US 12,000,172 B2
Vehicle door handle having a display element
Tobias Konrad, Böblingen (DE); and Martin Lindmayer, Sulz (DE)
Assigned to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG, Stuttgart (DE)
Appl. No. 17/414,472
Filed by DAIMLER AG, Stuttgart (DE)
PCT Filed Oct. 22, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/078656
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 16, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/126157, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 010 032.5 (DE), filed on Dec. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0074229 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. E05B 17/10 (2006.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); E05B 17/22 (2006.01); E05B 81/76 (2014.01); E05B 85/16 (2014.01)
CPC E05B 17/10 (2013.01) [B60Q 1/2669 (2013.01); B60Q 1/5037 (2022.05); B60Q 1/545 (2022.05); B60Q 1/549 (2022.05); E05B 17/226 (2013.01); E05B 81/77 (2013.01); E05B 85/16 (2013.01); B60Q 2900/30 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle door handle, comprising:
an external visible surface having a display element,
wherein the display element comprises a surface having a plurality of individually controllable pixels that are controllable via a control device depending on a user interface,
wherein, via the user interface, content is created, selected from pre-stored or online retrievable design examples, or captured via a camera of a mobile terminal,
wherein an application program of the mobile terminal is configured so that the created, selected, or captured content is transmitted to the vehicle door handle as display content,
wherein the user interface includes sensors that detect approach of a first person to the vehicle, and
wherein, responsive to the sensors detecting an approach of the first person, content assigned to the first person and at least one other parameter is displayed on the display element,
wherein the sensors detect approach of a second person to the vehicle,
wherein, responsive to the sensors detecting an approach of the second person, content assigned to the second person and at least one other second parameter is displayed on the display element, and
wherein the vehicle door handle is an external vehicle door handle.