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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mark A. Cuddihy, New Boston, MI (US);
Manoharprasad K. Rao, Novi, MI (US);
Louis Tijerina, Dearborn, MI (US);
Walter Joseph Talamonti, Dearborn, MI (US);
Devinder Singh Kochhar, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system and method for controlling the performance of complex operations on a dashboard-mounted touchscreen in a vehicle moving above a predetermined minimal speed. The system includes a sensor for determining that the touchscreen is intended or going to be touched by driver and/or front seat passenger. A control, responsive to operation of the sensor, disallows or allows the touchscreen to be responsive to a touching. The touchscreen is not allowed to perform a complex operation when the vehicle is moving above the minimal speed if the touchscreen is touched by the driver. The touchscreen is allowed to perform a complex operation when the vehicle is moving above the minimal speed if the touchscreen is not going to be touched by the driver and is touched by the passenger.