US 12,472,814 B2
Recreational vehicle user interface
Ulf Landberger, Spanga (SE); and Rickard Hederstierna, Hägersten (SE)
Assigned to Dometic Sweden AB, Solna (SE)
Appl. No. 18/245,320
Filed by Dometic Sweden AB, Solna (SE)
PCT Filed Sep. 15, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/075389
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 14, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/058389, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20197019 (EP), filed on Sep. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0356592 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/50 (2024.01); B60K 35/80 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01)
CPC B60K 35/10 (2024.01) [B60K 35/50 (2024.01); B60K 35/80 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 2360/11 (2024.01); B60K 2360/126 (2024.01); B60K 2360/1438 (2024.01); B60K 2360/1468 (2024.01); B60K 2360/162 (2024.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method implemented in a Recreational Vehicle User Interface, RVUI, of a RV monitoring and control system, which is operable to control at least one function of a recreational vehicle, the method comprising:
displaying, at a touchscreen of the RVUI, a circular-shaped user input element; and
detecting, at the touchscreen of the RVUI, a user input comprising a movement along the displayed circular-shaped user input element, the movement being indicative of a request to control a user-selected function of the recreational vehicle, wherein the user-selected function includes any one or a combination of: a climate control function, a heater function, a ventilation function, a water heater function, a vehicle battery function, a light control function, and a security alarm function; and
responsive to detecting said user input, initiating control of the user-selected function via the control system to operably control the user-selected function,
wherein the touchscreen is further configured to provide tactile feedback along the displayed circular-shaped user input element such that a user can sense the user's movement along the displayed circular-shaped user input element, the tactile feedback being implemented by a vibration-creating device configured to create vibrations in response to user input in the form of the movement along the displayed circular-shaped user input.