Vehicle body structure

A vehicle body structure, comprising:

• a first surface having a first edge extending along an exterior portion of a vehicle and a second edge opposite the first edge extending along an interior portion of the vehicle, the first surface at least partially defining a door opening;
• a closure panel movably coupled relative to the first surface for movement between an open position exposing the first surface and a closed position covering the first surface such that a closure panel surface overlays the first surface;
• a closure panel switch configured to detect whether or not the closure panel is in the open position;
• a first key fob and a second key fob;
• an interactive display panel disposed along the first surface and being covered by the closure panel with the closure panel in the closed position and being exposed with the closure panel in the open position;
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• a controller in communication with the closure panel switch and the interactive display to display user inputted data on the interactive display panel, the controller being configured to receive a first set of the user inputted data inputted by a first driver and a second set of user inputted data inputted by a second driver, the first key fob being assigned to the first driver and the first set of the user inputted data, and the second key fob being assigned to the second driver and the second set of the user inputted data, each of the first and second sets of user inputted data including text messages, personalized greetings, appointment reminders and vehicle service reminders inputted by the first driver and the second driver, the first and second sets of user inputted data also include images entered by the first driver and the second driver, that are subsequently displayed by the controller on the interactive display panel, the interactive panel display being configured to display a first user specific greeting of the first set of user inputted data in response to detecting the presence of the first key fob and determining that the closure panel is in the open position, and the interactive panel display and is configured to display a second user specific greeting of the second set of user inputted data in response to detecting the presence of the second key fob and determining that the closure panel is in the open position, the controller being further configured to display a default greeting on the interactive display panel in the absence of user inputted data.

A vehicle body structure, comprising:

• a first surface having a first edge extending along an exterior portion of a vehicle and a second edge opposite the first edge extending along an interior portion of the vehicle, the first surface at least partially defining a door opening;
• a closure panel movably coupled relative to the first surface for movement between an open position exposing the first surface and a closed position covering the first surface such that a closure panel surface overlays the first surface;
• a closure panel switch configured to detect whether or not the closure panel is in the open position;
• a first key fob and a second key fob;
• an interactive display panel disposed along the first surface and being covered by the closure panel with the closure panel in the closed position and being exposed with the closure panel in the open position, the interactive display panel further including a touch sensitive layer proximate an exposed surface thereof for inputting the user inputted data;
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• a controller in communication with the closure panel switch and the interactive display to display user inputted data on the interactive display panel, the controller being configured to receive a first set of the user inputted data inputted by a first driver and a second set of user inputted data inputted by a second driver, the first key fob being assigned to the first driver and the first set of the user inputted data, and the second key fob being assigned to the second driver and the second set of the user inputted data, each of the first and second sets of user inputted data including text messages, personalized greetings, appointment reminders and vehicle service reminders inputted by the first driver and the second driver, the first and second sets of user inputted data also include images entered by the first driver and the second driver, that are subsequently displayed by the controller on the interactive display panel, the interactive panel display being configured to display the first set of the user inputted data in response to detecting the presence of the first key fob and determining that the closure panel is in the open position, and the interactive panel display is configured to display the second set of the user inputted data in response to detecting the presence of the second key fob and determining that the closure panel is in the open position.