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US 2026/0109221 A1Published application
Passenger side infotainment control
AssigneeScout Motors Inc.
InventorsZachary Whitaker, Dwayne Jackson, Dean Bakker, Evan Allen
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Abstract
A vehicle display may include a bezel. A vehicle display may include a screen supported by the bezel and defining a screen plane. A vehicle display may include a crown encoder supported by the bezel and including an encoder shaft defining an encoder axis parallel to the screen plane, and a grip coupled to the encoder shaft.
Claims20
A vehicle display comprising:
- a bezel having a driver side and a passenger side;
- a screen supported by the bezel and defining a screen plane, the screen providing a touch functionality configured to control an infotainment function;
- and
- a crown encoder supported by the passenger side of the bezel and including
- an encoder shaft defining an encoder axis parallel to the screen plane and extending toward the passenger side, and
- a grip coupled to the encoder shaft,
- wherein the crown encoder is configured to provide supplemental control of the infotainment function, and
- wherein the crown encoder is positioned to be used by a passenger and not a driver.
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A vehicle infotainment system comprising:
- a touchscreen display defining a driver side, a passenger side, and a screen plane;
- and
- a rotary encoder coupled to the passenger side of the touchscreen display wherein the rotary encoder:
- defines an encoder axis parallel to the screen plane,
- extends away from the passenger side of the touchscreen display, and
- is configured to adjust a volume of the vehicle infotainment system in response to rotation and to mute the volume of the vehicle infotainment system in response to pressing the rotary encoder.
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A passenger side vehicle interface comprising:
- a crown positioned on a passenger side of a vehicle display and extending in a direction away from a driver side;
- and
- an encoder coupled to the crown and including:
- a rotary volume sensor providing volume information in response to rotation of the crown, and
- a momentary muting sensor providing muting information in response to linear actuation of the crown,
- wherein the volume information and the muting information are supplemental to volume information and muting information provided by a driver control, and
- wherein the encoder is positioned to provide primary control to a passenger.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.