System and method for providing absolute coordinate and zone mapping between a touchpad and a display screen

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018024659-A1
Application number	US-201715712177-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 22, 2017
Priority date	Nov 19, 2014
Publication date	Jan 25, 2018
Grant date	—

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.

First claim

1 . A method for providing absolute coordinate and zone mapping between a touchpad and a display screen which are separate and apart from one another, comprising:
presenting a user interface object on a display screen at a location based on a first set of display coordinates; determining a set of active touchpad coordinates on the touchpad based on the first set of display coordinates; and providing a touch input zone on the touchpad corresponding to the user interface object presented on the display screen, wherein the touch input zone includes a first area of a surface of the touchpad that corresponds to the set of active touchpad coordinates and a second area of the surface of the touchpad that is outside of the first area, wherein a size of the second area of the surface of the touchpad is determined based on a user input determined from a touch input on the touch input zone on the touchpad in response to presenting the user interface object on the display screen, and wherein each touch input zone of different touch input zones on the touchpad correspond to one user interface object presented on the display screen.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further including determining the touch input received at a portion of the surface of the touchpad and defining touchpad coordinates associated with the portion of the surface of the touchpad wherein the touch input is received.

3 . The method of claim 2 , further including presenting an absolute mapped position of the touch input, wherein presenting the absolute mapped position includes determining display coordinates on the display screen that correspond to the touchpad coordinates associated with the portion of the surface of the touchpad wherein the touch input is received.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein presenting the absolute mapped position of the touch input includes presenting an input indicator at a location of the display screen that includes the display coordinates on the display screen that corresponds to the touchpad coordinates associated with the portion of the surface of the touchpad wherein the touch input is received.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein determining the user input to the user interface object includes determining that the input indicator is presented on the first set of display coordinates, and display coordinates on the display screen that include a display input zone corresponding to the touch input zone.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein providing the touch input zone on the touchpad corresponding to the user interface object presented on the display screen includes determining a location of the second area of the surface of the touchpad based on a first measured distance that is determined to be the shortest from a second set of display coordinates that correspond to an edge of the user interface object to a plurality of display coordinates at an edge of the display screen.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein providing the touch input zone on the touchpad corresponding to the user interface object presented on the display screen includes determining a location of the second area of the surface of the touchpad based on a second measured distance that is determined to be the shortest from a third set of display coordinates that correspond to a center point of the user interface object to a plurality of display coordinates at an edge of the display screen.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein providing the touch input zone on the touchpad corresponding to the user interface object presented on the display screen includes determining touchpad coordinates that correspond to display coordinates that are determined to have a highest utilization likelihood, wherein the highest utilization likelihood is based on a shape and placement of the user interface object presented on the display screen.

9 . A system for providing absolute coordinate and zone mapping between a touchpad and a display screen which are separate and apart from one another, comprising:
a memory storing instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to: present a user interface object on a display screen at a location based on a first set of display coordinates; determine a set of active touchpad coordinates on the touchpad based on the first set of display coordinates; and provide a touch input zone on the touchpad corresponding to the user interface object presented on the display screen, wherein the touch input zone includes a first area of a surface of the touchpad that corresponds to the set of active touchpad coordinates and a second area of the surface of the touchpad that is outside of the first area, wherein a size of the second area of the surface of the touchpad is determined based on a user input determined from a touch input on the touch input zone on the touchpad in response to presenting the user interface object on the display screen, and wherein each touch input zone of different touch input zones on the touchpad correspond to one user interface object presented on the display screen.

10 . The system of claim 9 , further including determining the touch input received at a portion of the surface of the touchpad and defining touchpad coordinates associated with the portion of the surface of the touchpad wherein the touch input is received.

11 . The system of claim 10 , further including presenting an absolute mapped position of the touch input, wherein presenting the absolute mapped position includes determining display coordinates on the display screen that correspond to the touchpad coordinates associated with the portion of the surface of the touchpad wherein the touch input is received.

12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein an input indicator is presented at a location of the display screen that includes the display coordinates on the display screen that correspond to the touchpad coordinates associated with the portion of the surface of the touchpad wherein the touch input is received.

13 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the input indicator is presented on the first set of display coordinates, and display coordinates on the display screen that include a display input zone corresponding to the touch input zone.

14 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the processor determines a location of the second area of the surface of the touchpad based on a first measured distance that is determined to be the shortest from a second set of display coordinates that correspond to an edge of the user interface object to a plurality of display coordinates at an edge of the display screen.

15 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the processor determines a location of the second area of the surface of the touchpad based on a second measured distance that is determined to be the shortest from a third set of display coordinates that correspond to a center point of the user interface object to a plurality of display coordinates at an edge of the display screen.

16 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the processor determines touchpad coordinates that correspond to display coordinates that have a highest utilization likelihood to provide the touch input zone on the touchpad, wherein the highest utilization likelihood is based on a shape and placement of the user interface object presented on the display screen.

17 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a processor of a computer, causes the processor of the computer to implement a method, comprising:
presenting a user interface object on a display screen at a location based on a first set of display coo

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Miller Ross Cameron
• Napier Parhys
• Grebe Cody D
• Vanderburgh David Albert
• Feit Steven

Classifications

• G06F3/03547 Primary

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

• G06F3/14

  Digital output to display device {; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units} · CPC title

• G06F3/0488

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title

• G06F3/0416

  Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers · CPC title

• B60K35/22

  Display screens · CPC title