Touch display apparatus of vehicle and driving method thereof
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorJong Bok Lee
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Abstract
A touch display apparatus of a vehicle includes: a touch panel including a display area for displaying an image and a button area for displaying a button; an ultrasonic wave generator irradiating an airborne ultra sound wave to the button area so that the button area is deformed to a shape of three dimensional button; an image irradiator irradiating the image to the touch panel; and an image capturer capturing the button area in order to determine whether the three dimensional button is touched.
Claims10
A touch display apparatus of a vehicle comprising:
- a touch panel including a display area for displaying an image and a button area for displaying a button;
- an ultrasonic wave generator irradiating an airborne ultra sound wave to the button area so that the button area is deformed to a shape of three dimensional button;
- an image irradiator irradiating the image to the touch panel;
- and
- an image capturer capturing the button area in order to determine whether the three dimensional button is touched.
A method for driving of touch display apparatus of a vehicle, the touch display apparatus including a touch panel including a display area for displaying an image and a button area for displaying a button, an ultrasonic wave generator irradiating airborne ultra sound wave, an image irradiator irradiating the image to the touch panel, and an image capturer capturing the button area, the method comprising:
- applying a pressure to the button area using an airborne ultra sound wave generated at the ultrasonic wave;
- deforming the button area to a shape of three dimensional button;
- capturing an image of the button area;
- and
- detecting a position of user's touch by the image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.