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Window control system and control method thereof

  • US 9,804,776 B2
  • Filed: 08/07/2015
  • Issued: 10/31/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A window control system, mounted within a vehicle, the window control system comprising:

  • at least one processing unit;

    a plurality of touch pads coupled to the at least one processing unit, each touch pad being adjacent to one vehicle window of the vehicle, and further being mounted on an inner vehicle door of the vehicle adjacent to the vehicle window, each touch pad usable by a passenger siting adjacent the window; and

    a non-transitory computer readable medium coupled to the at least one processing unit and configured to store instructions for execution by the at least one processing unit, the instructions causing the at least one processing unit to;

    control the vehicle to switch to a window adjusting mode in response to input operations applied on one of the plurality of touch pads;

    recognize a gesture in response to input signals, wherein the input signals are generated by the one of the plurality of the touch pads in response to input operations applied thereon;

    compare the gesture with a plurality of predefined gestures stored in a storage unit of the vehicle;

    determine whether the gesture is same as one of the plurality of predefined gestures;

    obtain a control order corresponding to the one of the plurality of predefined gestures when the gesture matches the one of the plurality of predefined gestures, wherein when the gesture is recognized to be a touch gesture sliding on the one of the plurality of the touch pads towards a first direction, the control order generated is to control one or more vehicle windows to rise, and when the gesture is recognized to be a touch gesture sliding on the one of the plurality of the touch pads towards a second direction opposite to the first direction, the control order generated is to control the one or more vehicle windows to go down, wherein the one or more vehicle windows comprise a left front vehicle window, a right front vehicle window, a left rear vehicle window and a right rear vehicle window;

    wherein the one of the plurality of the touch pads comprises a first touch region and a second touch region, the window adjusting mode is entered into in response to the input operations applied on the first touch region of the one of the plurality of the touch pads of the vehicle, the second touch region comprises a left front region corresponding to the left front vehicle window, a right front region corresponding to the right front vehicle window, a left rear region corresponding to the left rear vehicle window and a right rear region corresponding to the right rear vehicle window, wherein when the gesture is recognized to be a slide gesture sliding on the second touch region of the one of the plurality of the touch pads from the left front region to the right rear region, the control order generated is to control the left front vehicle window to rise or go down;

    wherein when the gesture is recognized to be a slide gesture sliding on the second touch region of the one of the plurality of the touch pads from the right front region to the left rear region, the control order generated is to control the right front vehicle window to rise or go down;

    wherein when the gesture is recognized to be a slide gesture sliding on the second touch region of the one of the plurality of the touch pads from the left rear region to the right front region, the control order generated is to control the left rear vehicle window to rise or go down; and

    wherein when the gesture is recognized to be a slide gesture sliding on the second touch region of the one of the plurality of the touch pads from the right rear region to the left front region, the control order generated is to control the right rear vehicle window to rise or go down; and

    control the one or more vehicle windows to rise or go down according to the control order.

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