US 12,187,122 B2
Functional module for a vehicle interior trim, interior trim, and motor vehicle
Ralf Aigner, Ergolding (DE); and Joachim Melzig, Landshut (DE)
Assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Filed by Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/707,156.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 108 089.4 (DE), filed on Mar. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0314803 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60R 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 35/10 (2024.01) [B60R 13/02 (2013.01); B60K 2360/143 (2024.01); B60R 2013/0287 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A functional module for a vehicle interior trim, comprising:
a flexible substrate layer;
at least one detection layer, which is arranged above the substrate layer and is designed to generate a signal on approach of a user;
a decorative layer, which is arranged above the detection layer
at least one illumination layer, which is arranged between the at least one detection layer and the decorative layer;
a processor, which is electrically connected to the at least one detection layer, to the illumination layer, and to at least one electrical element for a motor vehicle, wherein
the at least one detection layer is designed to generate a first signal on the approach of the user, and to generate a second signal on a further approach of the user, and
the processor is designed to control the at least one illumination layer in a manner corresponding to the first signal generated by the at least one detection layer, and is designed to control the at least one electrical element of the motor vehicle in a manner corresponding to the second signal generated by the at least one detection layer.