- Patent Title: System and methods for controlling a vehicular infotainment system
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Application No.: US17033192Application Date: 2020-09-25
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Publication No.: US11226730B2Publication Date: 2022-01-18
- Inventor: Steven Feit , David A. Vanderburgh , Ross C. Miller , Koo Ho Shin
- Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Armstrong Teasdale LLP
- Main IPC: G06F3/00
- IPC: G06F3/00 ; G06F3/0484 ; G06F3/0482 ; G06F3/0481 ; G06F3/16 ; G06F3/0486 ; G06F3/0488 ; B60K35/00 ; B60K37/06 ; G06F3/01 ; G06F3/0483

Abstract:
An infotainment computer device for use in controlling an infotainment system in a vehicle is provided. The infotainment computer device includes at least one processor communicatively coupled to at least one memory device and a display device communicatively coupled to the at least one processor. The infotainment computer device is programmed to display an active page and a toolbar. The active page includes a plurality of buttons and the toolbar includes a shortcut area including at least one shortcut button. The infotainment computer device is also programmed to receive a first input requesting access to a customization mode, retrieve a current speed of the vehicle, activate the customization mode if the current speed of the vehicle is zero, receive a second input indicating a desired change to at least one of the active page and the toolbar, and change the display based on the desired change.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210011618A1 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICULAR INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2021-01-14
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