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US 2017/0362878 A1Published application
Touch control of vehicle windows
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorSergei I. Gage
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a vehicle door including a vehicle window and a window regulator connected to the window. An electric motor is connected to the window regulator for moving the vehicle window between an open position and a closed position. A window control system includes a window control zone that is integral with the vehicle window. The window control zone includes a touch sensor that provides a control signal to a window ECU based on an operator touch.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle window;
- an electric motor connected to the vehicle window for moving the vehicle window between an open position and a closed position;
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- a window control system comprising a window control zone that is integral with the vehicle window and intersects a peripheral edge of the vehicle window, the window control zone comprising a touch sensor that provides a control signal to a window ECU based on an operator touch.
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A method of controlling a window of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- determining that a touch sensor is actuated by an operator touch using an electronic control unit, the touch sensor being located in a window control zone that is integral with a vehicle window and intersects a peripheral edge of the vehicle window;
- determining that the touch sensor or a different touch sensor within the window control zone is actuated by another operator touch within a predetermined time period using the electronic control unit;
- and
- the electronic control unit controlling an electric motor operatively connected to the vehicle window based on the step of determining that the touch sensor or a different touch sensor within the window control zone is actuated by the another operator touch within the predetermined time period.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle door comprising
- a vehicle window;
- a window regulator connected to the window;
- and
- an electric motor connected to the window regulator for moving the vehicle window between an open position and a closed position;
- and
- a window control system comprising a window control zone comprising a touch sensor that is integral with the vehicle window and intersects more than one peripheral edge of the vehicle window, the touch sensor provides a control signal to a window ECU based on an operator touch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.