Patent ID: 7200469

Claim:
An apparatus for generating a vehicle control signal that controls a function of a vehicle device associated with a sensed event, the apparatus comprising: a first sensor configured to provide a first sensor output signal having a first magnitude that approximately corresponds to the sensed event with a first level of accuracy, wherein the sensed event is actuation of an input control mechanism by an operator; a second sensor configured to provide a second sensor output signal having a second magnitude that approximately corresponds to the sensed event with a second level of accuracy that is less than said first level of accuracy; a processor configured to receive said first sensor output signal and said second sensor output signal, and said processor being arranged to: calculate a magnitude for the vehicle control signal based on an average of a weighted value of said first magnitude of said first sensor output signal and said second magnitude of said second sensor output signal; generate the vehicle control signal with said magnitude; and provide the vehicle control signal to the vehicle device for controlling the function of the vehicle device associated with the sensed event monitored by the first sensor and the second sensor in response to the vehicle output signal with said magnitude.