Two-Switch Function Activation Assembly And Method Of Guarding Against Unintentional Activation
AssigneeAptiv Technologies AG
InventorsJanusz Lipka, Sebastian Melfried
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Abstract
A switch assembly for a vehicle includes a first switch and a second switch that is adjacent the first switch. The first and second switches are actuatable independently of actuation of the other one of the switches. A switch actuator presents a surface in an interior of the vehicle for a user to press/contact to selectively actuate the first and second switches. A processor is configured to initiate a communication function (e.g., an emergency call) based on determining when the first and second switches have been actuated in a predefined manner (e.g., that the first and second switches have been actuated simultaneously or individually actuated within a predefined time).
Claims21
1-12. (canceled)
A switch assembly comprising:
- a first switch;
- a second switch that is adjacent the first switch and actuatable independent of actuation of the first switch;
- a switch actuator that presents a surface for a user to contact to selectively actuate the first switch and the second switch;
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- a processor configured to initiate a communication function based on determining that the first switch and the second switch were actuated in a predefined manner that comprises the first switch and the second switch being actuated simultaneously or the first switch and the second switch being individually actuated within a predefined time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.