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On-screen gear selector for automatic transmission

  • US 9,410,613 B2
  • Filed: 11/27/2012
  • Issued: 08/09/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • an on-screen gear selector for an automatic transmission of a vehicle, including;

    a touch screen;

    an on-screen gear selector for selectively being displayed on the touch screen, the on-screen gear selector having a minimized position and a pop-up mode; and

    a plurality of icons,each of the plurality of icons representing a mode of operation of the automatic transmission,the plurality of icons selectively displayed on the touch screen,the plurality of icons being part of the on-screen gear selector;

    wherein each of the plurality of icons is touched to configure the transmission to operate in a mode of operation represented by the touched icon, andonly the icon representing a current mode of operation is displayed on the touch screen when the on-screen gear selector is in the minimized position, andwhen the on-screen gear selector is in the minimized position,the displayed icon representing the current mode of operation is touched to configure the touch screen such that all of the plurality of icons are displayed on the touch screen; and

    wherein the on-screen gear selector is placed in the minimized position after a predetermined amount of driving time in the mode of operation represented by the displayed icon, allowing other functions to be displayed on the touch screen; and

    wherein the on-screen gear selector chances from the minimized position to pop-up mode when the speed of the vehicle is below a predetermined value.

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