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Configurable touch screen LCD steering wheel controls

  • US 9,164,619 B2
  • Filed: 03/04/2015
  • Issued: 10/20/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An entertainment system control arrangement for a motor vehicle, comprising:

  • a steering wheel;

    a graphical liquid crystal display with a configurable touch screen that includes a plurality of sections, the graphical liquid crystal display and touch screen being disposed on the steering wheel; and

    a processor communicatively coupled to the graphical liquid crystal display and configured to;

    prompt a user to select a function to assign to the configurable touch screen;

    assign the selected function to one of the sections of the configurable touch screen;

    automatically assigning a first one of the sections of the configurable touch screen a yes/accept function;

    automatically assigning a second one of the sections of the configurable touch screen a no/reject function;

    propose to the user a function for a third one of the sections;

    receive an acceptance or rejection of the proposed function via the user touching the first one of the sections or the second one of the sections; and

    present a menu of a plurality of configuration choices for the first one and the second one of the sections of the configurable touch screen, including a plurality of functions which the user selects to be assigned to the first one and the second one of the sections of the configurable touch screen, the assignment of the functions to the first one and the second one of the sections occurring after the user has used the first one and the second one of the sections to indicate acceptance or rejection of the proposed function for the third one of the sections.

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