Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Input/output device including sticks for forming one or more buttons
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Application No.: US15855110Application Date: 2017-12-27
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Publication No.: US10434879B2Publication Date: 2019-10-08
- Inventor: Kuznetsov Vassily , Hyojung Oh , Minjae Park
- Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Priority: KR10-2017-0079270 20170622
- Main IPC: G08B21/00
- IPC: G08B21/00 ; B60K37/06 ; B60Q9/00 ; G06F3/02 ; B62D15/02 ; B60W30/06 ; G06F3/00 ; G08G1/16

Abstract:
The present invention relates to an input/output device provided in a vehicle, the device including a plurality of sticks arranged in columns in a first direction and rows in a second direction, a driving unit configured to move at least one of the sticks in a direction perpendicular to the first and second directions, and a processor configured to control the driving unit such that the sticks have the same height or different heights from a reference plane defined by the first and second directions, wherein the processor controls the driving unit so that one or more buttons defined by a height difference of the sticks are formed, based on a driving state of the vehicle, and wherein the one or more buttons are varied according to the driving state of the vehicle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180370364A1 INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE Public/Granted day:2018-12-27
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