Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
System and method for touchpad display interaction with interactive and non-interactive regions

Abstract:

A vehicle infotainment system is provided. The vehicle infotainment system includes a display screen, a touchpad remote from the display screen, and a controller communicatively coupled to the display screen and to the touchpad. The controller is configured to virtually divide the touchpad into a main menu configuration. The controller is also configured to display a main menu of indicators corresponding to inactive applications, wherein the main menu occupies the entire display screen. The controller is also configured to receive a user input indicating selection of a first indicator. The controller is further configured to display selectable items associated with the first application in an interactive region of the display screen, and at least a second indicator in a non-interactive region of the display screen, and associate the touchpad with only the interactive region of the display screen.