Switch system and method for vehicle
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorBeom Chun Park
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a switch system for a vehicle. The switch system, facilitates a desired switch to be accurately and conveniently manipulated in a state where a driver views information of the switch displayed through an display device while remaining focused during the vehicle operation. The switch system includes a touch sensor installed on a surface of the vehicle switch, detecting a user touch, a controller for determining an input of the touch sensor, and a display device for receiving a signal of the controller and displaying information of the switch touched by the user.
Claims8
A switch system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a touch sensor, disposed on a surface of a vehicle switch, configured to detect a user touch;
- a controller configured to determine an input of the touch sensor;
- a display device, wherein the display device includes:
- receiving a signal of the controller;
- and
- displaying information of the switch touched by the user;
- and
- a voice output unit configured to receive the signal of the controller,
- wherein the voice output it configured to output the information of the switch touched by the user through a voice.
A method for switch manipulation, comprising:
- detecting a user touch through a touch sensor disposed on a surface of a vehicle switch;
- determining, by a controller, an input of the touch sensor;
- receiving a signal of the controller at a display device;
- displaying, on the display device, information of the switch touched by the user;
- receiving, at a voice output unit, the signal of the controller;
- and
- outputting the information of the switch touched by the user through a voice.
A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions executed by a process, the computer readable medium comprising:
- program instructions that instruct a touch sensor to detect a user touch wherein the touch sensor is disposed on a surface of a vehicle switch;
- program instructions that instruct a controller to determine an input of the touch sensor;
- program instructions that instruct a display device to receive a signal of the controller;
- program instructions that instruct the display device to display information of the switch touched by the user;
- program instructions that instruct a voice output unit to receive the signal of the controller;
- and
- program instructions that instruct the voice output unit to output the information of the switch touched by the user through a voice.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.