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Vehicle function control system using sensing and icon display module

  • US 10,589,716 B2
  • Filed: 03/25/2015
  • Issued: 03/17/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle function control system comprising:

  • a sensing and icon display module disposed at an exterior portion of a vehicle equipped with said vehicle function control system;

    wherein said sensing and icon display module comprises at least one illumination source operable to backlight an icon for viewing at an exterior surface of the exterior portion of the vehicle;

    wherein the backlit icon is representative of a vehicle function;

    wherein said sensing and icon display module comprises a sensing device operable to sense the presence of a user'"'"'s foot below said sensing device;

    a control responsive to an output of said sensing device; and

    wherein, responsive to determination of the user'"'"'s foot below said sensing device, said control controls a function of the vehicle associated with the backlit icon.

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