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US 12,111,972 B2Granted
Automotive operating system
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorWojciech Huwer
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Abstract
System including one or more touch-sensitive control surfaces on which control elements, which are arranged next to each other, are displayed. Using a control device with controller software, the control elements can determine amongst themselves via the controller software, when a respective control element should be active or deactivated when touched.
Claims18
A system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a control unit;
- and
- a touch-sensitive user interface, wherein the control unit is configured to control a display of a plurality of operating elements on the user interface, register a user selection of an operating element on the user interface, in a region
- of the plurality of operating elements, the registration of the user selection comprises determining a signal level;
- determine a signal level strength from a plurality of different signal level strengths corresponding to different press force intensities, including transitional signal levels, of the user selection, wherein a dynamic control sequence for controlling and blocking vehicle functions is determined based on the determined signal level strength corresponding to the press force intensity;
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- control a function assigned to the selected operating element based on the determined signal level strength and the dynamic control sequence corresponding to the press force intensity, wherein the control unit is configured to block at least one function assigned to at least one of the other plurality of operating elements according to the control sequence determined based on the press force intensity.
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A method of controlling an operating system of a vehicle, comprising:
- generating a display on a touch-sensitive user interface, the display comprising a plurality of operating elements on the user interface;
- registering a user selection of an operating element of the plurality of operating elements on the user interface, in a region of the plurality of operating elements, the registering of the user selection comprises determining a signal level;
- determining a signal level strength from a plurality of different signal level strengths corresponding to different press force intensities, including transitional signal levels, of the user selection, wherein a dynamic control sequence for controlling and blocking vehicle functions is determined based on the determined signal level strength corresponding to the press force intensity;
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- controlling, via a control unit, a function assigned to the selected operating element based on the determined signal level strength and the dynamic control sequence corresponding to the press force intensity;
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- blocking, via the control unit, at least one function assigned to at least one of the other plurality of operating elements according to the dynamic control sequence determined based on the press force intensity.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored therein instructions executable by one or more processors of a vehicle to:
- generate a display on a touch-sensitive user interface, the display comprising a plurality of operating elements on the user interface;
- register a user selection of an operating element of the plurality of operating elements on the user interface, in a region of the plurality of operating elements, the registration of the user selection comprising determining a signal level;
- determine a signal level strength from a plurality of different signal level strengths corresponding to different press force intensities, including transitional signal levels, of the user selection, wherein a dynamic control sequence for controlling and blocking vehicle functions is determined based on the determined signal level strength corresponding to the press force intensity;
- and
- control, via a control unit, a function assigned to the selected operating element based on the determined signal level strength and the dynamic control sequence corresponding to the press force intensity;
- and
- block, via the control unit, at least one function assigned to at least one of the other plurality of operating elements according to the dynamic control sequence determined based on the press force intensity.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.