TOUCH CONTROL PANEL FOR VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A vehicle control system comprising:
- a display device located in a vehicle, the display device displaying a plurality of display icons with one of the display icons representing an active display icon;
a touchpad located in the vehicle remote from the display device, the touchpad providing virtual buttons corresponding to the display icons and having relative orientations corresponding to the display icons, wherein the touchpad establishes a home location on the touchpad based on a location where a user of the vehicle touches the touchpad, the home location corresponding to the active display icon such that the virtual button representing the active display icon is located at the home location and the other virtual buttons are oriented about the home location.
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Abstract
A vehicle control system includes a display device located in a vehicle. The display device displays a plurality of display icons with one of the display icons representing an active display icon. A touchpad is located in the vehicle remote from the display device. The touchpad provides virtual buttons corresponding to the display icons that have relative orientations corresponding to the display icons. The touchpad establishes a home location on the touchpad based on a location where a user of the vehicle touches the touchpad. The home location corresponds to the active display icon such that the virtual button representing the active display icon is located at the home location and the other virtual buttons are oriented about the home location.
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23 Claims
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1. A vehicle control system comprising:
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a display device located in a vehicle, the display device displaying a plurality of display icons with one of the display icons representing an active display icon; a touchpad located in the vehicle remote from the display device, the touchpad providing virtual buttons corresponding to the display icons and having relative orientations corresponding to the display icons, wherein the touchpad establishes a home location on the touchpad based on a location where a user of the vehicle touches the touchpad, the home location corresponding to the active display icon such that the virtual button representing the active display icon is located at the home location and the other virtual buttons are oriented about the home location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for controlling functions of a vehicle control system, the method comprising:
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presenting, to a user of a vehicle, a first display on a display device, the first display displaying a plurality of display icons corresponding to control functions of the vehicle control system, one of the display icons being an active display icon; receiving a touch input from the user on a touchpad of a control panel that is remote from the display device, the touch input establishing a home location at the location of the touch input of the user; presenting, to the user of the vehicle, virtual buttons on the touchpad corresponding to the display icons, wherein the virtual button corresponding to the active display icon is located at the home location and the virtual buttons corresponding to the other display icons are oriented relative to the home location. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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