A contextual based control interface system for a driver of a vehicle allowing a user to provide user input to more than one function, or sub-system, of the vehicle using a single input device. A display shows the selectable options for a present vehicle sub-system based on a present usage context. If a vehicle sub-system or a specific function is selected, the selectable control options for that vehicle sub-system is shown on the display. The displayed selectable options are visually distributed in the same way as the at least two user input zones. The user does not have to direct his/her line of sight directly onto the input device in order to understand how to move the finger to select one of the selectable options. The user input zones may be separated by 3-dimensional structures that provide guidance for the user's finger when moving it across the input device.
CONTEXTUAL BASED USER INTERFACE
2020-11-12
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Europäisches Patentamt | 2021
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