CONTROL OF DISPLAY FOR VEHICLE WINDOW

摘要

A vehicle defining an opening with a closure panel adapted to cover the opening generally includes a window in the closure panel. Furthermore, a rear window defrosting wire is often mounted to the window. A user interface system is disclosed to include a capacitive switch wire having a portion mounted to the window proximate to, and overlapping with, the rear window defrosting wire, and a capacitive switch control unit connected to the capacitive switch wire and adapted to interpret a change a capacitance near the terminus of the capacitive switch wire as a command request. The system includes a projector and a controller adapted to control the projector to project an image onto the window proximate to the terminus of the capacitive switch wire, receive an indication of receipt of the command request and transmit a command to cause a state change in an element of the vehicle.

主权项

1. A display, access and information system comprising:
an image display mechanism adapted to cause images to appear externally on an otherwise transparent portion of a closure for an opening in a body of a vehicle; a sensor adapted to:
detect a change in state of an element of the vehicle; andtransmit an indication of the change in state; and a display, access and information module adapted to:
receive the indication of the change in state;interpret the indication of the change in state to determine an instruction; andtransmit the instruction to the image display mechanism.