Patent ID: 8662722
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: B60K,B60Q,B60R,H01L

Abstract:
1. A vehicular component, comprising: an interior vehicular trim panel including: a substrate layer, a protective layer, an organic light emitting diode portion disposed between the substrate layer and the protective layer, wherein the protective layer defines an A-surface that extends across all of the interior vehicular trim panel; a processor coupled to the organic light emitting diode portion that receives information from an external memory device via an input/output port and controls a radiation emitted from the organic light emitting diode based on the information; wherein all of the A-surface is viewable by one or more passengers in a passenger compartment of a vehicle, wherein the protective layer is substantially transparent for permitting radiation having a frequency in the visible region to pass from the organic light emitting diode portion and through and beyond all of the A-surface, wherein the protective layer defining the A-surface of the interior vehicular trim panel extends across and seals the organic light emitting diode portion while permitting the one or more passengers to view the radiation emitted from organic light emitting diode portion that such that a combination of colors emitted by the organic light emitting diode portion forms a user-selectable surface appearance that is viewable by the one or more passengers in the passenger compartment of the vehicle, the user-selectable surface appearance being based on the information provided from the external memory device and being selectively chosen from one or more potential surface appearances located in the external memory device.