Patent ID: 8209093

Claim:
An instruction system for a vehicle having a plurality of vehicle components, the system comprising: a condition sensor configured to detect and generate at least one output, each output indicative of a vehicle component condition reprenting an operational status of an associated vehicle component; a position sensing system including a portable user interface device and a position sensor configured to detect the location of the portable user interface device and generate an output indicative of a position of the portable user interface device relative to the associated vehicle component; a memory containing a plurality of instructions, each instruction comprising a suggested action to change the vehicle component condition of the associated vehicle component; and a controller programmed and configured to predict an intended action to change the vehicle component condition based on the vehicle component nearest the position of the portable user interface device and the output associated with the vehicle component; to select at least one of the plurality of instructions based on the predicted intended action; and to present the at least one selected instruction to change the vehicle component condition.