INTEGRATED CENTER PANEL WITH ROTARY CONTROL
A control panel includes a display for providing visual images to a user and a rotary control including a shaft extending through an aperture formed in the display and a rotary knob coupled to the shaft, wherein the rotary control manages a control feature associated with the rotary control.
1 . A control panel comprising:
a display for providing visual images to a user; and
an X/Y control extending through an aperture formed in the display, wherein the X/Y control manages a control feature associated therewith.
2 . The control panel according to claim 1 , wherein the control panel is integrated with a vehicle.
3 . The control panel according to claim 1 , wherein the display includes a touch sensitive function.
4 . The control panel according to claim 1 , wherein the display is one of a liquid crystal display, plasma, and OLED.
5 . The control panel according to claim 1 , wherein the display includes at least one of a protective layer, a decorative layer, a conductive layer, a dielectric layer, a barrier layer, a conductive layer, and a substrate.
6 . The control panel according to claim 1 , wherein the X/Y control is one of a rotary control, a joy stick, a lever, and combinations thereof coupled to a controller for translating a motion of the X/Y control into an electrical signal to manage the control feature.
7 . The control panel according to claim 1 , wherein the X/Y control is a rotary encoder.
8 . The control panel according to claim 1 , wherein a function label representing the control feature associated with the X-Y control is generated on the display.
9 . The control panel according to claim 1 , wherein the user cycles through a plurality of the control features associated with the X/Y control by pressing at least one of the X/Y control and a touch sensitive indicia projected on the display.
10 . A control panel comprising:
a display for providing visual images to a user;
a rotary control including a shaft extending through an aperture formed in the display and a rotary knob coupled to the shaft, wherein the display provides a graphical scale around the rotary knob for representing a level of a control feature associated with the rotary control.
11 . The control panel according to claim 10 , wherein the display includes a touch sensitive function.
12 . The control panel according to claim 10 , wherein the display is a liquid crystal display.
13 . The control panel according to claim 10 , wherein the shaft of the rotary control is coupled to a controller for translating a motion of the shaft into an electrical signal to manage the control feature associated with the rotary control.
14 . The control panel according to claim 13 , wherein the controller is a rotary encoder.
15 . The control panel according to claim 10 , wherein a function label representing the control feature associated with the rotary control is generated on the display.
16 . The control panel according to claim 10 , wherein the user cycles through a plurality of the control features associated with the rotary control by pressing at least one of the rotary knob and a touch sensitive indicia projected on the display.
17 . A control panel for a vehicle comprising:
a display for providing visual images to a user, wherein the display includes a touch sensitive function;
a rotary control including a shaft extending through an aperture formed in the display screen and a rotary knob coupled to the shaft, wherein the display provides a graphical scale around the rotary knob for representing a level of a particular control feature associated with the rotary control;
a controller for translating a motion of the shaft into an electrical signal to manage the control feature associated with the rotary control; and
a control circuit to provide electrical intercommunication between a plurality of vehicle systems including the display and the controller.
18 . The control panel according to claim 17 , wherein the controller is a rotary encoder.
19 . The control panel according to claim 17 , wherein a function label representing the control feature associated with the rotary control is generated on the display.
20 . The control panel according to claim 17 , wherein the user cycles through a plurality of the control features associated with the rotary control by pressing at least one of the rotary knob and a touch sensitive indicia projected on the display.