US 11,691,510 B2
Control apparatus and method using knob
Myung Bin Choi, Seoul (KR); Sung Joon Ahn, Seoul (KR); Seung Hwan Lee, Hwaseong-si (KR); and Tae Hun Kim, Seongnam-si (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Feb. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/182,590.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0022559 (KR), filed on Feb. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0261001 A1, Aug. 26, 2021
Int. Cl. B60K 37/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 37/06 (2013.01) [B60K 2370/126 (2019.05)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control apparatus using at least one knob, the control apparatus comprising:
a knob configured to receive knob operation information;
a memory configured to store a program for transmitting a vehicle function control command based on the knob operation information; and
a processor configured to execute the program, wherein the processor is further configured to:
display a function image on the knob based on the knob operation information; and
adjust a size of the displayed function image in response to the knob being rotated clockwise or counterclockwise by a user to adjust a vehicle function corresponding to the displayed function image;
move a convex lens disposed in the knob to enlarge or reduce the displayed function image, based on the knob operation information, wherein the convex lens provides a first sized image at a center portion thereof and a second size image at an edge portion thereof; and
modify the displayed function image to provide a respective first image as the first sized image at the center portion and a respective second image as the second size image at the edge portion depending on the knob operation information according to a rotation of the knob.