Infotainment system for vehicle and wireless input device for controlling auxiliary system of vehicle

An infotainment system for a vehicle, the vehicle includes a plurality of auxiliary systems to provide a plurality of auxiliary functions of the vehicle, the infotainment system comprising:

• a user interface to facilitate an interaction with a user of the vehicle;
• and
• a controller communicatively coupled to the plurality of auxiliary systems and the user interface, the controller is configured to:
• detect a presence of a wireless input device inside the vehicle,
• determine one or more auxiliary systems out of the plurality of auxiliary systems suitable to be associated with the wireless input device,
• display, via the user interface, to a user the one or more auxiliary systems suitable to be associated with the wireless input device, and
• associate a control of a selected auxiliary system out of the determined one or more auxiliary systems with the wireless input device based on a selection by the user.

A wireless input device to enable a user to control a plurality of auxiliary systems of a vehicle, the plurality of auxiliary systems of the vehicle provides a plurality of auxiliary functions of the vehicle, the vehicle further includes an infotainment system, the wireless input device comprising:

• a transceiver to facilitate a short-range wireless communication with the infotainment system;
• an input interface to receive input from the user;
• and
• a controller communicatively coupled to the transceiver and the input interface, the controller is configured to:
• enable, via the transceiver, a pairing of the wireless input device with the infotainment system,
• associate a control of one of the plurality of auxiliary systems of the vehicle to the wireless input device, and
• generate control instructions, based on input received from the user via the input interface, to control the associated auxiliary system of the vehicle.