US 12,227,074 B2
Capacitive touch textiles and vehicle applications
De'Anna Hall, Frederick, MD (US); Christopher Tyson, Clearbrook, VA (US); Lynn Kubik, Charles Town, WV (US); J. Ryan Bailey, Stephens City, VA (US); and Harsh Sanghavi, Winchester, VA (US)
Assigned to Benecke-Kaliko AG, Hannover (DE)
Appl. No. 17/759,368
Filed by Benecke-Kaliko AG, Hannover (DE)
PCT Filed Jan. 22, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/051427
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 23, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/148589, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/964,670, filed on Jan. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0140718 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. B60K 35/10 (2024.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 35/10 (2024.01) [G06F 3/03547 (2013.01); G06F 3/0443 (2019.05); B60K 2360/1434 (2024.01); B60K 2360/1472 (2024.01); B60K 2360/42 (2024.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An interface system comprising:
a conductive textile configured to provide user input information based on a user contact, wherein the user input information is in response to contact with the conductive textile;
a textile layer of the conductive textile;
a conductive fiber woven into the textile layer and arranged in rows and columns having a selected spacing;
a vinyl protective layer formed on the conductive fiber and the textile layer;
the conductive textile has resistivity based in response to pressure by the user contact and has a plurality of regions assigned to a plurality of control systems;
a first interface of the conductive textile to provide a first coordinate;
a second interface of the conductive textile to provide a second coordinate;
an interface circuitry to analyze the user input information and the first coordinate from the first interface and the second coordinate from the second interface to identify an assigned region, the circuitry determines a control system of the plurality of control systems based on the identified assigned region, the circuitry determines a command based on the user input information and the first coordinate and the second coordinate and the determined control system.