Patent ID: 7898531
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: B60K,H03K

Abstract:
1. A system for operating an output device in a vehicle, the system comprising: a trim component having a front side and a back side; an initial sensor positioned at the back side of the trim component and defining a first sensing region adjacent to the front side of the trim component, the first sensing region being hidden from view, the initial sensor configured to provide a signal to a display device to selectively display the location of a second sensing region on the front side of the trim component when an object is detected within the first sensing region, the initial sensing region being hidden when the second sensing region is being displayed; and an operative sensor positioned at the back side of the trim component and respectively defining the second sensing region adjacent the front side of the trim component, the second sensing region being hidden from view until caused to be displayed by the first sensor, the operative sensor configured to provide a signal to at least one output device when an object is detected within the second sensing region.