Adaptive In-Vehicle Touch Interface Trigger Position Compensation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional in-vehicle device operation methods, such as using physical buttons, knobs, or touch panels, fail to provide appropriate touch modes and determination conditions for diverse user features, postures, and identities.

Innovation Solution

An auxiliary operation system with sensing units, a response unit, a compensation unit, and a control unit that senses object spatial information to determine touch conditions and adjust the trigger position of a human-computer interaction interface.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If traditional physical buttons, knobs, or touch panels are used for vehicle device operation, then the device can be operated manually, but it cannot provide appropriate touch modes and determination conditions for diverse user features, postures, and identities

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadaptability to diverse user features, postures, and identitiesVSAvoidconvenience of touch operation
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts the trigger position of the human-computer interaction interface based on real-time sensing of user spatial information, posture, and identity. The control unit modifies the trigger position coordinates according to compensation signals generated from sensing data, enabling the interface to adapt to different user scenarios rather than using a fixed trigger position

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces traditional mechanical operation methods (physical buttons, knobs) with an intelligent system that uses sensing units to detect user information and a control unit to generate adaptive trigger positions. This substitution enables the system to understand user context and provide appropriate touch modes automatically, improving both adaptability and ease of operation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Measurement precision

If the trigger position of the human-computer interaction interface is fixed, then the system structure is simple, but it cannot accurately determine touch operations for different user postures and spatial positions

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of touch operation determinationVSAvoidcomplexity of sensing and compensation system
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system divides the touch determination process into distinct functional modules: sensing units for detecting spatial information, a response unit for determining touch conditions, a compensation unit for generating position adjustments, and a control unit for final trigger position determination. This segmentation allows each module to specialize in a specific task, improving overall measurement precision while managing system complexity through modular design

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The compensation unit acts as an intermediary between the sensing units and the control unit. It receives sensing signals, processes them to generate compensation signals that adjust for user posture and position variations, and provides these adjustments to the control unit. This intermediary layer enables accurate touch determination across different user scenarios without requiring the control unit to directly handle all sensing complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS20250214424A1Auxiliary operation system and auxiliary operation method of vehicle device
Publication Date: 2025.07.03 INNOLUX CORP
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AI summary

An auxiliary operation system and an auxiliary operation method of a vehicle device are provided. The auxiliary operation system includes a display, multiple sensing units, a response unit, a compensation unit, and a control unit. The display has a human-computer interaction interface. The sensing units are disposed at different positions in a vehicle and are configured to sense object spatial information. The response unit is configured to determine whether a touch condition is met according to a sensing signal of at least one of the sensing units to generate a response position signal. The compensation unit is configured to receive multiple sensing signals from the sensing units to generate a compensation signal. The control unit is configured to generate an operation signal according to the response position signal and the compensation signal. The operation signal is configured to adjust a trigger position of the human-computer interaction interface.