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US 2016/0079013 A1Published application
Projected knob device
AssigneesDENSO International America, Inc., Denso Corporation
InventorsChristopher Levay, Christopher Guzman
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Abstract
A knob device includes a knob body, a graphic plate, and a light source. The knob body has a hollow space and has an end equipped with a screen. The graphic plate has multiple graphic windows including graphic symbols, respectively. The light source is configured to emit light through both at least one of the graphic windows and the hollow space to project at least one of the graphic symbols on the screen. The graphic plate is movable to switch the at least one of the graphic symbols to another of the graphic symbols.
Claims20
A knob device comprising:
- a knob body having a hollow space and having an end equipped with a screen;
- a graphic plate having a plurality of graphic windows including graphic symbols, respectively;
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- a light source configured to emit light through both at least one of the graphic windows and the hollow space to project at least one of the graphic symbols on the screen, wherein
- the graphic plate is movable to switch the at least one of the graphic symbols to an other of the graphic symbols.
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A knob device comprising:
- a knob body having a hollow space and having an end equipped with a screen;
- a graphic plate having a plurality of graphic windows including graphic symbols, respectively, the graphic plate being movable to switch between one of the graphic symbols and an other of the graphic symbols;
- a light source configured to emit light through at least one of the graphic windows to project at least one of the graphic symbols as a projected graphic symbol on the screen;
- a rotary sensor configured to detect a rotary position of the knob body;
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- a controller configured to receive a rotary signal, which represents the rotary position, from the rotary sensor, wherein
- the controller is configured, in response to detection of change in the rotary position, to modify projection of at least one of the graphic symbols.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.