VEHICLE ACCESSORY CONTROL INTERFACE HAVING CAPACITIVE TOUCH SWITCHES
First Claim
1. A system for enabling an operator to control an accessory from a remote device, the system comprising:
- a control interface including a display panel and a processor associated with the display panel;
the display panel including a touch surface, an electronically non-conductive touch surface, a plurality of touch areas, each of the touch areas having an array of electrically conductive rows and columns, which capacitivily couples to a conductive object, moving into close proximity to one of the conductive rows and columns, while being driven with an electrical charge;
the processor detecting the capacitive coupling of the conductive row to the conductive object, generating a signal and providing the signal wirelessly to one of an accessory and remote device, based on a first movement, followed by a second movement when a pattern or sequence has been detected, remotely communicating to a wireless device using a transceiver associated with the processor, and controlling at least one of the remote accessories in accordance with an output command from the wireless device.
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Abstract
A system including a control interface including a display panel and a processor, the display panel including a touch surface, an electronically non-conductive touch surface, and a plurality of touch areas having an array of electrically conductive rows and columns, which capacitivily couples to a conductive object, moving into close proximity to one of the conductive rows and columns, while being driven with an electrical charge, and the processor detecting the capacitive coupling of the conductive row to the conductive object, generating a signal and providing the signal wirelessly to one of an accessory and remote device, based on a first movement, followed by a second movement when a pattern or sequence has been detected, remotely communicating to a wireless device using a transceiver associated with the processor, and controlling at least one of the remote accessories in accordance with an output command from the wireless device.
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11 Claims
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1. A system for enabling an operator to control an accessory from a remote device, the system comprising:
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a control interface including a display panel and a processor associated with the display panel; the display panel including a touch surface, an electronically non-conductive touch surface, a plurality of touch areas, each of the touch areas having an array of electrically conductive rows and columns, which capacitivily couples to a conductive object, moving into close proximity to one of the conductive rows and columns, while being driven with an electrical charge; the processor detecting the capacitive coupling of the conductive row to the conductive object, generating a signal and providing the signal wirelessly to one of an accessory and remote device, based on a first movement, followed by a second movement when a pattern or sequence has been detected, remotely communicating to a wireless device using a transceiver associated with the processor, and controlling at least one of the remote accessories in accordance with an output command from the wireless device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for enabling an operator to control an accessory from a remote device, the system comprising:
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a control interface including a display and a processor associated with the display; the display including a touch surface and a plurality of touch areas, each of the touch areas having an array of electrically conductive rows and columns, which capacitivily couples to a conductive object moving into close proximity to at least one of the conductive rows and columns while being driven with an electrical charge; the processor detecting the capacitive coupling of the at least one of the conductive rows and columns to the conductive object, generating a signal, providing the signal wirelessly to at least one of a plurality of accessories based on a first movement, followed by a second movement when a pattern or sequence has been detected, communicating to a wireless remote device using a transceiver associated with the processor, and controlling the least one of a plurality of accessories in accordance with an output command from the wireless remote device.
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11. A system for enabling an operator to control an accessory from a remote device, the system comprising:
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a control interface including a display panel and a processor associated with the display panel; the display panel including a touch surface and a plurality of touch areas, each of the touch areas having an array of electrically conductive rows and columns, which capacitivily couples to a conductive object moving into close proximity to at least one of the conductive rows and columns while being driven with an electrical charge; the processor detecting the capacitive coupling of the at least one of the conductive rows and columns to the conductive object, generating a signal, providing the signal wirelessly to at least one of a plurality of accessories and remote device based on a first movement, followed by a second movement when a pattern or sequence has been detected, communicating to a wireless device using a transceiver associated with the processor, and controlling the least one of a plurality of accessories in accordance with an output command from the wireless device, wherein the processor achieves proximity detection of the electrically conductive object to at least one of the touch areas by lowering a sensitivity threshold of the processor to make the touch area more sensitive to nearby electrically conductive objects.
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