Sunroof Control Interface Utilizing Position Presets
First Claim
1. A method of positioning a sunroof, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a graphical user interface (GUI) display within a vehicle passenger compartment of a vehicle;
displaying a sunroof GUI control screen on said GUI display;
displaying a sunroof control interface on said sunroof GUI control screen, said sunroof control interface providing control over said sunroof integrated within said vehicle, wherein said sunroof control interface includes a preset sunroof position, wherein said preset sunroof position is located between a fully open sunroof position and a fully closed sunroof position, and wherein said preset sunroof position is located between a fully open sunroof position and a sunroof venting position;
accepting a user selection of a desired sunroof position via said sunroof control interface, wherein said user selection is made by a user of said sunroof GUI control screen; and
positioning said sunroof to a sunroof position corresponding to said desired sunroof position, wherein said positioning step is performed automatically in response to said step of accepting said user selection of said desired sunroof position, and wherein said step of positioning said sunroof to said sunroof position is completed after said step of accepting said user selection is completed.
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Abstract
A sunroof control interface, as well as a method of using the interface, is provided. The interface may use a visual representation of the vehicle'"'"'s exterior and/or a slide controller to help the user to quickly identify the desired sunroof position. Preset sunroof positions are used with the control interface to simplify sunroof positioning. Assuming a touch-screen interface, the user can simply tap on the visual representation of the vehicle, or tap on the slide controller, to select a preset sunroof position. The preset sunroof position may also be selected using a mouse controller. The visual depiction of the vehicle may include a phantom sunroof overlay to further aid the user in selecting the desired sunroof position. A numerical indicator may be used with either the overlay or the slide controller to indicate the selected sunroof position relative to a fully open or fully closed sunroof.
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28 Claims
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1. A method of positioning a sunroof, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a graphical user interface (GUI) display within a vehicle passenger compartment of a vehicle; displaying a sunroof GUI control screen on said GUI display; displaying a sunroof control interface on said sunroof GUI control screen, said sunroof control interface providing control over said sunroof integrated within said vehicle, wherein said sunroof control interface includes a preset sunroof position, wherein said preset sunroof position is located between a fully open sunroof position and a fully closed sunroof position, and wherein said preset sunroof position is located between a fully open sunroof position and a sunroof venting position; accepting a user selection of a desired sunroof position via said sunroof control interface, wherein said user selection is made by a user of said sunroof GUI control screen; and positioning said sunroof to a sunroof position corresponding to said desired sunroof position, wherein said positioning step is performed automatically in response to said step of accepting said user selection of said desired sunroof position, and wherein said step of positioning said sunroof to said sunroof position is completed after said step of accepting said user selection is completed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A sunroof control system, comprising:
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a sunroof integrated into a vehicle; a graphical user interface (GUI) display mounted within a vehicle passenger compartment of said vehicle; a sunroof control interface displayed on said GUI display, said sunroof control interface comprised of a plurality of user selectable regions and a preset sunroof position, wherein said preset sunroof position is located between a fully open sunroof position and a fully closed sunroof position, and wherein said preset sunroof position is located between a fully open sunroof position and a sunroof venting position; and a system controller coupled to said sunroof control interface and to said sunroof, said system controller configured to determine if a user sunroof selection input via said sunroof control interface corresponds to said preset sunroof position or to one of a plurality of user selectable sunroof positions corresponding to said plurality of user selectable regions, said system controller further configured to automatically adjust said sunroof to a sunroof position corresponding to said user sunroof selection. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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