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Title:
ADAPTIVE SOFT BUTTON FOR VEHICLE USER INTERFACE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2011081796
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a system and a method for configuring the touch-sensitive area and/or the tap duration associated with a plurality of touch-sensitive soft buttons of a vehicle user interface in response to varying vehicle conditions.

In particular, as a monitored vehicle condition deteriorates, the system controller coupled to the vehicle user interface expands the touch-sensitive region and/or increases the tap duration of the touch-sensitive soft buttons, thereby improving the user's ability to successfully interact with the interface. Vehicle conditions that may be monitored and used to configure the touch-sensitive area and/or tap duration include passenger cabin vibration levels, vehicle speed, turn radius, lateral force levels, precipitation levels and external ambient temperature.


Inventors:
SMALL EVAN
FAIRMAN MICHAEL
Application Number:
JP2010224881A
Publication Date:
April 21, 2011
Filing Date:
October 04, 2010
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
TESLA MOTORS INC
International Classes:
G06F3/041; G06F3/0481; G06F3/0488; G01C21/00
Domestic Patent References:
JPH11306933A1999-11-05
JP2002108564A2002-04-12
JP2008265544A2008-11-06
JP2007190947A2007-08-02
JP2008030646A2008-02-14
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takashi Matsuura
Hiroki Ogura
Shigeru Torayama
Takuya Fuji



 
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