Integrated touch screen display with multi-mode functionality
First Claim
1. A material handling vehicle comprising:
- a tractor unit;
a vertically movable platform mounted relative to the tractor unit, the platform being vertically movable between an upper position and a lower position;
an integrated display system, the integrated display system including a display screen, the display screen to simultaneously display a plurality of live tiles;
a manual input keypad, with both the display screen and the manual input keypad operable to control the integrated display system;
wherein the display screen is operable by a user'"'"'s touch; and
wherein the integrated display system is operable in a mixed input mode, where in the mixed mode, the integrated display system automatically accepts input from the display screen immediately after input from the manual input keypad, and the integrated display system automatically accepts input from the manual input keypad immediately after input from the display screen, and an appearance of a highlighted cursor state on the display screen depends on toggling between input from the manual input keypad and input from the display screen.
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Abstract
Systems and methods include an integrated display having a graphical user interface that combines aspects of a telematic system with a vehicle control system. The integrated display combines a touch screen and a manual input keypad. Using both the touch screen'"'"'s graphical user interface and the keypad, the integrated display can operate in multiple operation modes, including a touch mode where the operator controls the graphical user interface functions by touching predefined areas or tiles on the screen, and a keypad mode, where the operator controls the graphical user interface functions by touching keys on the manual input keypad. The integrated display can be controlled in a mixed mode operation, where the operator can control the graphical user interface functions using both the touch screen (touch mode) and the manual input keypad (keypad mode) to complete data entry processes, for example, and the integrated display can automatically transition between modes.
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19 Claims
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1. A material handling vehicle comprising:
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a tractor unit; a vertically movable platform mounted relative to the tractor unit, the platform being vertically movable between an upper position and a lower position; an integrated display system, the integrated display system including a display screen, the display screen to simultaneously display a plurality of live tiles; a manual input keypad, with both the display screen and the manual input keypad operable to control the integrated display system; wherein the display screen is operable by a user'"'"'s touch; and wherein the integrated display system is operable in a mixed input mode, where in the mixed mode, the integrated display system automatically accepts input from the display screen immediately after input from the manual input keypad, and the integrated display system automatically accepts input from the manual input keypad immediately after input from the display screen, and an appearance of a highlighted cursor state on the display screen depends on toggling between input from the manual input keypad and input from the display screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An integrated display system, the system comprising:
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a display screen, the display screen to simultaneously display telematics information and vehicle information on one screen, the one screen comprising a grid of live tiles; wherein the integrated display displays a graphical user interface, the integrated display including a touch display screen, and a manual input keypad, with both the touch display screen and the manual input keypad operable to control the graphical user interface; wherein the integrated display system is operable in a mixed input mode, where in the mixed mode, the integrated display system automatically accepts input from the touch display screen immediately after input from the manual input keypad, and the integrated display system automatically accepts input from the manual input keypad immediately after input from the touch display screen, and an appearance of a highlighted cursor state on the touch display screen depends on toggling between input from the manual input keypad and input from the touch display screen. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A material handling vehicle comprising:
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a tractor unit; a vertically movable platform mounted relative to the tractor unit, the platform being vertically movable between an upper position and a lower position; an integrated display system, the integrated display system including a touch display screen, the touch display screen to simultaneously display a plurality of live tiles, the plurality of live tiles to display live material handling vehicle data; the touch display screen further displays at least one of telematics information and vehicle information on the touch display screen; a manual input keypad, with both the touch display screen and the manual input keypad operable to control the integrated display system; wherein a material handling vehicle operator to interact with the material handling vehicle uses the touch display screen only, the manual input keypad only, or a combination of both the touch display screen and the manual input keypad; and wherein an appearance of a highlighted cursor state on the touch display screen depends on toggling between input from the manual input keypad and input from the touch display screen. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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