Patent ID: 9604542
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: B60K,G06F

Claim:
1. An Input/Output (I/O) device for a vehicle comprising at least one touch-sensitive I/O display unit comprising a first display unit, at least one output display unit comprising a second display unit, and a control unit connecting the I/O display unit and the output display unit with an information exchange unit, wherein the touch-sensitive I/O display unit is located in a readily reachable position for a user and the output display unit is located in a readily discernible position for the user, and the control unit is configured to communicate output data related to an interactive I/O communication to the I/O display unit, receive input data from the I/O display unit and communicate output data to the output display unit in relation with the input data, wherein both the first and second display units can selectively display information that is not displayed on the other one of the first and second display units or information that is the same as information displayed on the other one of the first and second display units, and the touch-sensitive I/O display, the output display unit, the control unit, and the information exchange unit are configured so that information displayed on the output display can only be accessed or manipulated by a first kind of contact gesture from the user on the touch-sensitive area of the touch-sensitive I/O display unit, and information displayed on the touch-sensitive I/O display unit can only be accessed or manipulated by using a second kind of contact gesture different from the first kind of contact gesture on the touch-sensitive area of the touch-sensitive I/O display unit, and wherein the first type of contact gesture for accessing or manipulating data displayed on the output display is a multi-point-of-contact gesture from the user on the touch-sensitive area of the touch-sensitive I/O display unit, and the second type of contact gesture for accessing or manipulating data displayed on the touch-sensitive I/O display unit is a single-point-of contact gesture on the touch-sensitive area of the touch-sensitive I/O display unit.