying a force of an impact to a vehicle body panel. The computer is programmed to, upon determining that the force is below a collision force threshold, identify the impact as user input. The computer is programmed to actuate a vehicle component according to the user input.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180354441A1 EXTERNAL VEHICLE COMPONENT CONTROL Public/Granted day:2018-12-13
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