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Patent No.:

US 10029723 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 02, 2015

Input system disposed in steering wheel and vehicle including the same

Applicant:

Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Hyongguk Kim, Seoul, KR;

Yongbeom Ma, Seoul, KR;

Jaekul Lee, Seoul, KR;

Mihwa Chang, Seoul, KR;

Moonkil Seo, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Attorney:

Fish & Richardson P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Afroza Chowdhury

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/02 (2006.01); B62D 1/04 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60K 37/06 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); B60Q 1/14 (2006.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); G05G 9/047 (2006.01); G06F 3/0338 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); H01H 25/04 (2006.01); H01H 9/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/046 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 37/06 (2013.01); B60Q 1/1484 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/0219 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1016 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1024 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1036 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1068 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1096 (2013.01); B60K 2350/2004 (2013.01); B60K 2350/928 (2013.01); B60Q 1/0082 (2013.01); G05G 9/047 (2013.01); G06F 3/0338 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); H01H 25/041 (2013.01); H01H 2009/066 (2013.01); Y10T 74/20834 (2015.01);
Abstract

An input system for a vehicle having a steering wheel includes an input unit with a plurality of buttons that are disposed in the steering wheel of the vehicle, and a processor configured to detect an event and to assign a function to at least one of the buttons that corresponds to the detected event. At least one of the plurality of buttons includes a display portion configured to display an image corresponding to the assigned function, and an operation portion disposed under the display portion, the operation portion including one or more protruding members that are activatable. The one or more protruding members are configured, based on the image displayed on the display portion being divided into a plurality of areas, to be activated so as to correspondingly constrain a movement of the display portion relative to the operation portion.

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