Techniques are described for interacting with a vehicle touchscreen. According to one or more embodiments, a system is provided comprising a processor that executes computer executable components stored in at least one memory, including a display control component that selects graphical touch controls to include in a graphical user interface (GUI) for rendering on the touchscreen based on activation of a haptic feedback mode for interfacing with the touchscreen, wherein the graphical touch controls correspond to controls for one or more applications or functions associated with the vehicle. The system further comprising a positioning component that determines a location of a finger on or over the touchscreen relative to the graphical touch controls as displayed on the touchscreen, and a haptic feedback component that causes a vibration unit of the vehicle to provide vibration feedback based on the location corresponding to a graphical touch control of the graphical touch controls.

A touch module for vehicle interior trim, including: a substrate; at least one layer of touch sensing layer disposed above the substrate, for generating a first signal upon a user's touch; a lighting layer disposed above the touch sensing layer; a decorative layer disposed above the lighting layer, at least part of the decorative layer being transparent or semi-transparent to allow light to pass through the lighting layer; and a tactile feedback layer disposed below the substrate and vibrating as a feedback according to the first signal generated by the touch sensing layer upon the user's touch. The touch module can be flexibly integrated into a vehicle interior trim such as a door, a center console, or an instrument panel to provide soft and comfortable touch feeling. An interior trim including the touch module and a vehicle having the touch module is also provided.

The present disclosure relates to an input/output device mounted on a vehicle having a plurality of displays, and the input/output device may include a touch panel configured to sense a touch input, a haptic module configured to generate a tactile effect on the touch panel, a communication unit configured to perform communication with any one of the displays, and a processor configured to set one or more feedback regions on the touch panel based on a screen being displayed on the display, and control the haptic module to generate a tactile effect when a touch is applied to the one or more feedback regions, wherein the one or more feedback regions vary according to the screen being displayed on the display.

An electronic device attachable to a vehicle may include an interface, an input device is provided. The electronic device includes a display, and a processor configured to detect that a context related to the vehicle corresponds to a first context based on first information received via the interface, in response to the detection that the context related to the vehicle corresponds to the first context, display a first indication indicating a first function corresponding to the first context from among a plurality of functions of the vehicle, which are controllable by the input device, while displaying the first indication, detect that the context related to the vehicle changed from the first context to a second context based on second information received via the interface, and based on the detection, display a second indication which is changed from the first indication and indicates a second function corresponding to the second context.

An operating apparatus for a vehicle component comprises an operating panel (12) as well as an electric motor (34) mechanically coupled thereto with an unbalance mass. A detector (20) can capture the contact of the operating panel (12) by a user. A sensor (46) is provided in order to set exactly the number of revolutions of the electric motor in response to the contact of the operating panel by a user. The number of revolutions of the rotor is determined via this sensor.

The present disclosure relates to a touch-sensitive input device, including: a support; a touch-sensitive input component mounted on the support by a first spring means to elastically return along a deflection direction and is oscillation-capable; an absorber body mounted on the support by a second spring means to be movable along the deflection direction in an elastically returning and oscillation-capable manner; an actuating mechanism acting on the absorber body and the input component, with at least one direction of action having a component of the direction of action parallel to the deflection direction to cause a movement of the input component for generating haptic feedback along the deflection direction and cause movement of the absorber body in the direction opposite the movement of the input component; a mechanical trimming device for changing an effective spring length of a spring of the first spring means or the second spring means.

A supply device for a joining element which has a shaft, extending along a joining element axis with a first diameter, and an adjacent head with a second diameter which is greater than the first diameter. The supply device comprising a base enclosing a first joining element channel, a second joining element channel and a third joining element channel, which are at least partially arranged in a common channel plane, and which each have a cross-section which is adapted to the shape of the joining element. And the first and the second joining element channels are orientated relative to each other at a switching angle which is in a range from 5 to 45, while the first and the second joining element channels merge into the third joining element channel at a junction with a switching arrangement.

The invention relates to a control device for a motor vehicle, which includes: a touch-sensitive surface (2) including a contact sensor capable of measuring a pressing pressure on the touch-sensitive surface (2) during a predetermined time (dt; dt1, dt2), and a haptic feedback module (4) configured such as to generate a haptic feedback in response to a contact of the touch-sensitive surface (2), characterised in that the haptic feedback module (4) is configured such as to determine the profile of the haptic feedback to be generated in accordance with the variation in the pressing pressure measured on the touch-sensitive surface (2) during the predetermined time (dt; dt1, dt2).

An instrument panel for motor vehicles includes an information device which is configured to display information visible at various locations on the instrument panel for the driver of the motor vehicle. The information device is made up of a plurality of mechanical information elements which are movable independently of one another and are distributed over the instrument panel. The information elements are movable on a surface of the instrument panel and are arranged in such a way that in a first position the information elements project beyond the surface of the instrument panel and in a second position the information elements terminate substantially flush with the surface of the instrument panel.

A selector for a vehicle includes a stepper motor. A manually operable rotating portion is in communication with the stepper motor. A display screen is positioned proximate the rotating portion. A position sensor is in communication with the stepper motor and the manually operable rotating portion. The rotating portion is coupled to the stepper motor at a drive shaft of the stepper motor. Manual operation of the rotating portion also rotates the drive shaft. The stepper motor applies a haptic component to the manual operation of the rotating portion.