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KR20120032583A
KR20120032583A KR1020100080899A KR20100080899A KR20120032583A KR 20120032583 A KR20120032583 A KR 20120032583A KR 1020100080899 A KR1020100080899 A KR 1020100080899A KR 20100080899 A KR20100080899 A KR 20100080899A KR 20120032583 A KR20120032583 A KR 20120032583A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60N2/00—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles
    • B60N2/75—Arm-rests
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R11/00—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for
    • B60R11/02—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
    • B60R11/0264—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof for control means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R7/00—Stowing or holding appliances inside vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps
    • B60R7/04—Stowing or holding appliances inside vehicle primarily intended for personal property smaller than suit-cases, e.g. travelling articles, or maps in driver or passenger space, e.g. using racks
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
    • G06F3/03—Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
    • G06F3/041—Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rear console of a vehicle, and more particularly, to a console body disposed in a rear seat portion of a vehicle interior, respective driving units for operating various functional operation units of the vehicle, and coupled to the console body, directly by a user. It is disposed to be exposed to the outside of the console body to enable a touch operation, and comprises a touch panel unit for providing an image of the state of the drive unit after being operated before the user touch operation, thereby greatly reducing the number of parts and assembly process Can provide an advantage of increasing user convenience.

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Rear Console for vehicles

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rear console of a vehicle, and more particularly, to a rear console of a vehicle in which various switches are provided for storing small items or operating various functional operation units of a vehicle, wherein the various switches are mechanically operated. The present invention relates to a rear console of a vehicle capable of greatly reducing the number of parts and the assembly process and increasing the user's ease of use by changing from a part to a touch panel part operated by a simple touch operation of a user.

In general, in addition to the essential functional operation unit required for driving, the vehicle is disposed throughout the functional operation unit for the convenience of the user. For example, inside the cabin, passengers who adjust to fit the passenger's body by changing the structure of the passenger seat and the Audio & Video System function unit (hereinafter referred to as the A / V function unit) that provide the video and sound desired by the user. The seat function and the air conditioner function which purifies the temperature and air in the interior of the cabin.

On the other hand, the console body that can hold a small object of the passenger is disposed in the center portion of the rear passenger seat disposed in the rear of the plurality of passenger seats arranged in the cabin. The console body may be installed to be concealed inside the rear passenger seat according to the user's operation.

FIG. 1 illustrates a switch assembly disposed on a rear console of a vehicle according to the prior art. Referring to FIG. 1, in the console body, in addition to a storing function of an object, operations of the various functional operation units mounted on the vehicle for the convenience of a passenger are shown. Can be arranged for the switch assembly. That is, the user (passenger) is to operate the functional operation unit to suit the user's environment using the switch assembly of the various functional operation unit disposed on the console body.

However, as described above, the rear console of the vehicle according to the prior art has a problem that the cost of the product increases due to the arrangement of the mechanical switch assembly, which requires a large number of individual parts for providing a switch for operating each functional operation unit. Discomfort in the assembly process that requires the assembly of the switch is also expected. In addition, since the switch assembly is mechanically operated, there is a problem in that durability due to wear of the operating part is lowered.

The present invention is a vehicle that can increase the convenience of users and assemblers by replacing the mechanical switch assembly of the rear console of the existing vehicle with a large number of parts required, the overall cost and the number of assembling maneuver with an integrated operating touch panel unit Its purpose is to provide a rear console.

The rear console of the vehicle according to the present invention includes a console main body disposed in the rear seat portion of the vehicle interior, respective driving units for operating various functional operation units of the vehicle, and coupled to the console main body, and directly touch operation by the user. And a touch panel unit disposed to be exposed to the outside of the console main body to provide an image of a state of the driving unit after being operated before a user's touch manipulation.

The touch panel unit may include a main display unit in which a setting icon of a main setting switch unit is sequentially arranged in a horizontal direction at an upper side of each category of the driving unit, and below the main display unit when a user touches and operates the main display unit. Each of the sub-categories of the main setting switch unit may include a sub display unit in which setting icons of the sub switch unit are interspersed.

In addition, the setting icon disposed on the main display unit, the A / V operation icon for operating the audio and video system in the interior of the cabin, the passenger seat operation icon for operating the passenger seat in the interior of the cabin, the air conditioning system in the interior It may include an air conditioning operation icon to operate.

In addition, the setting icon disposed on the main display unit may include a recognition icon different from the setting icon not selected by the user so that the user may recognize that the specific setting icon is activated by the user's touch operation.

The recognition icon may be a point part displayed in a different color on a setting icon disposed on the main display unit.

In addition, the setting icons arranged on the main display unit may be sequentially arranged in order from the setting icon with the high frequency of use to the setting icon with the low frequency of use according to the frequency of use of the user.

In addition, the setting icon disposed on the main display unit may be displayed on the main display unit or may be omitted depending on the frequency of use of the user.

The rear console of the vehicle according to the present invention has the effect of greatly reducing the number of parts and assembly process since the mechanical switch assembly is replaced with the touch panel unit and the display unit interlocking switch assembly.

In addition, the rear console of the vehicle according to the present invention has an effect of increasing the convenience of the user by showing the display unit to match the frequency of use to the user through the learning type touch panel unit.

In addition, the rear console of the vehicle according to the present invention can significantly improve the defective rate of the switch unit of the existing mechanical switch assembly, and there is an advantage in that the specification of the switch unit to be coupled is easily changed.

1 is a front view showing a mechanical switch assembly disposed on a rear console of a vehicle according to the prior art,
2 is a front view illustrating a touch panel unit disposed on a rear console of a vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a front view illustrating another embodiment of the touch panel unit in the configuration of FIG. 2;
4 is a front view illustrating still another embodiment of the touch panel unit in the configuration of FIG. 2;
5 is a schematic diagram showing a switch signal transmission system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments and various embodiments of a rear console of a vehicle according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a touch panel unit disposed on a rear console of a vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a front view showing another embodiment of the touch panel unit among the components of FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is FIG. Figure 5 is a front view showing another embodiment of the touch panel portion of the configuration, Figure 5 is a schematic diagram showing a switch signal transmission system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the rear console of the vehicle according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is not shown to operate the console main body 100 disposed in the rear seat portion of the vehicle interior and various functional operation units of the vehicle. It is coupled to each drive unit and the console main body 100, and is disposed to be exposed to the outside of the console main body 100 to enable direct touch operation by the user, and the state of the drive unit after being operated before the user's touch operation as an image. It provides a touch panel unit 110.

Compared with the prior art, the biggest feature of the preferred embodiment of the present invention is that instead of deleting the existing mechanical switch assembly for operating each functional operation unit of the vehicle, the convenience of the consumer (user) and the assembly of the original parts, the convenience of the producer In order to improve the touch-sensitive touch panel unit 110 is employed.

As such, when the touch panel unit 110 is employed instead of the mechanical switch assembly, the following advantages may be created.

In other words, the mechanical switch assembly is a micro-communication that generates a predetermined electrical signal after the contact is made at each contact of the PCB (printed circuit board) by the user by applying a physical force to move the knob (not shown) for the switch operation By each function operating unit is configured to operate. Therefore, in the case of the conventional mechanical switch assembly, it must be configured to include mechanical operating parts and PCBs for operation, and repair work requiring replacement in case of failure of each component. However, in the case of the rear console of the vehicle employing the touch panel unit 110 according to the present invention, by using a capacitive or pressure-sensitive touch panel unit 110 to operate each function operation unit with a simple touch operation. In addition to the convenience of use, in the event of a failure, the cost is easily repaired by replacing only one touch panel unit 110 and modifying the control logic separately from the problem of cost.

In addition, the mechanical switch assembly, while the product phenomenon is remarkable due to wear of each component according to the frequency of use and the period of use, in the case of the rear console of the vehicle employing the touch panel unit 110 according to the present invention, future software Apart from this problem, there is an advantage that the defect phenomenon caused by the wear of the product can be blocked at the source.

In addition, the rear console of the vehicle employing the touch panel unit 110 according to the present invention not only can integrate a plurality of functional operation units but also creates an advantage of easy design change.

Referring to the configuration of the touch panel unit 110 in more detail, as shown in FIG. 2, when the touch panel unit 110 classifies the driving unit associated with each function operation unit by category, the driving unit The main display unit 120 in which the setting icons indicating the main setting switch unit are sequentially arranged in the horizontal direction on the upper side of each category, and when the user touches the main display unit 120, is located below the main display unit 120. The sub display unit 130 is disposed to scatter the setting icons of the sub switch unit classified by sub categories of the main setting switch unit.

Here, the setting icon representing the main setting switch unit disposed on the main display unit 120 is a rectangular shape in which a horizontal direction of a square box is formed to be long, and A / O for operating an audio and video system installed in the interior of a plurality of functional operation units is provided. It may include a V (Audio & Video) operation icon 120a, a passenger seat operation icon 120b for operating a passenger seat installed in the cabin, and an air conditioning unit operation icon 120c for operating the air conditioning system inside the cabin. have.

When the user wants to apply a predetermined signal to the driving unit of the function operation unit to be operated among the main setting switch units disposed on the main display unit 120, the user selects and touches any one main setting switch unit representing the main setting switch unit. The sub display unit 130 is interspersed with the setting icons of the sub switch unit for each sub category for operating the corresponding driving unit.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, only the three setting icons described above are illustrated as the main setting switch unit, but the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto. That is, in view of the difficulty of integration for driving the functional operation unit defined by the conventional mechanical switch assembly, the object of the present invention is to make the integration easy to operate in view of one object. It may be provided with a greater number of setting icons to make.

In particular, as shown in Figure 2, in the preferred embodiment of the present invention, in addition to the above-described A / V operation icon (120a), passenger seat operation icon (120b) and air conditioning unit operation icon (120c) consumer (user) It may further include a setting icon (120d) for the operation of the other function operation unit for the convenience.

Meanwhile, the setting icon disposed on the main display unit 120 is different from the other setting icons not selected by the user so that the user can recognize that the specific setting icon is activated by the user's touch operation. It may include.

Here, the recognition icon 120 ′ may be a point part displayed in a different color on the setting icon disposed on the main display unit 120. That is, the point part of the other setting icon is not activated and is kept in the same color as the background color, whereas in the case of the setting icon activated by the user's touch operation, the point part has a distinct color that is completely different from the background color of the setting icon. It is activated so that the user can recognize that the touch manipulation is good.

On the other hand, when the user touches any one of the setting icon of the main setting switch unit disposed on the main display unit 120, the sub display unit 130 is interspersed with the setting icon of the sub-switch for each sub-category of the main setting switch unit do.

A detailed description with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4 is as follows.

FIG. 2 illustrates a case in which the user touches the A / V operation icon 120a among the icons representing the main setting switch of the main display unit 120. The sub display unit 130 sets icons for each sub-category. The mode implementation icon 130a for selectively playing the sound source or the image, the back and call mode implementation icon 130b for switching to or calling the previous mode, and the volume up icon for adjusting the volume during the playback of the sound source or the image mode. And volume down icons 130c and 130d, and operation icons for selecting a setting icon of each sub setting switch unit, and selection icons 130e and 130 'disposed in the center of the sub display unit 130, respectively. Can be.

However, it should be noted that the description of the specific setting icon for the sub display unit 130 is merely illustrative for convenience of understanding and the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto.

3 and 4 illustrate setting icons representing the sub setting switch unit when the user selects the passenger seat operation icon 220b and the air conditioning unit operation icon 320c as the main setting switch unit, respectively. The setting icons representing the parts are similar to the setting icons shown as the sub setting switch parts of the A / V operation icon 120a described above, and the adjustment icons 230a to 230d generate a predetermined signal to directly control the respective function operation parts. In addition, selection icons 230e disposed at the center may be formed to select the control icons 230a to 230d. However, this is merely illustrative as described above, so it is obvious that various modifications are possible.

Meanwhile, the setting icons 120a to 120d disposed on the main display unit 120 having the above-described configuration may be sequentially arranged in order from the setting icon with high usage frequency to the setting icon with low usage frequency according to the user's usage frequency. Can be.

That is, when the user uses the air conditioner operation icon 120c most frequently among the setting icons 120a to 120d representing the main setting switch unit, the user is trained by the microcomputer controlling the image display of the main display unit 120. The air conditioner operation icon 120c having the highest frequency of use is placed on the left side of the display unit 120, and then other setting icons 120a, 120b, and 120d having high frequency of use are sequentially placed on the right side. It is possible.

In addition, in the case of the sub display unit 130 that implements the sub setting switch unit, only the setting icon of the same image is not always arranged, but only a setting icon with a high frequency of use is highlighted. Therefore, it is possible to increase the accessibility to the consumer (user) by omitting the display.

As such, in a preferred embodiment of the rear console of the vehicle according to the present invention, the touch panel unit 110 analyzes the usage pattern of the consumer to display the setting icons displayed on the main display unit 120 and the sub display unit 130. By rearranging the location, there is an advantage that the user's usability can be increased.

On the other hand, the setting icons displayed as the sub setting switch unit provide the state of each driving unit after being operated before the touch panel unit 110 touch operation, so that the operation of each driving unit after the user touches the touch panel unit 110 in advance. Knowing the state has the advantage of reducing the inconvenience of operation.

Reference numerals 210, 310, 320, and 230 330 of FIGS. 3 and 4 respectively indicate a main display unit 120 and a sub display according to each function operation unit displayed as the touch panel unit 110. Reference numerals 220a (320a) to 220d (320d) and 230a (330a) to 230e (330e) of reference numerals refer to the unit 130, and are set as the sub setting switch unit displayed on the sub display unit 130. Numbers referring to icons. Specific implementation of each setting icon does not affect the scope of the present invention, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The operation of the rear console of the vehicle according to the present invention configured as described above will be briefly described with reference to the accompanying drawings (particularly, FIG. 5).

First, when a user touches the touch panel 110 using a finger or the like, a predetermined electrical signal generated according to the signal is converted into an appropriate signal by the signal converter and transferred to the microcomputer.

The microcomputer displays the set icons according to the signal to the user on the main display unit 120 and the sub display unit 130 which are recognized as the touch panel unit, and at the same time, each driving unit associated with each function operation unit of the vehicle. The driving signal is applied and driven.

On the other hand, it is also possible to feed back the state of each function operation unit by applying a predetermined signal corresponding to the operation state of each drive unit after being driven back to the microcomputer.

In the above, a preferred embodiment of a rear console of a vehicle according to the present invention and various embodiments that can be modified therefrom have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, embodiments of the present invention are not necessarily limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications or implementations of other embodiments falling within the scope equivalent to the present invention by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Of course this is possible. Therefore, the true scope of the present invention will be defined by the claims below.

100: console body 110: touch panel unit
120a? 120d: Main Settings Icons 130a? 130d: Sub Settings Icons
120 ': recognition icon 130e, 130': selection icons

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A console body disposed in the rear seat portion of the vehicle interior;
Respective driving units for operating various functional operation units of the vehicle;
A vehicle including a touch panel unit coupled to the console body, the touch panel unit being disposed to be exposed to the outside of the console body to enable direct touch manipulation by a user, and providing a state of the driving unit as an image after being operated before the user's touch manipulation. Rear console.
The method according to claim 1,
The touch panel unit,
A main display unit in which a setting icon of a main setting switch unit is sequentially arranged in a horizontal direction on an upper side of each category of the driving unit;
When the user touches and manipulates the main display unit, the rear console of the vehicle includes a sub display unit interspersed with setting icons of sub-switch units for each sub-category of the main setting switch unit under the main display unit.
The method according to claim 2,
The setting icon disposed on the main display unit,
An A / V operation icon for operating the audio and video system in the vehicle interior;
A passenger seat operation icon for operating a passenger seat inside the vehicle compartment;
A rear console of a vehicle that includes an air conditioning operation icon for operating the air conditioning system inside the vehicle interior.
The method according to claim 3,
The setting icon disposed on the main display unit may include a recognition icon different from the setting icon not selected by the user so that the user may recognize that the specific setting icon is activated by the user's touch operation.
The method of claim 4,
The recognition icon is a rear console of a vehicle which is a point part displayed in different colors on a setting icon arranged on the main display unit.
The method according to claim 2,
The setting icons arranged on the main display unit may be sequentially arranged in order from a setting icon having a high frequency of use to a setting icon having a low frequency of use according to a user's frequency of use.
The method according to claim 2,
The setting icon disposed on the main display unit is displayed on the main display unit or the display thereof is omitted according to the frequency of use of the user.
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