Multifunctional switch system for autonomous vehicle and operating method thereof
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorSang Hoon Shin
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Abstract
A multifunctional switch system for an autonomous vehicle may include a plurality of docking stations in the interior of the autonomous vehicle, sets an operation mode of a mobile operation device for each of positions of the plurality of docking stations, and operates in an operation mode corresponding to the position of the docking station as the mobile operation device is docked to the docking station to enable a driver in the autonomous vehicle to conveniently operate various convenience devices regardless of the driver's location, and an operating method thereof.
Claims20
A mobile operation device for a vehicle, the mobile operation device comprising:
- a magnetic force generator configured to generate a magnetic force for docking to a plurality of docking stations provided in an interior of the vehicle;
- a touch screen configured to display a plurality of operation buttons;
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- a controller configured to control the touch screen to display an operation button corresponding to a position of a docking station among the plurality of operation buttons when the mobile operation device is docked to one of the plurality of docking stations, and process a user's input through the displayed operation button.
An operating method of a mobile operation device for a vehicle, the method comprising:
- detecting, by a controller, a docking to a docking station among a plurality of docking stations provided in an interior of the vehicle;
- determining, by the controller, an operation button corresponding to the docking station;
- displaying, by a touch screen, the determined operation button;
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- processing, by the controller, an input of a user through the determined operation button.
A multifunctional switch system for a vehicle, the multifunctional switch system comprising:
- a plurality of docking stations provided in an interior of the vehicle to communicate with a plurality of convenience devices provided in the vehicle;
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- a mobile operation device configured to make a docking to a docking station among the plurality of docking stations through a magnetic force, determine an operation button corresponding to a position of the docking station, display the determined operation button and process a user's input through the displayed operation button.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.