Human-vehicle interaction

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11188296-B2
Application number	US-201916502466-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 3, 2019
Priority date	Nov 13, 2016
Publication date	Nov 30, 2021
Grant date	Nov 30, 2021

Abstract

According to one or more aspects, systems and methods for human-vehicle interaction are described herein. A touchpad may include a first touchpad zone and a second touchpad zone. A display may include a first display zone and a second display zone, which correspond to the first touchpad zone and the second touchpad zone, respectively. A processor may execute instructions stored on a memory to perform rendering a first application in a first mode within the first display zone of the display and rendering a second application in a second mode within the second display zone of the display. The processor, in response to an input from the touchpad, may render the already running second application in a first mode within the first display zone of the display and render the first application in a second mode within the second display zone of the display.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system for human-vehicle interaction, comprising:
a touchpad including a first touchpad zone and a second touchpad zone;
a display including a first display zone and a second display zone, wherein the first display zone corresponds to the first touchpad zone and the second display zone corresponds to the second touchpad zone;
a memory storing one or more instructions; and
a processor executing one or more of the instructions stored on the memory to perform:
rendering a first application in a first mode within the first display zone of the display, wherein the first mode is an application mode;
rendering a second application in a second mode within the second display zone of the display, wherein the second mode is a widget mode;
receiving an input from the touchpad indicative of launching the second application; and
in response to the input from the touchpad:
rendering the already running second application in a first mode within the first display zone of the display, wherein the first mode is an application mode associated with greater functionality than the widget mode of the second application, and wherein the first display zone and the second display zone occupy an entire area of the display:
rendering the first application in a second mode within the second display zone of the display in a manner where the first application swaps display zones with the second application; and
rendering a third application in a second mode within the second display zone of the display based on the first application having no second mode and based on the input from the touchpad.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor renders the first mode of the first application with a first interface and the second mode of the first application with a second interface arranged differently than the first interface.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of:
the touchpad includes a divider between the first touchpad zone and the second touchpad zone;
the first touchpad zone and the second touchpad zone are arranged at different heights; or
the first touchpad zone and the second touchpad zone have different textures.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor renders a graphic application identifier in the second display zone indicative of an order associated with the application currently being rendered in the second display zone.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the input from the touchpad is a click or a double tap in the second touchpad zone.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the input from the touchpad indicative of launching the second application is received while an icon associated with the second application is being rendered.

7. A method for human-vehicle interaction, comprising:
rendering a first application in a first mode within a first display zone of a display;
rendering a second application in a second mode within a second display zone of the display;
receiving an input from a touchpad, wherein the touchpad includes a first touchpad zone and a second touchpad zone;
rendering the second application in a first mode within the first display zone of the display in response to the input from the touchpad; and
rendering a third application in a second mode within the second display zone of the display in response to the input from the touchpad based on the first application having no second mode and based on the input from the touchpad, wherein the first display zone and the second display zone occupy an entire area of the display.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the third application is a default application.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the second application is a default application and the third application is a secondary default application.

10. The method of claim 7 , comprising rendering the first mode of the second application with a first interface and the second mode of the second application with a second interface arranged differently than the first interface.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein at least one of:
the touchpad includes a divider between the first touchpad zone and the second touchpad zone;
the first touchpad zone and the second touchpad zone are arranged at different heights; or
the first touchpad zone and the second touchpad zone have different textures.

12. The method of claim 7 , comprising rendering a graphic application identifier in the second display zone indicative of an order associated with the application currently being rendered in the second display zone.

13. The method of claim 7 , wherein the input from the touchpad is a click or a double tap in the second touchpad zone.

14. The method of claim 7 , comprising rendering an icon associated with the second application.

15. A system for human-vehicle interaction, comprising:
a touchpad including a first touchpad zone and a second touchpad zone;
a display including a first display zone and a second display zone, wherein the first display zone corresponds to the first touchpad zone and the second display zone corresponds to the second touchpad zone;
a memory storing one or more instructions; and
a processor executing one or more of the instructions stored on the memory to perform:
rendering a first application in a first mode within the first display zone of the display, wherein the first mode is an application mode;
rendering a second application in a second mode within the second display zone of the display, wherein the second mode is a widget mode;
receiving an input from the touchpad indicative of launching the second application; and
in response to the input from the touchpad:
rendering the second application in a first mode within the first display zone of the display, wherein the first mode is an application mode associated with greater functionality than the widget mode of the second application, and wherein the first display zone and the second display zone occupy an entire area of the display; and
rending a third application in a second, widget mode within the second display zone of the display based on the first application having no second mode and based on the input from the touchpad.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the first priority order is based on currently running applications and the third application is an application associated with a first priority order.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the processor receives a second input from the touchpad indicative of launching the third application.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein in response to the second input from the touchpad, the processor performs:
rendering the third application in a first mode within the first display zone of the display, wherein the first mode is an application mode associated with greater functionality than the widget mode of the third application; and
rendering a fourth application in a second, widget mode within the second display zone of the display.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the fourth application is an application associated with a second priority order.

20. The system of claim 15 , wherein at least one of:
the touchpad includes a divider between the first touchpad zone and the second touchpad zone;
the first touchpad zone and the second touchpad zone are arranged at different heights; or
the first touchpad zone and the second touchpad zone have different textures.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Feit Steven
• Miller Ross C
• Champi Jessica

Classifications

• G06F3/04883 Primary

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