User interface system for actuation of an action associated with an vehicle anomaly

DRIVE December 26, 2012
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The present invention relates to a user interface system (1) for allowing a user of a vehicle to actuate an action associated with an anomaly of the vehicle, which user interface system comprises a display unit (2) integrated with an instrument panel (3) of the vehicle. The display unit is arranged to display a predetermined vehicle message (6) as a result of an occurrence of the anomaly, and a plurality of predetermined selectable action options (7) related to the vehicle message, each action option being associated with a respective action. The user interface system further comprises a control unit (4) arranged to provide the user with the ability to make a selection (9) of one of the action options, wherein, as a result of detection of the selection, the action associated with the selected action option is actuated. The invention also relates to a corresponding method (S201-S245) and a computer program (20) comprising software instructions that, when executed, performs said method. With the presented user interface system, a solution enabling for the user to in a convenient way confront the anomaly in a plurality of manners, is provided.

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