Button structure for vehicle AV system and method of operating the same

    公开(公告)号:US11938822B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-26

    申请号:US17804834

    申请日:2022-05-31

    Abstract: The button structure including a front panel configured to define a body and having a mounting hole formed in a front surface of the front panel directed toward an interior of an occupant compartment, a button unit accommodated in the mounting hole and configured to selectively control various types of AV systems of a vehicle, a detection unit accommodated in the front panel and configured to detect a user's hand, a switch unit configured to operate various types of AV systems of the vehicle under the control of the button unit, and a lighting unit accommodated in a housing and configured to emit light to the button unit in response to a detection signal of the detection unit, in which the detection unit is disposed rearward of the button unit and positioned from the button unit in a direction opposite to the direction toward the interior of the occupant compartment.

    REDUCED OPERATOR CONTROL DEVICE
    4.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240351436A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-24

    申请号:US18682460

    申请日:2022-07-13

    Inventor: Jörg SEIFERT

    Abstract: An operator control device for controlling vehicle functions in a transportation vehicle, a system, and a corresponding method. Provided are operator control elements on a steering wheel and a display indicator to be used for controlling vehicle functions. Operator control zones/regions with which functions are selected and controlled are located on the left and the right of the steering wheel in a position that is ergonomically easily reached by the driver's thumbs. The contexts/functions to be controlled in each case are depicted in the display element in the driver's line of sight here, so that diversion of the driver's eyes is minimized. The operator control elements are of a symmetrical design.

    IN-VEHICLE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM
    6.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240227562A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US18526219

    申请日:2023-12-01

    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an in-vehicle infotainment system of a vehicle. The system includes a display device, storage, and a controller. The display device includes a first region, a second region, and a third region. The storage is configured to store a first information element, a second information element, and a third information element. The controller is configured to control the display device to display the first information element in the first region, the second information element in the second region, the third information element in the third region. The controller is further configured to control, based on an additional information element being displayed in the third region, the display device to display, in the first region, the first information element and the third information element.

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