OPERATION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE

• US 20120092251A1
• Filed: 07/14/2010
• Published: 04/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Hashimoto, Kaneaki, Yokoyama, Sadahiro
• Application Number:
  US13/378,220
• Publication Number:
  US 20120092251A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/11 Instrument graphical user interfaces or menu aspects
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/122 Instrument input devices with reconfigurable control functions, e.g. reconfigurable menus
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/141 Activation of instrument input devices by approaching fingers or pens
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/1442 Emulation of input devices
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/1515 Reconfigurable dials
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/10 Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/20 Output arrangements, i.e. from vehicle to user, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

An operation system for a vehicle includes, a display unit; a proximity detecting unit that detects that a part of a human body approaches the display unit; a position specifying unit that specifies positions on the display unit where the part of the human body approached on the basis of a detection result of the proximity detecting unit; and a display controlling unit that makes an icon display screen, which displays icons corresponding to respective operation items of a plurality of in-vehicle devices, and a selection screen, which selects set values or operation modes of the operation items corresponding to the icons which are displayed at the positions when the positions are specified by the position specifying unit, are displayed on the display unit; wherein the icons are formed of at least characters or figures representing the set values or the operation modes that are currently selected, and wherein the display controlling unit makes the icon display screen, on which all operable icons are displayed, be displayed on one screen of the display unit.

Claims

1. An operation system for a vehicle comprising:

a display unit;

a proximity detecting unit that detects that a part of a human body approaches the display unit;

a position specifying unit that specifies positions on the display unit where the part of the human body approached on the basis of a detection result of the proximity detecting unit; and

a display controlling unit that makes an icon display screen, which displays icons corresponding to respective operation items of a plurality of in-vehicle devices, and a selection screen, which selects set values or operation modes of the operation items corresponding to the icons which are displayed at the positions when the positions are specified by the position specifying unit, are displayed on the display unit,

wherein the icons are formed of at least characters or figures representing the set values or the operation modes that are currently selected, and

wherein the display controlling unit makes the icon display screen, on which all operable icons are displayed, be displayed on one screen of the display unit.

2. The operation system for the vehicle according to claim 1,

wherein the display controlling unit makes the selection screen, on which all the operable set values or the operable operation modes are displayed, be displayed on one screen of the display unit.

3. The operation system for the vehicle according to claim 2,

wherein the display controlling unit reduces contrast of the icon display screen and makes the selection screen be displayed and superimposed on the icon display screen of which contrast has been reduced, when the selection screen is displayed.

4. The operation system for the vehicle according to claim 1,

wherein the display controlling unit switches the set values or the operation modes, which are represented by characters or figures as a specific icon among the plurality of icons displayed on the icon display screen, according to the current set values or the current operation modes that are displayed in another icon associated with the specific icon.

5. The operation system for the vehicle according to claim 1,

wherein the selection screen is displayed when the proximity detecting unit detects that a distance between the display unit and the part of the human body becomes equal to or smaller than a predetermined distance.