Vehicle user interface
AssigneeC.R.F. Societa Consortile per Azioni
InventorsSergio Damiani, Enrica Deregibus, Roberto Montanari
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Abstract
The user interface has a display unit for displaying user-activatable functions, and a selecting and activating device for selecting and activating the functions and operating according to a selection scheme having four selection directions arranged in the form of a cross. The display unit has four display sectors for displaying respective functions, and which are selected by operating the selecting and activating device in the aforementioned selection directions, and are also arranged in the form of a cross corresponding with that of the selection directions.
Claims20
A vehicle user interface, comprising:
- display sectors to display user-activatable functions, said display sectors comprising a number of first display sectors for displaying respective said user-activatable functions, and
- selecting and activating elements for selecting and activating said user-activatable functions, said selecting and activating elements operating according to a selection scheme having a number of selection directions arranged radially,
- wherein said display sectors are each selectable by activating said selecting and activating elements in respective said selection directions, and said display sectors are arranged in the same way as the respective said selection directions, and
- wherein a first relative spatial position of said selecting and activating elements corresponds to a second relative spatial position of corresponding display sectors respectively activated by said selecting and activating elements.
A vehicle user interface for a vehicle, comprising
- display means for displaying user-activatable functions to provide interaction between a user and a vehicle, said display means comprising a display area for displaying said functions and a number of display sectors arranged side-by-side adjacent to said display area, said display sectors each displaying a respective one of said functions;
- and
- activating means for activating said functions, said activating means comprising a number of push-button-type activating elements, one for each said display sector, located adjacent to and corresponding to respective said display sectors, wherein each of said push-button-type activating elements activate a respective function displayed in a respective display sector;
- said activating means further comprising a shift control element for varying the functions displayed in said display sectors according to a predetermined shift scheme.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.