Appeal No. 1999-2068
Application 08/650,038
periphery of the steering wheel spaced from the feature group
switches. Control circuitry (figures 12a or 12b or 13a or
13b) implement the value adjustments of the activated features
of the vehicle.
This system is said (specification, page 1, lines 24-25
through page 2, lines 1-2) to minimize the time and travel
distance that the driver's attention is diverted from the
road, and the time and distance that the driver's hands are
diverted from the steering wheel while operating the various
systems.
Independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A driver control interface for controlling the values
of a plurality of user-adjustable features in a vehicle, said
driver control interface comprising:
a steering wheel for steering the vehicle;
a plurality of feature group switches supported on said
steering wheel, each said feature being associated with a
feature group, said feature group switches selectively
activating said feature groups;
a plurality of selection switches supported on said
steering wheel and spaced from said feature group switches,
said selections switches adjusting the values of said features
associated with said activated feature group;
a display supported on an instrument panel in the vehicle
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