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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2016
Toyota Motor Sales, U.s.a., Inc., Torrance, CA (US);
David Tsai, Irvine, CA (US);
Steven Basra, Frisco, TX (US);
John McLaughlin, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Shady Shahid, Piedmont, CA (US);
Greg McNamara, San Francisco, CA (US);
Per Selvaag, Berkeley, CA (US);
Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
Devices and methods in a configurable human machine interface (HMI) for multiple vehicle display devices are disclosed. An example of the method includes, in the HMI control unit for a plurality of vehicular display devices, receiving action input data from a configurable application input module in a first operational mode. In the first operational mode a first vehicular display device operates as a master vehicular display device relative to a second vehicular display device. The second vehicular display device is mirrored to the first vehicular display device. When action input data indicates a transition from the first operational mode to a second operational mode, the method continues by generating a control message based on the action input data. The control message indicates that the second vehicular display device operates as the master vehicular display device and that the first vehicular display device provides mirrored feedback relating to a subsequent action input data affecting a corresponding graphic user element of the second vehicular display device.