CPC B60K 37/06 (2013.01) [B60R 11/0241 (2013.01); B60K 2370/1434 (2019.05); B60K 2370/339 (2019.05); H02J 50/00 (2016.02)] | 20 Claims |
1. A vehicle interior control panel comprising a pressure-sensitive slider switch beneath a decorative surface,
wherein the slider switch is configured to change a parameter of a display panel when a user-applied pressure is moved from one location to another location along the decorative surface, and
wherein the slider switch comprises a variable resistance layer configured to complete a different circuit at each respective location of the user-applied pressure and to open each circuit when the user-applied pressure is moved away from each location at which one of the circuits is completed, a resistance of the variable resistance layer being lower at the location of the user-applied pressure than at locations with no user-applied pressure.
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