Granted Patent B2

US 12,472,814 · App. 18/245,320 · Granted Nov 18, 2025

Inventors: Ulf Landberger (Spanga, SE); Rickard Hederstierna (Hägersten, SE)

Assignee: Dometic Sweden AB

B60K35/10B60K35/50B60K35/80B60K35/28B60K2360/11B60K2360/126B60K2360/1438B60K2360/1468B60K2360/162

Abstract

Claims (26)

1 . A method implemented in a Recreational Vehicle User Interface, RVUI, of a RV monitoring and control system, which is operable to control at least one function of a recreational vehicle, the method comprising:

displaying, at a touchscreen of the RVUI, a circular-shaped user input element; and

detecting, at the touchscreen of the RVUI, a user input comprising a movement along the displayed circular-shaped user input element, the movement being indicative of a request to control a user-selected function of the recreational vehicle, wherein the user-selected function includes any one or a combination of: a climate control function, a heater function, a ventilation function, a water heater function, a vehicle battery function, a light control function, and a security alarm function; and

responsive to detecting said user input, initiating control of the user-selected function via the control system to operably control the user-selected function,

wherein the touchscreen is further configured to provide tactile feedback along the displayed circular-shaped user input element such that a user can sense the user's movement along the displayed circular-shaped user input element, the tactile feedback being implemented by a vibration-creating device configured to create vibrations in response to user input in the form of the movement along the displayed circular-shaped user input.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , comprising: transmitting a control signal representative of the user-selected function to a processor for control of the user-selected function.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , comprising: animating, at the touchscreen of the RVUI, rotational movement of the user input along the displayed circular-shaped user input element in a manner that corresponds to the user movement.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the user-selected function is selected prior to the detecting of said user input.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , comprising:

providing, at the RVUI, at least one input region configured to receive a pressing input, the at least one input region being physically depressible upon receiving the pressing input thereat; wherein

detecting a pressing input being indicative of a request to select said user-selected function of the recreational vehicle.

6 . The method according to claim 4 , comprising:

displaying, at the touchscreen of the RVUI, at least one input region; and

detecting a momentary pressing at the at least one input region and responsive thereto selecting said user-selected function of the recreational vehicle.

7 . A Recreational Vehicle User Interface, RVIU, of a RV monitoring a control system, which is operable to control at least one function of a recreational vehicle, the RVUI comprising:

a touchscreen configured to display a circular-shaped user input element; wherein

the touchscreen is configured to detect a user input comprising a movement along the displayed circular-shaped user input element, the movement being indicative of a request to control a user-selected function of the recreational vehicle, wherein

the user-selected function includes any one or a combination of: a climate control function, a heater function, a ventilation function, a water heater function, a vehicle battery function, a light control function, and a security alarm function; and wherein

the RVUI is further configured to initiate control of the user-selected function responsive to detecting said user input via the control system to operably control the user-selected function,

wherein the touchscreen is further configured to provide tactile feedback along the displayed circular-shaped user input element such that a user can sense the user's movement along the displayed circular-shaped user input element, the tactile feedback being implemented by a vibration-creating device configured to create vibrations in response to user input in the form of the movement along the displayed circular-shaped user input.

8 . The RVUI according to claim 7 , wherein the RVUI is configured to transmit a control signal representative of the user-selected function to a processor for control of the user-selected function.

9 . The RVUI according to claim 7 , wherein the touchscreen is configured to animate rotational movement of the user input along the displayed circular-shaped user input element in a manner that corresponds to the user movement.

10 . The RVUI according to claim 7 , comprising: at least one input region configured to receive a pressing input, the at least one input region being physically depressible upon receiving the pressing input thereat; wherein the pressing input is indicative of a request to select said user-selected function of the recreational vehicle.

11 . The RVUI according to claim 7 , wherein the touchscreen of the RVUI is configured to display at least one input region; wherein the touchscreen of the RVUI is further configured to detect a momentary pressing at the at least one input region and responsive thereto to select said user-selected function of the recreational vehicle.

12 . A user interface panel comprising the RVUI according to claim 7 , wherein the user interface panel is attachable to a surface of the recreational vehicle.

13 . A recreational vehicle comprising the user interface panel according to claim 12 .

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