# US 2020/0041992 A1 · Terminal and method for controlling terminal

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- Number: US 2020/0041992 A1
- Document ID: US20200041992A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/340,280
- Filed: 2017-12-15
- Published: 2020-02-06
- Earliest claimed: 2016-12-19
- Assignees: Clarion Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Clarion Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Takanobu NAGASHIMA; Yuki MATSUSHITA; Kenta YASUTOMO
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200041992A1

## CPC

- B62D 15/0285: {Parking performed automatically}
- G05D 1/0016: {characterised by the operator's input device (input arrangements for computing systems in general G06F3/00)}
- B60R 21/00: Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants or pedestrians in case of accidents or other traffic risks (safety belts or body harnesses in vehicles B60R22/00; seats constructed to protect the occupant from the effect of abnormal g-forces, e.g. crash or safety seats, B60N2/42; energy-absorbing arrangements for hand wheels for steering vehicles B62D1/11; energy-absorbing arrangements for vehicle steering columns B62D1/19)
- B60W 30/06: Automatic manoeuvring for parking
- B60W 50/10: Interpretation of driver requests or demands
- B60W 50/14: Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
- B62D 1/00: Steering controls, i.e. means for initiating a change of direction of the vehicle
- G05B 19/042: using digital processors (G05B19/05 takes precedence)
- G05D 1/0038: {by providing the operator with simple or augmented images from one or more cameras located onboard the vehicle, e.g. tele-operation (images analyzed by a computer and used for automatic navigation G05D1/0246)}
- G06F 3/04817: using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34)
- G06F 3/04842: Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence)
- G06F 3/04847: Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
- G06F 3/0486: Drag-and-drop
- G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
- G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
- H04N 7/18: Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast
- G05B 2219/23044: Transparent overlay with touch sensors, put over display panel, select function
- G05B 2219/2637: Vehicle, car, auto, wheelchair
- G06F 3/017: {Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883)}
- G06F 3/0484: for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
- G06F 21/36: by graphic or iconic representation
- G06F 2203/04803: Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
- B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M)
- G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT
- G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G)
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

The present invention enables a user to accurately perform operation when the user operates a touch panel of a terminal to control propulsion of a vehicle. A terminal control unit 20 causes a touch panel 9 to display a vehicle control screen on which an operation button allowing touch operation is displayed, moves a position of the operation button following a movement of the position of the touch operation, and maintains a start where the touch operation is performed on the operation button when the position of the touch operation moves after the touch operation is performed on the operation button displayed on the vehicle control screen, transmits a propulsion instruction signal instructing propulsion of the vehicle to an information processing device 4 provided in a vehicle while the touch operation is being performed on the operation button displayed on the vehicle control screen, and stops transmission of the propulsion instruction signal in response to ending of the touch operation on the operation button.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A terminal comprising:
a touch panel that displays an image and accepts a touch operation; and
a terminal control unit that
causes the touch panel to display a vehicle control screen on which an operation button allowing the touch operation is displayed, moves a position of the operation button following a movement of a position of the touch operation, and maintains a state where the touch operation is performed on the operation button when the position of the touch operation moves after the touch operation is performed on the operation button displayed on the vehicle control screen; and
transmits a propulsion instruction signal instructing propulsion of a vehicle to an information processing device provided in the vehicle while the touch operation is being performed on the operation button displayed on the vehicle control screen, and stops transmission of the propulsion instruction signal in response to ending of the touch operation on the operation button.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the terminal control unit displays the operation button continuously at a position of the operation button at the time when the touch operation is ended when the touch operation on the operation button displayed on the vehicle control screen is ended.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the terminal control unit displays the operation button at a predetermined position on the vehicle control screen when the touch operation on the operation button displayed on the vehicle control screen is ended.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the terminal control unit
causes the touch panel to display a lock screen on which a slide bar and a slide button are displayed, the slide button being positioned at one end of the slide bar, moving along the slide bar in accordance with a swipe operation, and moving to the one end of the slide bar in response to ending of the swipe operation; and
changes a screen to be displayed on the touch panel from the lock screen to the vehicle control screen when the slide button is positioned at another end of the slide bar by the swipe operation for a predetermined period of time and changes the slide button positioned at the other end of the slide bar to the operation button so as to cause the slide button to function as the operation button.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the terminal control unit changes an image indicative of the operation button between when the operation button is being operated and when the operation button is not operated.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a housing and a housing state detection unit that detects a state of the housing, wherein
the terminal control unit
acquires imaging data that is based on a result of imaging of a camera provided in the vehicle while the vehicle control screen is being displayed, causes the touch panel to display an image based on the acquired imaging data, and displays the operation button in a superposed manner on the image based on the imaging data; and
changes the image to be displayed on the touch panel in accordance with a state of the housing detected by the housing state detection unit and maintains display of the operation button even when the image to be displayed on the touch panel is changed.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The terminal according to claim 6, wherein the terminal control unit causes the touch panel to display an overhead image which is an image of a bird's eye view of the vehicle as the image based on the imaging data when it is detected by the housing state detection unit that an orientation of the housing is placed in a first orientation, and
causes the touch panel to display an outside-of-vehicle image which is an image of an outside of the vehicle imaged by the camera as the image based on the imaging data when it is detected by the housing state detection unit that the orientation of the housing is placed in a second orientation that is different than the first orientation.

### Claim 8

A method of controlling a terminal that includes a touch panel that displays an image and accepts a touch operation, the method comprising:
displaying, on the touch panel, a vehicle control screen on which an operation button allowing the touch operation is displayed and moving a position of the operation button following a movement of the position of the touch operation, and maintaining a state where the touch operation is performed on the operation button when the position of the touch operation moves after the touch operation is performed on the operation button displayed on the vehicle control screen; and
transmitting a propulsion instruction signal instructing propulsion of a vehicle to an information processing device provided in the vehicle while the touch operation is being performed on the operation button displayed on the vehicle control screen and stopping transmission of the propulsion instruction signal in response to ending of the touch operation on the operation button.