Interchangeable display of information panels on a dashboard

• US 10,088,970 B2
• Filed: 02/13/2018
• Issued: 10/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Thunder Power New Energy Vehicle Development Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Thunder Power New Energy Vehicle Development Company Limited
• Inventors: Chen, Yong-Syuan, Hsiao, Jen-Chieh
• Primary Examiner(s): Cheng, Joe H
• Application Number:
  US15/895,658
• Publication Number:
  US 20180173374A1
• Time in Patent Office: 231 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/81 for controlling displays
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/13336 Combining plural substrates to produce large-area displays, e.g. tiled displays
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1446 display composed of modules, e.g. video walls
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/20 Linear translation of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. panning
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0464 Positioning
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/10 Automotive applications

Abstract

Interchangeable display of information panels on a Dashboard screen of a dashboard in a transportation apparatus is disclosed. The information panels may be graphically displayed at respective positions on the Dashboard screen such that they are separate and independent from each other. In some examples, the display position of a given information panel may be swapped with the display position of another given information panel on the Dashboard screen. In some examples, the display the given information panel may be duplicated at another display position on the Dashboard screen. In some examples, the display the given information panel may be moved to a new display position on the Dashboard screen.

Claims

1. An information display system in a vehicle, the information display system comprising:

at least one display screen that collectively occupies at least a portion of a dashboard of the vehicle, wherein the at least one display screen is capable of graphically displaying multiple information panels at respective positions, the information panels being displayed separate and independent from each other, wherein the information panels include a first information panel and a second information panel; and

a processor configured to;

display the first information panel at a first position on the at least one display screen and display the second information panel at a second position on the at least one display screen;

based on first user input, generate a switch instruction to switch the display of first and second information panels in accordance with the user input;

display the first information panel at the second position and display the second information panel at the first position in accordance with the generated switch instruction;

receive second user input indicating a request to duplicate the display of the first information panel at a third position on the at least one display screen; and

display the duplicated first information panel at the third position in response to the second user input.

2. The information display system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the information panels displays entertainment information.

3. The information display system of claim 1, wherein the at least one display screen consists of a single display screen.

4. The information display system of claim 3, wherein a width of the single display screen spans more than half of a width of the dashboard.

5. The information display system of claim 4, wherein the width of the single display screen spans substantially all of the width of the dashboard.

6. The information display system of claim 1, wherein a third information panel is also displayed at the third position such that the first and third information panels are displayed in a cluster mode after the display of the duplicated first information panel is displayed at the third position.

7. The information display system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first user input or the second user input comprises voice input.

8. The information display system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first user input or the second the user input comprises a finger gesture on the at least one display screen.

9. The information display system of claim 1, wherein the first position is on a driver'"'"'s side of the dashboard and the second position is in a center of the dashboard.

10. The information display system of claim 1, wherein the second user input is received from a passenger of the vehicle.

11. A vehicle, comprising:

at least one display screen that collectively occupies at least a portion of a dashboard of the vehicle, wherein the at least one display screen is capable of graphically displaying multiple information panels at respective positions, the information panels being displayed separate and independent from each other, wherein the information panels include a first information panel and a second information panel; and

a processor configured to;

display the first information panel at a first position on the at least one display screen and display the second information panel at a second position on the at least one display screen;

based on first user input, generate a switch instruction to switch the display of first and second information panels in accordance with the user input;

display the first information panel at the second position and display the second information panel at the first position in accordance with the generated switch instruction;

receive second user input indicating a request to duplicate the display of the first information panel at a third position on the at least one display screen; and

display the duplicated first information panel at the third position in response to the second user input.

12. The vehicle of claim 11, wherein the first information panel displays entertainment information.

13. The vehicle of claim 11, wherein the at least one display screen consists of a single display screen.

14. The vehicle of claim 13, wherein a width of the single display screen spans more than half of a width of the dashboard.

15. The vehicle of claim 14, wherein the width of the single display screen spans substantially all of the width of the dashboard.

16. The vehicle of claim 11, wherein a third information panel is also displayed at the third position such that the first and third information panels are displayed in a cluster mode after the display of the duplicated first information panel is displayed at the third position.

17. The vehicle of claim 11, wherein at least one of the first user input or the second user input comprises voice input.

18. The vehicle of claim 11, wherein at least one of the first user input or the second the user input comprises a finger gesture on the at least one display screen.

19. The vehicle of claim 11, wherein the first position is directly ahead of a driver of the vehicle and the second position is in a center of the dashboard.

20. The vehicle of claim 11, wherein the second user input is received from a passenger of the vehicle.

21. A method, comprising:

on at least one display screen of a vehicle, graphically displaying multiple information panels at respective positions, the information panels being displayed separate and independent from each other, wherein the information panels include a first information panel and a second information panel;

displaying the first information panel at a first position on the at least one display screen and display the second information panel at a second position on the at least one display screen;

based on first user input, generating a switch instruction to switch the display of first and second information panels in accordance with the first user input;

displaying the first information panel at the second position and display the second information panel at the first position in accordance with the generated switch instruction;

receiving second user input indicating a request to duplicate the display of the first information panel at a third position on the at least one display screen; and

displaying the duplicated first information panel at the third position in response to the second user input.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the first information panel displays entertainment information.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the at least one display screen consists of a single display screen.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein a width of the single display screen spans more than half of a width of the dashboard.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the width of the single display screen spans substantially all of the width of the dashboard.

26. The method of claim 21, wherein a third information panel is also displayed at the third position such that the first and third information panels are displayed in a cluster mode after the display of the duplicated first information panel is displayed at the third position.

27. The method of claim 21, wherein at least one of the first user input or the second user input comprises voice input.

28. The method of claim 21, wherein at least one of the first user input or the second the user input comprises a finger gesture on the at least one display screen.

29. The method of claim 21, wherein the first position is on a driver'"'"'s side of the dashboard and the second position is in a center of the dashboard.

30. The method of claim 21, wherein the second user input is received from a passenger of the vehicle.