Display method for a display system, display system and operating method for a navigation system of a vehicle

• US 10,330,488 B2
• Filed: 05/18/2016
• Issued: 06/25/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Volkswagen AG
• Original Assignee: Volkswagen AG
• Inventors: Waeller, Christoph, Heimermann, Matthias
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Shardul D
• Application Number:
  US15/158,142
• Publication Number:
  US 20160266762A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,133 Days
• Field of Search: 701400, 701409, 701410, 345156, 345168, 345173
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/141 Activation of instrument input devices by approaching fingers or pens
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/143 Touch sensitive instrument input devices
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/1438 Touch screens
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/10 Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/265 constructional aspects of navigation devices, e.g. housings, mountings, displays G01C21/3688 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3664 Details of the user input interface, e.g. buttons, knobs or sliders, including those provided on a touch screen; remote controllers; input using gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/367 Details, e.g. road map scale, orientation, zooming, illumination, level of detail, scrolling of road map or positioning of current position marker
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A display system includes a display for the graphic representation of changeable information, an operating unit for the control of the displayed information by a user, a proximity sensor which is arranged to detect an approach of the user to the operating unit, and a control unit. The control unit is coupled to the display, the operating unit and the proximity sensor. The control unit is arranged such that, as a function of an approach of the user to the operating unit, it alters the representation of the changeable information, such that a time rate of display change of the graphic representation of the changeable information is reduced.

Claims

1. A display method for a display system, the display system including a display adapted for graphic representation of changeable information and an operating unit adapted for control of displayed information by a user, comprising:

detecting an approach of the user to the operating unit; and

altering the graphic representation as a function of the detected approach to reduce a time rate of display change of the graphic representation.

2. The display method according to claim 1, wherein the operating unit includes a touch-sensitive surface of the display, and the approach of the user to the surface of the display is detected by a proximity sensor.

5. The display method according to claim 1, wherein if an approach of the user above a first predetermined distance and below a second predetermined distance to the operating unit is detected, the display change includes the representation of the geographical map as a function of a movement of the vehicle, and the representation of the vehicle as a function of a movement of the vehicle.

6. The display method according to claim 1, wherein the graphic representation includes at least one animated graphic object adapted to be selected by a user via the operating unit in order to obtain further information associated with the at least one animated graphic object.

7. The display method according to claim 6, wherein:

the altering of the graphic representation includes reducing the time rate of display change of the graphic representation from an original time rate of display change to a reduced time rate of display change; and

after the further information associated with the at least one animated graphic object has been provided in response to the selection of the at least one animated object, the graphic representation is further altered by changing the time rate of display change from the reduced time rate of display change to the original time rate of display change.

3. A di splay system, comprising:

a display adapted for graphic representation of changeable information;

an operating unit adapted for control of displayed information by a user;

a proximity sensor adapted to detect an approach of the user to the operating unit; and

a control unit coupled to the display, the operating unit, and the proximity sensor, the control unit adapted to alter, as a function of an approach of the user to the operating unit, the graphic representation of the changeable information to reduce a time rate of display change of the graphic representation of the changeable information.

4. The display system according to claim 3, wherein the display system is adapted to perform a method including:

detecting an approach of the user to the operating unit; and

altering the graphic representation as a function of the detected approach to reduce the time rate of display change of the graphic representation.

8. The display system according to claim 3, wherein the display system is adapted such that if an approach of the user above a first predetermined distance and below a second predetermined distance to the operating unit is detected, the display change includes the representation of the geographical map as a function of a movement of the vehicle, and the representation of the vehicle as a function of a movement of the vehicle.

9. The display system according to claim 3, wherein the display system displays at least one animated graphic object adapted to be selected by a user via the operating unit in order to obtain further information associated with the at least one animated graphic object.

10. The display system according to claim 9, wherein the display system is adapted such that:

the altering of the graphic representation includes reducing the time rate of display change of the graphic representation from an original time rate of display change to a reduced time rate of display change; and

after the further information associated with the at least one animated graphic object has been provided in response to the selection of the at least one animated object, the graphic representation is further altered by changing the time rate of display change from the reduced time rate of display change to the original time rate of display change.