System and method for presenting moving graphic animations in inactive and active states

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11307756-B2
Application number	US-201916665951-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 28, 2019
Priority date	Nov 19, 2014
Publication date	Apr 19, 2022
Grant date	Apr 19, 2022

Abstract

A method and system for providing absolute and zone coordinate mapping with graphic animations include presenting a user interface in an inactive state, wherein a background graphic animation and a user interface object graphic animation are presented on the user interface in an inactive format. The method and system also include determining that a touch input is provided on a touchpad to map a selected user interface object presented on the user interface based on an absolute mapped position of the touch input received on the touchpad. The method and system additionally include presenting the user interface in an active state, wherein the background graphic animation and the user interface object graphic animation are presented on the user interface in an active format.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for presenting a moving graphic animation in an inactive state and an active state, comprising:
determining an inactivity determination that a touchpad provided on a vehicle has not received a touch input in a predetermined amount of time;
presenting a user interface in the inactive state in response to the inactivity determination, wherein a background graphic animation and a user interface object graphic animation are presented on the user interface in an inactive format, wherein presenting the user interface in the inactive state includes presenting the background graphic animation as a moving graphic that includes at least one feature moving in a first direction;
determining that a touch input is provided on the touchpad at a mapped position to map a selected user interface object presented on the user interface based on at least one of: an absolute mapped position and a zone coordinate mapped position of the touch input received on the touchpad;
determining a second direction based on at least one of: the absolute mapped position and the zone coordinate mapped position of the touch input received on the touchpad, wherein the second direction is different than the first direction; and
presenting the user interface in the active state in response to the touch input received on the touchpad, wherein the background graphic animation and the user interface object graphic animation are presented on the user interface in an active format, wherein the background graphic animation is presented as a moving graphic that includes the at least one feature moving in the second direction to indicate correspondence of the mapped position of the touch input to the selected user interface object.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one feature includes at least one of: a shape, a pattern, an illustration, a picture, and a color, wherein the at least one feature is presented as a changing feature that changes as the user interface is presented in the inactive state.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein presenting the user interface in the inactive state includes presenting the user interface object graphic animation in a three-dimensional format as the background graphic animation is presented as a moving graphic that includes a pattern that changes as the user interface is presented in the inactive state, wherein the user interface object graphic animation includes an illustration representing a context of a function that is associated with a corresponding user interface object, wherein the user interface object graphic animation is presented in a tilted angled manner in the inactive format in a direction that corresponds to the direction of at least one feature of the background graphic animation.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the touch input is provided on the touchpad to map the selected user interface object includes mapping the absolute mapped position of touchpad coordinates associated with a portion of a surface of the touchpad where the touch input is received, wherein the touchpad coordinates are mapped to display coordinates of a display screen that is presenting the user interface.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the touch input is provided on the touchpad to map the selected user interface object includes mapping the zone coordinate mapped position of touchpad coordinates associated with a portion of a surface of the touchpad where the touch input is received, wherein the touchpad coordinates are mapped to display coordinates of a display screen that is presenting the user interface and a plurality of touch input zones are provided on the touchpad, wherein the plurality of touch input zones are mapped to a plurality of display input zones on the display screen.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein presenting the user interface in the active state includes presenting the background graphic animation at a location of the user interface that corresponds to the selected user interface object, wherein the at least one feature includes at least one of: a shape, a pattern, an illustration, a picture, and a color.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein presenting the background graphic animation in the active format includes presenting the background graphic animation with a focal point that corresponds to the selected user interface object, wherein the at least one feature is modified to be presented at an angle that is based on a direction of the touch input.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein presenting the user interface in the active state includes presenting the user interface object graphic animation at a location of the user interface that corresponds to the selected user interface object, wherein the user interface object graphic animation is presented in a two-dimensional format in the active format that includes an animation representing a context of a function that is associated with a corresponding user interface object, wherein the user interface object graphic animation is presented in a different angle in the active format than in the inactive format.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein presenting the user interface object graphic animation in the active format includes presenting a touch graphic indicator above the user interface object graphic animation at the location of the user interface that corresponds to the selected user interface object.

10. A system for presenting a moving graphic animation in an inactive state and an active state, comprising:
a memory storing instructions when executed by a processor cause the processor to:
determine an inactivity determination that a touchpad provided on a vehicle has not received a touch input in a predetermined amount of time;
present a user interface in the inactive state in response to the inactivity determination, wherein a background graphic animation and a user interface object graphic animation are presented on the user interface in an inactive format, wherein presenting the user interface in the inactive state includes presenting the background graphic animation as a moving graphic that includes at least one feature moving in a first direction;
determine that a touch input is provided on the touchpad at a mapped position to map a selected user interface object presented on the user interface based on at least one of: an absolute mapped position and a zone coordinate mapped position of the touch input received on the touchpad;
determine a second direction based on at least one of: the absolute mapped position and the zone coordinate mapped position of the touch input received on the touchpad, wherein the second direction is different than the first direction; and
present the user interface in the active state, wherein the background graphic animation and the user interface object graphic animation are presented on the user interface in an active format, wherein the background graphic animation is presented as a moving graphic moving in the second direction to indicate correspondence of the mapped position of the touch input to the selected user interface object, wherein the moving graphic includes the at least one feature with a hovering effect emitting out from the user interface object graphic animation of the selected user interface object.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein presenting the user interface in the inactive state includes presenting at least one feature, wherein the at least one feature includes at least one of: a shape, a pattern, an illustration, a picture, and a color.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein presenting the user interface in the inactive state includes presenting the user interface object graphic animation in

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Feit Steven
• Miller Ross Cameron
• Champi Jessica
• Westbrook Shaun
• Tsay Michael M

Classifications

• G06F3/03547 Primary

  Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface · CPC title

• B60K35/22

  Display screens · CPC title

• B60K35/10

  Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor · CPC title

• G09G2380/10

  Automotive applications · CPC title

• G06F3/0416

  Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers · CPC title