A control unit for an agricultural working machine is provided. The control unit may be in a cab of a tractor and/or may control at least part of the working machine. A housing has a front side, a rear side, and end faces that connect the front and rear sides to one another. The housing has on the front side a plurality of control elements, as well as a display. The control elements are arranged on one side of a straight line extending along an edge of the display in a plan view of the front side.

A method of receiving input from a user includes providing a surface within reach of a hand of the user. A plurality of locations on the surface that are touched by the user are sensed. An alphanumeric character having a shape most similar to the plurality of touched locations on the surface is determined. The user is audibly or visually informed of the alphanumeric character and/or a word in which the alphanumeric character is included. Feedback is received from the user regarding whether the alphanumeric character and/or word is an alphanumeric character and/or word that the user intended to be determined in the determining step.

The present disclosure relates to a dual integrated control apparatus for an autonomous vehicle and a method of controlling an operation of the same, that allow a user to control operations of two joystick levers based on whether the joystick levers are touched and on a change in driving modes of a vehicle in a configuration in which a dual integrated control apparatus having the joystick levers is provided in the autonomous vehicle.

The present application provides a design method for a control box of an engineering machinery, including: determining the mounting positions of at least two types of handles on a box body of the control box, and designing the control box based on the determined mounting positions of the at least two types of handles on the box body of the control box, so that the control box meets the mounting requirement of the at least two types of handles. On such basis, the universality and later expansibility of the control box is improved, and production costs are reduced.

A human-machine for calling up functions and for actuating settings of a vehicle, the functions and the settings being represented by elements in a display area which is located in the field of vision of a person operating the vehicle. An input marker in the display region can be moved by an input device which is to be intuitively operated by the operator, for example, a touchpad or a joystick, or a mouse, onto the element of a function or onto the element of a setting to be activated.

A joystick control system for a refuse vehicle includes multiple joystick input devices, and a single controller. The single controller is configured to receive a user input from one or more of the multiple joystick input devices. The controller is also configured to identify which of the joystick input devices provide the user input. The controller is also configured to generate control signals, in response to receiving the user input, for one or more controllable elements of the refuse vehicle based on which of the joystick input devices provides the user input and the user input. The controller is also configured to provide the control signals to the one or more controllable elements of the refuse vehicle to operate the one or more controllable elements of the refuse vehicle according to the user input.

A refuse vehicle includes a chassis coupled to a wheel and having a first portion and a second portion, an energy storage system supported by the chassis, a drive motor coupled to the wheel and configured to receive electrical energy from the energy storage system and provide rotational mechanical energy to the wheel, a cab supported by the first portion of the chassis, a refuse compartment supported by the second portion of the chassis, a suspension supported by the cab, a seat supported within an interior of the cab, an armrest arranged proximate to the seat and having control console with a joystick, and an armrest adjustment assembly coupled to the armrest and configured to adjust a height of the armrest relative to the seat. The suspension supports the seat and the armrest so that a position of the armrest relative to the seat is maintained.

Control system for a road vehicle comprising a first joystick provided with a first lever and with first sensor elements to detect a kinematic value or a force imparted by the driver along a first direction and a second direction; and/or a second joystick provided with a second lever and with second sensor elements to detect the kinematic value or the force imparted along the first direction and the second direction; a control unit configured to control the steering of the road vehicle as a function of the kinematic value or of the force detected by the first lever and/or by the second lever along the first direction; and the attitude of the road vehicle as a function of the kinematic value or of the force detected by the first sensor elements and/or the second sensor elements along the second direction.

A refuse vehicle includes a chassis, a tractive element coupled to the chassis, an energy storage system supported by the chassis, a drive motor coupled to the tractive element and configured to receive electrical energy from the energy storage system and drive the tractive element to propel the refuse vehicle, a cab supported by the chassis, a refuse compartment supported by the chassis, a seat supported within an interior of the cab, a control console coupled to the seat and having a joystick, and a suspension supporting the seat and the control console so that a position of the control console relative to the seat is maintained.