# US 11,112,900 B2 · Method and apparatus for controlling vehicular user interface under driving condition

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- Number: US 11,112,900 B2
- Document ID: US11112900B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/664,183
- Filed: 2019-10-25
- Published: 2020-02-20
- Granted: 2021-09-07
- Earliest claimed: 2016-10-05
- Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Motors Corporation
- Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Motors Corporation
- Inventors: Chung Hoon Cho; Seung Ho Jeong; Ji Won Yun; So Young Kim; Min Young Yoon
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11112900B2

## CPC

- G06F 3/0416: {Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers}
- B60K 35/10: Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor
- G06F 1/3262: {Power saving in digitizer or tablet}
- G06F 3/011: {Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality (blind teaching G09B21/00)}
- G06F 3/044: by capacitive means
- H04N 23/62: Control of parameters via user interfaces
- H04N 23/63: by using electronic viewfinders
- H04N 23/635: {Region indicators; Field of view indicators}
- B60K 35/22: Display screens
- B60K 35/50: Instruments characterised by their means of attachment to or integration in the vehicle (B60K35/231 takes precedence)
- B60K 35/60: Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles (arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10)
- B60K 35/81: for controlling displays
- B60K 2360/1438: Touch screens
- B60K 2360/21: using cameras
- B60K 2360/77: Instrument locations other than the dashboard
- G06F 2203/04105: Pressure sensors for measuring the pressure or force exerted on the touch surface without providing the touch position
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

A method for controlling an in-vehicle user interface includes: providing a vehicle window that serves as an input/output module engaged with at least one of a computing device, a camera and a multimedia device; monitoring whether a change of an air pressure at a neighboring area of the vehicle window is beyond a predetermined threshold range; sensing a touch input via the vehicle window; and generating, in response to the change of the air pressure and the touch input, a control signal of the input/output module.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for controlling an in-vehicle user interface, the method comprising:
monitoring, by an air pressure sensor, whether a change of an air pressure at a neighboring area of a vehicle window is beyond a predetermined threshold range, the vehicle window serving as an input/output module engaged with a controller;
activating a touch input device and a window display of the vehicle window in response to a first change of the air pressure;
sensing a touch input, by the input/output module, via the vehicle window; and
saving, by the controller, an image corresponding to the sensed touch input in response to a second change of the air pressure.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein the input/output module includes a transparent touch screen.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method according to claim 2, further comprising:
displaying the image on the transparent touch screen in response to the sensed touch input.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The method according to claim 2, wherein the step of activating includes providing a screen with condensational effect on the transparent touch screen.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The method according to claim 2, further comprising:
displaying a new window for receiving a touch input in response to the image on the transparent touch screen in response to the second change of the air pressure.

### Claim 6 (depends on 2)

The method according to claim 2, wherein the transparent touch screen is in an inactive state until the first change of the air pressure is detected by the air pressure sensor.

### Claim 7 (depends on 2)

The method according to claim 2, further comprising:
displaying at least one touch button on the transparent touch screen in response to the first change of the air pressure.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The method according to claim 7, further comprising:
displaying a frame indicating a photography area of a camera engaged with the controller in response to an input through a touch button among the at least one touch button.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The method according to claim 8, further comprising:
adjusting at least a position or a size of the frame in response to at least a zoom function, an angle change or a direction change of the camera.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The method according to claim 8, wherein the frame is displayed on a fixed position according to a position and a view direction of the camera.

### Claim 11

An apparatus for controlling a vehicle window mounted on a vehicle comprising a controller that comprises at least one data processor and at least one computer-readable memory storing a computer program, wherein the controller is configured to cause the apparatus to:
monitor whether a change of an air pressure at a neighboring area of the vehicle window is beyond a predetermined threshold range, the vehicle window serving as an input/output module engaged with the controller;
activate a touch input device and a window display of the vehicle window in response to a first change of the air pressure;
sense a touch input, by the input/output module, via the vehicle window; and
save an image corresponding to the sensed touch input in response to a second change of the air pressure.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the input/output module includes a transparent touch screen.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the controller is further configured to display the image on the transparent touch screen in response to the sensed touch input.

### Claim 14 (depends on 12)

The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the controller is further configured to provide a screen with condensational effect on the transparent touch screen in response to the first change of the air pressure.

### Claim 15 (depends on 12)

The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the controller is further configured to display a new window for receiving a touch input in response to the image on the transparent touch screen in response to the second change of the air pressure.

### Claim 16 (depends on 12)

The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the transparent touch screen is in an inactive state until the first change of the air pressure is detected by the air pressure sensor.

### Claim 17 (depends on 12)

The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the controller is further configured to display at least one touch button on the transparent touch screen in response to the first change of the air pressure.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the controller is further configured to display a frame indicating a photography area of a camera engaged with the controller in response to an input through a touch button among the at least one touch button.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the controller is further configured to adjust at least a position or a size of the frame in response to at least a zoom function, an angle change or a direction change of the camera.

### Claim 20 (depends on 18)

The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the frame is displayed on a fixed position according to a position and a view direction of the camera.