Method to operate a portable input device that controls a motor vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsStefan WOLTER, Florian GOLM, Juergen WESEMANN
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a method for operating a portable input device to control a motor vehicle. The input device has a pressure-sensitive touchscreen. The input device generates control signals to control the motor vehicle, and transmit said signals to the motor vehicle. The control signal has at least one determinable parameter. The input device is designed to capture a pressure value of an actuating force of the touchscreen, and determine the parameter according to the captured pressure value.
Claims15
A method for operating a portable input device to control a motor vehicle comprising:
- generating an actuating force on a pressure-sensitive touchscreen of an input device to provide control signals that control the vehicle, wherein a pressure value of the actuating force is captured by the touchscreen;
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- transmitting the control signals to the motor vehicle to control the vehicle the control signals including a parameter representative of a magnitude of the pressure value.
A control system comprising:
- an input device, having a pressure-sensitive touchscreen that captures a pressure value of an actuating force on the touchscreen, configured to provide control signals including a parameter assigned according to a preset assignment and representative of a magnitude of the pressure value;
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- a vehicle configured to receive the control signals, and control a parameter of the vehicle according to the parameter.
An input device comprising:
- a pressure-sensitive touchscreen that captures a pressure value of an actuating force on the touchscreen to provide control signals;
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- a vehicle configured to receive the control signals, and assign control of a speed and a temperature of the vehicle to the pressure value such that, in response to the actuating force, the speed and the temperature adjust to the pressure value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.