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Configurable touch screen LCD steering wheel controls

  • US 9,557,851 B2
  • Filed: 09/17/2015
  • Issued: 01/31/2017
  • 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;

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

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

    prompt a user to select a respective function to assign to each remaining said section of the configurable touch screen;

    receive a plurality of function selections from the user; and

    assign the selected functions to respective said remaining sections of the configurable touch screen;

    wherein the first one of the sections of the configurable touch screen is automatically assigned a first arrow function and the second one of the sections of the configurable touch screen is automatically assigned a second arrow function, the first arrow pointing in a first direction opposite to a second direction in which the second arrow points; and

    wherein the processor is configured to;

    present a menu of functions to assign to a remaining one of the sections; and

    enable the user to navigate the menu via the user touching the first one of the sections of the configurable touch screen and the second one of the sections of the configurable touch screen.

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