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

Claim 0:
1. A retrofit control system for a vehicle comprising:
a touch screen retrofit on the vehicle and configured to receive a user input, the touch screen physically mounted directly on either side of a steering wheel of the vehicle;
a function-specific programmable logic controller (PLC) configured to communicate with a CAN bus of the vehicle;
an embedded computer assembly (ECA) retrofit on the vehicle and comprising processing circuitry configured to:
suppress 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;
obtain a second user input from the touch screen, the second user input provided via a second modality of user input; and
provide a control signal to the PLC and the CAN bus of the vehicle to perform a requested vehicle function according to the second user input by generating new communications on the CAN bus of the vehicle;
wherein suppressing the communications on the CAN bus from the input device of the vehicle and generating the new communications on the CAN bus according to the second user input from the touch screen changes a modality of user input used to control the requested vehicle function from the first modality of user input to the second modality of user input.