US 11,921,936 B2
Vehicle function operation apparatus and method
Won Sik Kim, Gwangmyeong-si (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/951,395.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0142130 (KR), filed on Oct. 22, 2021; and application No. 10-2021-0142131 (KR), filed on Oct. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0126180 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/02 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/02 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); B60K 2370/126 (2019.05); B60K 2370/143 (2019.05); B60K 2370/152 (2019.05); B60K 2370/34 (2019.05)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle function operation apparatus comprising:
a matching table configured to display an icon for each of various in-vehicle functions for each area among a plurality of areas of matching table; and
a position variable knob dial configured to be movable from a preset mounting area different from the matching table in a vehicle to contact one area among the plurality of areas of the matching table to be electrically linked with the matching table so as to project a widget for one detailed function of the corresponding icon positioned on the one area among the plurality of areas of the matching table,
wherein the matching table includes a monitoring sensor configured to partition an area for each icon on an upper end surface of the matching table,
the matching table selectively displays an illumination for each position and function based on a backlight over the plurality of areas of the matching table, and
the matching table activates a backlight illumination only for the corresponding icon of the one area among the plurality of areas where the knob dial is positioned and deactivates backlight illuminations for the remaining icons when coming into contact with the knob dial.