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US 12,145,442 B2Granted
System and method for adjusting the light intensity of an analog needle
AssigneesToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsGeorge M. Evans, Aaron M. France, Benjamin Piya Austin, Craig D. Herring, Philip J. Babian, Ichiroh Isobe, William Patrick Garrett
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Abstract
A system and method for adjusting the intensity of light provided to an analog needle are disclosed herein. The system and method adjust the intensity of light provided to the analog needle based on an operating state of an engine of a vehicle.
Claims10
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory in communication with the processor, the memory having a needle intensity module including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- gradually decrease an intensity of light provided to an analog needle when in a shutdown state from a maximum intensity to a minimum intensity, wherein the shutdown state occurs when an engine of a vehicle transitions from a running state to an off state that occurs when an engine speed of the engine is below a shutdown threshold, and
- increase the intensity of light provided to the analog needle to a middle intensity when the engine is in the off state, the middle intensity being more intense than the minimum intensity and less intense than the maximum intensity.
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A method comprising steps of:
- gradually decreasing an intensity of light provided to an analog needle when in a shutdown state from a maximum intensity to a minimum intensity, wherein the shutdown state occurs when an engine of a vehicle transitions from a running state to an off state that occurs when an engine speed of the engine is below a shutdown threshold;
- and
- increasing the intensity of light provided to the analog needle to a middle intensity when the engine is in the off state, the middle intensity being more intense than the minimum intensity and less intense than the maximum intensity.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- gradually decrease an intensity of light provided to an analog needle when in a shutdown state from a maximum intensity to a minimum intensity, wherein the shutdown state occurs when an engine transitions from a running state to an off state that occurs when an engine speed of the engine is below a shutdown threshold;
- and
- increase the intensity of light provided to the analog needle to a middle intensity when the engine is in the off state, the middle intensity being more intense than the minimum intensity and less intense than the maximum intensity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.