Systems and methods for controlling multiple displays with single controller and haptic enabled user interface
AssigneeImmersion Corporation
InventorNeil Olien
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Abstract
A method includes displaying information via a first display, displaying information via a second display, controlling the information displayed via the first display and the second display with a controller, and receiving a first input from a user through a user interface. The first input includes a command to change a setting of the first display or the second display and/or the information being displayed via the first display or the second display. The method also includes generating a first haptic effect to confirm receipt of the first input.
Claims18
A method performed by a controller for controlling at least a first display and a second display of a motor vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving a first input from a user interface, the first input comprising a command to change at least one of a display setting or information being displayed, the user interface having a user input device that includes at least one of a touch pad or touch screen;
- determining, before the first input, which display of the first display and the second display is selected to be controlled by the user interface;
- controlling, with the first input, the information on the display that was selected from among the first display and the second display;
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- generating, at at least one of the touch pad or touch screen of the user interface, a haptic effect via a haptic output device in signal communication with the controller, wherein the haptic effect is based on which display of the first display and the second display was selected to be controlled by the user interface.
A system for a motor vehicle comprising:
- a first display;
- a second display;
- a controller in signal communication with the first display and the second display, the controller being configured to control an output of the first display and an output of the second display;
- a user input device in signal communication with the controller, the user input device configured to receive a first input that comprises a command to change at least one of a display setting or a display output;
- a display control selector in signal communication with the controller and configured to output a determination, before the first input, of which display of the first display and the second display is being controlled by the user input device;
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- a haptic output device in signal communication with the controller, the haptic output device being configured to receive a haptic output signal generated by the controller and to output a first haptic effect to confirm receipt of the first input, and being configured to change the first haptic effect based on the determination of which of the first display and the second display is being controlled by the user input device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.