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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2014
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Ross Cameron Miller, Hilliard, OH (US);
Parhys Napier, Hilliard, OH (US);
Cody D. Grebe, Marysville, OH (US);
David Albert Vanderburgh, Dublin, OH (US);
Steven Feit, Dublin, OH (US);
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method and system for providing absolute coordinate mapping using zone mapping input in a vehicle includes determining a touch input received on a touchpad located in the vehicle, presenting an absolute mapped position of the touch input on a display screen located in the vehicle, presenting one or more user interface objects on the display screen, and providing a plurality of display input zones corresponding to one or more user interface objects presented on the display screen. The method and system further include determining a user input to one of the one or more user interface objects presented on the display screen based on the absolute mapped position of the touch input on at least one of the one or more user interface objects presented on the display screen, and the plurality of display input zones on the display screen.