Patent ID: 11919463
Assignee: IN MOTION MOBILITY LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 17:
18. A method for controlling operation of one or more features of a vehicle, the method comprising:
retrofitting a vehicle with a control unit comprising a touch screen display and an embedded computer assembly (ECA), the ECA configured to control communications on a controller area network (CAN) bus of the vehicle;
suppressing communications on the CAN bus of the vehicle from an input device installed or designed by a manufacturer of the vehicle, the input device configured to obtain a first user input via a first modality of user input;
obtaining, at the touch screen display, a second user input to control a requested function of the vehicle, the second user input provided via a second modality of user input, the touch screen display positioned on a mount next to a steering wheel of the vehicle and accessible to an operator of the vehicle with impaired fine motor skills; and
providing a control signal to a controllable element of the vehicle via the CAN bus to perform the requested function of the vehicle according to the second user input by generating new communications on the CAN bus of the vehicle.