SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ABSOLUTE COORDINATE AND ZONE MAPPING BETWEEN A TOUCHPAD AND A DISPLAY SCREEN

• US 20170293373A1
• Filed: 06/27/2017
• Published: 10/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Miller, Ross Cameron, Napier, Parhys L., Grebe, Cody D., Vanderburgh, David Albert, Feit, Steven
• Granted Patent: US 10,037,091 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/1442 Emulation of input devices
• 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 35/60 Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units

Abstract

A method and system for providing absolute coordinate mapping using zone mapping input in a vehicle includes determining a touch input received on a touchpad located in the vehicle, presenting an absolute mapped position of the touch input on a display screen located in the vehicle, presenting one or more user interface objects on the display screen, and providing a plurality of display input zones corresponding to one or more user interface objects presented on the display screen. The method and system further include determining a user input to one of the one or more user interface objects presented on the display screen based on the absolute mapped position of the touch input on at least one of the one or more user interface objects presented on the display screen, and the plurality of display input zones on the display screen.

Claims

1. A method for providing absolute coordinate and zone mapping between a touchpad and a display screen, comprising:

receiving user interface data, wherein the user interface data includes display data that corresponds to a user interface object to be presented on the display screen;

determining a first set of display coordinates that correspond to the user interface object based on the user interface data;

presenting the user interface object on the display screen at a location based on the first set of display coordinates;

determining a set of active touchpad coordinates on the touchpad based on the first set of display coordinates, wherein the touchpad and the display screen are separate and apart from one another; and

providing a touch input zone on the touchpad corresponding to the user interface object presented on the display screen,

wherein the touch input zone includes a first area of a surface of the touchpad that corresponds to the set of active touchpad coordinates and a second area of the surface of the touchpad that is outside of the first area,

wherein a size of the second area of the surface of the touchpad is determined based on a user input determined from a touch input on the touch input zone on the touchpad in response to presenting the user interface object on the display screen,

wherein each touch input zone of different touch input zones on the touchpad correspond to exactly one user interface object presented on the display screen, and

wherein all of the touch input zones occupy an entire area of the touchpad.

2. The method of claim 1, further including determining the touch input received at a portion of the surface of the touchpad and defining touchpad coordinates associated with the portion of the surface of the touchpad wherein the touch input is received.

3. The method of claim 2, further including presenting an absolute mapped position of the touch input, wherein presenting the absolute mapped position includes determining display coordinates on the display screen that correspond to the touchpad coordinates associated with the portion of the surface of the touchpad wherein the touch input is received.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein presenting the absolute mapped position of the touch input includes presenting an input indicator at a location of the display screen that includes the display coordinates on the display screen that corresponds to the touchpad coordinates associated with the portion of the surface of the touchpad wherein the touch input is received.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein determining the user input to the user interface object includes determining that the input indicator is presented on the first set of display coordinates, and display coordinates on the display screen that include a display input zone corresponding to the touch input zone.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the touch input zone on the touchpad corresponding to the user interface object presented on the display screen includes determining a location of the second area of the surface of the touchpad based on a first measured distance that is determined to be the shortest from a second set of display coordinates that correspond to an edge of the user interface object to a plurality of display coordinates at an edge of the display screen.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the touch input zone on the touchpad corresponding to the user interface object presented on the display screen includes determining a location of the second area of the surface of the touchpad based on a second measured distance that is determined to be the shortest from a third set of display coordinates that correspond to a center point of the user interface object to a plurality of display coordinates at an edge of the display screen.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the touch input zone on the touchpad corresponding to the user interface object presented on the display screen includes determining touchpad coordinates that correspond to display coordinates that are determined to have a highest utilization likelihood, wherein the highest utilization likelihood is based on a shape and placement of the user interface object presented on the display screen.

9. A system for providing absolute coordinate and zone mapping between a touchpad and a display screen, comprising:

a memory storing instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to;

receive user interface data, wherein the user interface data includes display data that corresponds to a user interface object to be presented on the display screen;

determine a first set of display coordinates that correspond to the user interface object based on the user interface data;

present the user interface object on the display screen at a location based on the first set of display coordinates;

determine a set of active touchpad coordinates on the touchpad based on the first set of display coordinates, wherein the touchpad and the display screen are separate and apart from one another; and

provide a touch input zone on the touchpad corresponding to the user interface object presented on the display screen,

wherein the touch input zone includes a first area of a surface of the touchpad that corresponds to the set of active touchpad coordinates and a second area of the surface of the touchpad that is outside of the first area,

wherein a size of the second area of the surface of the touchpad is determined based on a user input determined from a touch input on the touch input zone on the touchpad in response to presenting the user interface object on the display screen,

wherein each touch input zone of different touch input zones on the touchpad correspond to exactly one user interface object presented on the display screen, and

wherein all of the touch input zones occupy an entire area of the touchpad.

10. The system of claim 9, further including determining the touch input received at a portion of the surface of the touchpad and defining touchpad coordinates associated with the portion of the surface of the touchpad wherein the touch input is received.

11. The system of claim 10, further including presenting an absolute mapped position of the touch input, wherein presenting the absolute mapped position includes determining display coordinates on the display screen that correspond to the touchpad coordinates associated with the portion of the surface of the touchpad wherein the touch input is received.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein an input indicator is presented at a location of the display screen that includes the display coordinates on the display screen that correspond to the touchpad coordinates associated with the portion of the surface of the touchpad wherein the touch input is received.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the input indicator is presented on the first set of display coordinates, and display coordinates on the display screen that include a display input zone corresponding to the touch input zone.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the processor determines a location of the second area of the surface of the touchpad based on a first measured distance that is determined to be the shortest from a second set of display coordinates that correspond to an edge of the user interface object to a plurality of display coordinates at an edge of the display screen.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the processor determines a location of the second area of the surface of the touchpad based on a second measured distance that is determined to be the shortest from a third set of display coordinates that correspond to a center point of the user interface object to a plurality of display coordinates at an edge of the display screen.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the processor determines touchpad coordinates that correspond to display coordinates that have a highest utilization likelihood to provide the touch input zone on the touchpad, wherein the highest utilization likelihood is based on a shape and placement of the user interface object presented on the display screen.

17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a processor of a computer, causes the processor of the computer to implement a method, comprising:

receiving user interface data, wherein the user interface data includes display data that corresponds to a user interface object to be presented on a display screen;

determining a first set of display coordinates that correspond to the user interface object based on the user interface data;

presenting the user interface object on the display screen at a location based on the first set of display coordinates;

determining a set of active touchpad coordinates on a touchpad based on the first set of display coordinates, wherein the touchpad and the display screen are separate and apart from one another; and

providing a touch input zone on the touchpad corresponding to the user interface object presented on the display screen,

wherein the touch input zone includes a first area of a surface of the touchpad that corresponds to the set of active touchpad coordinates and a second area of the surface of the touchpad that is outside of the first area,

wherein a size of the second area of the surface of the touchpad is determined based on a user input determined from a touch input on the touch input zone on the touchpad in response to presenting the user interface object on the display screen,

wherein each touch input zone of different touch input zones on the touchpad correspond to exactly one user interface object presented on the display screen, and

wherein all of the touch input zones occupy an entire area of the touchpad.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein providing the touch input zone corresponding to the user interface object presented on the display screen includes determining a location of the second area of the surface of the touchpad based on a first measured distance that is determined to be the shortest from a second set of display coordinates that correspond to an edge of the user interface object to a plurality of display coordinates at an edge of the display screen.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein providing the touch input zone corresponding to the user interface object presented on the display screen includes determining touchpad coordinates that correspond to display coordinates that are determined to have a highest utilization likelihood, wherein the highest utilization likelihood is based on a shape and placement of the user interface object presented on the display screen.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein providing the touch input zone corresponding to the user interface object presented on the display screen includes determining a location of the second area of the surface of the touchpad based on a second measured distance that is determined to be the shortest from a third set of display coordinates that correspond to a center point of the user interface object to a plurality of display coordinates at an edge of the display screen.