ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,397, issued on May 20.
"Touchscreen-based vehicle control interface" was invented by Charles D. Daly Jr. (Holly Hill, Fla.) and William H. Jones Jr. (Holly Hill, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interface/electronics module for reading information from a vehicle data bus and controlling functions available through the vehicle data bus. A graphical user interface is provided. The interface may include a stand-alone tablet computer or may be part of an integrated and permanently-mounted display. The interface/electronics module may include the functionality of the factory audio system (such as a radio tuner, power amplifier, etc....