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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2020
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Jae Seung Lee, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatuses may provide for technology to configure input control systems for an automobile. The technology may include one or more controllers to provide an input control signal for a function of an automobile, wherein each of the one or more controllers are to be situated at different locations that are accessible by a driver. The technology may also include a human machine interface to reconfigure a layout or function of at least one of the one or more controllers so that at least one of the one or more controllers is relocated to a different location or the at least one of the one or more controllers controls a different automobile function. Reconfiguring the location or function of the one or more controllers is to improve driver access, comfort and safety.