ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,235, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to AUO Corp. (Hsinchu City, Taiwan).
"Cockpit system and control system" was invented by Yu-Chi Chen (Hsinchu City, Taiwan), Chi-Yu Liu (Hsinchu City, Taiwan) and Chia-Sheng Cheng (Hsinchu City, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cockpit system for use in a vehicle is provided. The cockpit system includes a camera, a flexible touch screen, a steering wheel, and a controller. The camera provides a driving image. The flexible touch screen has a flexible mechanism to control a flexible state of the flexible touch screen. The steering wheel has a foldable mechanism to control a folding state and tu...