User input activation system and method
AssigneeNissan North America, Inc.
InventorAdrian Tan
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Abstract
A user input activation method comprising operating in a deactivated mode in which a controller refrains from accepting input from a user input device, detecting a first presence condition at a first predetermined location, and detecting a second presence condition at a second predetermined location. The method further comprises changing, when the first presence condition and the second presence condition simultaneously exist, from operating in the deactivated mode to operating in an activated mode in which input from the user input device is accepted by the controller, and refraining from changing while the first presence condition and the second presence condition fail to simultaneously exist, and remaining in the activated mode while the first presence condition continues to exist.
Claims20
A user input activation method comprising:
- operating in a deactivated mode in which a controller refrains from accepting input from a user input device;
- detecting a first presence condition at a first predetermined location;
- detecting a second presence condition at a second predetermined location;
- changing, when the first presence condition and the second presence condition simultaneously exist, from operating in the deactivated mode to operating in an activated mode in which input from the user input device is accepted by the controller, and refraining from changing while the first presence condition and the second presence condition fail to simultaneously exist;
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- remaining in the activated mode while the first presence condition continues to exist.
A user input activation method comprising:
- a contact sensor system including a first sensor configured to detect a first presence condition at a first predetermined location and a second sensor configured to detect a second presence condition at a second predetermined location;
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- a controller configured to operate in a deactivated mode in which the controller refrains from accepting input from a user input device, change from operating in the deactivated mode to operating in an activated mode in which the controller accepts input from the user input device when the first presence condition and the second presence condition simultaneously exist and refrain from changing while the first presence condition and the second presence condition fail to simultaneously exist, and remain in the activated mode while the first presence condition continues to exist.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.