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US 2014/0371987 A1Published application
Reconfigurable steering wheel with visual feedback related to vehicle systems
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorJohn Rober Van Wiemeersch
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Abstract
An automotive vehicle steering wheel having at least one touch screen display associated therewith is disclosed. The touch screen display is configured to: (i) display interactive icons, each indicative of an associated vehicle functionality, (ii) receive selective input from a vehicle driver touching the icons to control said associated functionality; and (iii) selectively display passive information directed to the operation of the vehicle.
Claims13
An automotive vehicle steering device, comprising:
- a wheel having an interior area;
- at least one touch screen display associated with said wheel;
- said touch screen display configured to:
- display interactive icons, each indicative of an associated vehicle functionality, and to receive selective input from a vehicle driver touching said icons to control said associated functionality;
- and
- selectively display passive information directed to the operation of the vehicle.
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A method of displaying information to a driver of an automotive vehicle, comprising:
- providing a vehicle steering wheel having at least one associated touch screen display that is visible to the vehicle driver;
- causing the touchscreen display to display interactive icons associated with vehicle functionality;
- causing the touchscreen to convey signals to an electronic controller directed to controlling a function of the vehicle in response to touch input from the vehicle driver;
- causing the touchscreen display to selectively display passive information directed to the operation of the vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.