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US 8,572,489 B2Granted
Handlebar audio controls
AssigneeHarman International Industries, Incorporated
InventorsJeffrey A. Millington, Steven Montealegre, Angelo A. Giannotti
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Abstract
A vehicle audio system having handlebar mounted controls that permit an operator to control the audio system utilizing finger controls mounted on the handlebars.
Claims18
An audio system located in a vehicle comprising:
- a controller coupled to a memory;
- a display coupled to the controller, where the display is configured to display a graphical menu retrieved from the memory;
- and
- at least one finger controller having a mount adapted to mount the at least one finger controller to a handlebar, and where the at least one finger controller has at least four degrees of movement and is associated with the traversal of the graphical menu to direct a cursor generated by the controller and to direct selection by the controller of at least one preset included in the graphical menu, the at least one preset being programmable by a user to be associated with a series of commands selectable from the graphical menu or a series of commands being programmable by the user to be associated with selection of content selectable from the graphical menu, and where the series of commands is associated with control of an audio device and results in one or more playlists from the audio device being displayed on the display.
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A method for traversing a graphical menu in an audio system located on a vehicle comprising:
- displaying a graphical menu that has a plurality of selectable commands on a display that is responsive to a controller that is coupled to a memory;
- selecting a series of commands from the plurality of selectable commands using a cursor directed by at least one finger controller, where the finger controller has a mount adapted to mount the at least one finger controller to a handlebar and where the finger controller has at least four degrees of movement and the selection of the command changes what is depicted upon the display;
- recording the series of commands;
- and
- assigning the recorded series of commands to a preset, the preset selectable with the cursor as a shortcut to initiate the recorded series of commands, where the series of commands is associated with control of an audio device and results in one or more playlists from the audio device being displayed on the display.
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A non-transitory computer readable media configured to store machine readable instructions executable to traverse a graphical menu in an audio system located on a vehicle, the machine readable instructions comprising:
- instructions to display a graphical menu that has a plurality of selectable commands on a display, the graphical menu being responsive to a cursor directed by a controller, the controller being coupled to a memory;
- and
- instructions to receive a series of commands from the plurality of selectable commands, the series of commands selected with the cursor using at least one finger controller, where the finger controller has a mount adapted to mount the at least one finger controller to a handlebar and where the finger controller has at least four degrees of movement and the selection of at least some commands included in the series of commands changes what is depicted upon the display;
- instructions to store the series of commands in association with a preset;
- instructions to execute the series of commands in response to receipt of selection of the preset with the cursor, the series of commands executed to control an audio device to display one or more playlists from the audio device on the display.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.