Display operation device and vehicle including the same
AssigneeHyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
InventorsJae Min Kim, Shin Yeong Kim, Sung Goo Lee
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Abstract
A display operation device includes a cover glass configured to cover a front surface of a display panel including a touch area, and a knob attached to a position corresponding to the touch area on a front surface of the cover glass. The knob includes a boundary portion along a circumference of the knob to demarcate a boundary with the display panel, and a flat touch portion inside the boundary portion. The display operation device can provide a user with appropriate operating feeling while facilitating the operation (or manipulation) of a display through the shape of the knob attached to the cover glass formed to cover the front surface of the display panel.
Claims8
A display operation device comprising:
- a cover glass configured to cover a front surface of a display panel including a touch area;
- and
- a knob on a front surface of the cover glass, wherein the knob is attached to a position corresponding to the touch area,
- wherein the knob includes:
- a boundary portion along a circumference of the knob to demarcate a boundary with the display panel;
- and
- a flat touch portion inside the boundary portion,
- wherein the flat touch portion includes:
- a first touch portion at a center portion of the flat touch portion;
- a second touch portion outside the first touch portion;
- and
- a guide portion between the first touch portion and the second touch portion to demarcate a boundary between the first touch portion and the second touch portion, and
- wherein the guide portion has a convex shape so as to protrude more than both of the first touch portion and the second touch portion, or the guide portion has a concave shape so as to be recessed more than both of the first touch portion and the second touch portion.
A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body;
- a holder located at the vehicle body;
- a display panel mounted on the holder and including a touch area;
- and
- a display operation device located at a front surface of the display panel,
- wherein the display operation device includes:
- a cover glass covering the front surface of the display panel;
- and
- a knob on a front surface of the cover glass, wherein the knob is attached to a position corresponding to the touch area,
- wherein the knob includes:
- a boundary portion along a circumference of the knob to demarcate a boundary with the display panel;
- and
- a flat touch portion inside the boundary portion,
- wherein the flat touch portion includes:
- a first touch portion at a center portion of the flat touch portion;
- a second touch portion outside the first touch portion;
- and
- a guide portion between the first touch portion and the second touch portion to demarcate a boundary between the first touch portion and the second touch portion, and
- wherein the guide portion has a convex shape so as to protrude more than both of the first touch portion and the second touch portion, or the guide portion has a concave shape so as to be recessed more than both of the first touch portion and the second touch portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.