IP Library Granted Patent US 12677021
Granted Patent B2
US 12677021 · App. 18/726,246 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Method for a transportation apparatus for using a touch-sensitive input device for a streaming box

Inventor: Bertram Hock (Kirchdorf, DE)
Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
H04N21/41422B60K35/10B60K35/22B60K35/81G06F3/0488
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Patent No.
US 12677021
App. No.
18/726,246
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for using a touch-sensitive input device arranged in a transportation apparatus and for displaying display content transmitted from a streaming box arranged in the transportation apparatus by way a display device arranged in the transportation apparatus is provided. The method includes detecting input data of a user input on the touch-sensitive input device by way of the touch-sensitive input device, ascertaining a display element, which corresponds to the input data of the user input, of a first display content and/or of a specified command, which corresponds to the input data of the user input, by way of the streaming box, and in response thereto, displaying a second display content transmitted from the streaming box by way of the display device of the transportation apparatus.

Claims (39)

1 . A method for using a touch-sensitive input device arranged in a transportation apparatus and for displaying display content, transferred from a streaming box arranged in the transportation apparatus, by way of a display device arranged in the transportation apparatus, the method comprising:

capturing input data of a user input on the touch-sensitive input device by way of the touch-sensitive input device,

determining at least one of a display element of a first display content corresponding to the input data of the user input or a predefined command corresponding to the input data of the user input by way of the streaming box, and in response thereto,

displaying second display content transferred from the streaming box, by way of the display device of the transportation apparatus,

wherein the input data is transferred from the touch-sensitive input device via a rear-seat entertainment control unit to the streaming box, and the second display content is transferred from the streaming box via the rear-seat entertainment control unit to the display device.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

requesting the second display content from a data source by way of the streaming box,

receiving the second display content from the data source by way of the streaming box, and

transferring the second display content to the display device.

3 . The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the input data represents at least one touch position or multiple touch positions or a touch track.

4 . The method according to claim 3 ,

wherein the at least one touch position or the multiple touch positions are one or more coordinates.

5 . The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the input data is transferred to at least one of a rear-seat entertainment control unit or the streaming box.

6 . The method according to claim 5 ,

wherein the input data is transferred from the touch-sensitive input device via the rear-seat entertainment control unit to the streaming box.

7 . The method according to claim 5 ,

wherein data is transmitted between two elements from the touch-sensitive input device, the rear-seat entertainment control unit, the streaming box and the data source by way of a wireless local computer network, by way of a plug connection or a first cable.

8 . The method according to claim 7 ,

wherein the first cable is a LAN cable, a USB cable or an HDMI cable.

9 . The method according to claim 7 ,

wherein the input data is transferred from the rear-seat entertainment control unit to the streaming box by way of a second cable, and/or

wherein the second display content is transferred from the streaming box to the rear-seat entertainment control unit by way of a third cable.

10 . The method according to claim 9 ,

wherein the second cable is a LAN cable, a USB cable or an HDMI cable.

11 . The method according to claim 9 ,

wherein the third cable is a LAN cable, a USB cable or an HDMI cable.

12 . The method according to claim 9 ,

wherein the second cable is the same as the third cable.

13 . The method according to claim 7 ,

wherein the second display content is transferred from the data source to the streaming box by way of the wireless local computer network.

14 . The method according to claim 13 , wherein the wireless local computer network is at least one of WLAN or WiFi.

15 . The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the streaming box is arranged in the transportation apparatus in a fixed or a removable manner.

16 . The method according to claim 3 ,

wherein a digitally represented temporal sequence of the touch positions on the touch-sensitive input device is interpreted by way of the streaming box.

17 . The method according to claim 3 ,

wherein a digitally represented temporal sequence of the touch positions on the touch-sensitive input device is interpreted by way of a rear-seat entertainment control unit.