US 12,103,388 B2
On-vehicle interface apparatus
Yuchi Yamanouchi, Toyota (JP); Hideto Tanaka, Kariya (JP); Masaharu Kinoshita, Kariya (JP); Daisuke Naitou, Kariya (JP); Kei Kawasaki, Kariya (JP); Takuto Munekata, Kariya (JP); and Takao Shinohara, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/391,634.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-132172 (JP), filed on Aug. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0041056 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 35/00 (2024.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/29 (2024.01)
CPC B60K 35/00 (2013.01) [B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/29 (2024.01); B60K 2360/1438 (2024.01); B60K 2360/178 (2024.01); B60K 2360/186 (2024.01); B60K 2360/197 (2024.01)] 9 Claims
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1. An on-vehicle interface apparatus, comprising:
a touch screen configured to display an image and detect touch to a screen by an operator; and
a first controller configured to control display of the touch screen and output to a vehicle controller a signal corresponding to the touch by the operator, the first controller storing a first message with a first urgency level, the first message corresponding to predetermined driving control, and a second message with a second urgency level lower than the first urgency level and not corresponding to driving control, in association with respective events,
the first controller further being configured to:
display a plurality of operation switches including operation switches regarding traveling of a vehicle irrespective of the events on the touch screen, and, in response to occurrence of any of the events, display a corresponding message on the touch screen,
in response to detection of a touch operation on a display region of the first message during display of the first message, output to the vehicle controller a signal that instructs execution of the driving control corresponding to the first message, and
in response to detection of a touch operation on a display region of the second message during display of the second message, not output a signal to the vehicle controller, and in response to detection of a touch operation on the plurality of operation switches during display of the second message, output to the vehicle controller a control signal corresponding to the touched operation switch.