POSITIONAL BASED MOVEMENTS AND ACCESSIBILITY OF FEATURES ASSOCIATED WITH A VEHICLE
Methods and systems are presented for accepting inputs into a vehicle or other conveyance to control functions of the conveyance. A vehicle control system can receive gestures and other inputs. The vehicle control system can also obtain information about the user of the vehicle control system and information about the environment in which the conveyance is operating. Based on the input and the other information, the vehicle control system can modify or improve the performance or execution of user interface and functions of the conveyance. The changes make the user interfaces and/or functions user-friendly and intuitive.
1 . A method for controlling functions of a conveyance based on gesture focus, comprising:
a vehicle control system, including a processor, receiving a gesture initiation within the conveyance;
the vehicle control system identifying a focus of the gesture;
the vehicle control system determining user characteristics for a user making the gesture; and
the vehicle control system, based on the focus and the user characteristics, configuring a setting for the conveyance.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the gesture is not completed.
3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the focus is on a user interface.
4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the vehicle control system determines which user interface has the focus.
5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein an appearance of the user interface changes based on the focus and before the gesture is completed.
6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the appearance change is a change to the configuration of the user interface.
7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein at least one user-selectable button is removed from the user interface.
8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein a size of at least one user-selectable button is changed.
9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein a position of at least one user-selectable button is changed.
10 . The method of claim Error! Reference source not found., wherein a shape of at least one user-selectable button is changed.
11 . A conveyance comprising:
a processor operable to execute one or more modules, the modules comprising:
a gesture recognition module operable to receive a gesture initiation within the conveyance;
a focus module operable to:
identify a focus of the gesture;
determine user characteristics for a user making the gesture; and
a function control module operable to, based on the focus and the user characteristics, configure a setting for the conveyance.
12 . The conveyance of claim 11 , wherein the gesture is not completed, and wherein the focus is on a user interface.
13 . The conveyance of claim 12 , wherein the vehicle control system determines which user interface has the focus, and wherein an appearance of the user interface changes based on the focus and before the gesture is completed.
14 . The conveyance of claim 13 , wherein the appearance change is a change to the configuration of the user interface.
15 . The conveyance of claim 14 , wherein the configuration change is one or more of:
a user-selectable button is removed from the user interface;
a size of a user-selectable button is changed;
a position of a user-selectable button is changed; and
a shape of a user-selectable button is changed.
16 . A non-transitory computer readable medium stored on a storage medium and having instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform a method, the instructions comprising:
instructions to receive a gesture initiation within the conveyance;
instructions to identify a focus of the gesture;
instructions to determine user characteristics for a user making the gesture; and
based on the focus and the user characteristics, instructions to configure a setting for the conveyance.
17 . The computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the gesture is not completed, and wherein the focus is on a user interface.
18 . The computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the vehicle control system determines which user interface has the focus, and wherein an appearance of the user interface changes based on the focus and before the gesture is completed.
19 . The computer readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the appearance change is a change to the configuration of the user interface.
20 . The computer readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the configuration change is one or more of:
a user-selectable button is removed from the user interface;
a size of a user-selectable button is changed;
a position of a user-selectable button is changed; and
a shape of a user-selectable button is changed.