Patent ID: 9477332
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: B60K,G06F

Claim Text:
1. A system, comprising: a sensor that is programmed to determine that an operable dashboard-mounted touchscreen in a moving vehicle is going to be touched by a hand of a driver and/or a hand of a front-seat passenger of said vehicle based on particular proximity of said driver's hand and/or said passenger's hand to said sensor; and a control that is programmed to allow or disallow, based on input from said sensor, said touchscreen to be responsive to touching of said touchscreen by said driver's hand and/or said passenger's hand; wherein the system includes logic to disable said sensor and said control when said vehicle is moving below a predetermined minimal speed, whereby said operable touchscreen is then fully responsive to touching by said driver's hand and/or said passenger's hand.