Vehicle and a method for controlling same

• US 10,331,241 B2
• Filed: 10/02/2017
• Issued: 06/25/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Min, Jungsang, Oh, Jongmin
• Primary Examiner(s): Garcia, Santiago
• Application Number:
  US15/722,468
• Publication Number:
  US 20180178597A1
• Time in Patent Office: 631 Days
• Field of Search: 340933
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/002 by monitoring conditions other than tyre pressure or deformation
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/143 Touch sensitive instrument input devices
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/166 Navigation
• 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: B60K 35/22 Display screens
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/28 characterised by the type of the output information, e.g. video entertainment or vehicle dynamics information; characterised by the purpose of the output information, e.g. for attracting the attention of the driver
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/81 for controlling displays
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 61/02 characterised by the signals used for shift actuators F16H61/28, for continuously variable gearings F16H61/66
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 63/50 Signals to an engine or motor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04105 Pressure sensors for measuring the pressure or force exerted on the touch surface without providing the touch position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04804 Transparency, e.g. transparent or translucent windows
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0338 with detection of limited linear or angular displacement of an operating part of the device from a neutral position, e.g. isotonic or isometric joysticks
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• 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 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object

Abstract

A vehicle and method for controlling the vehicle changes the transparency of each of a plurality of objects overlapping one another at a point on a three-dimensional map image according to the intensity of detected pressure. The vehicle may include a storage configured to store map information; a display configured to display a three-dimensional map image from a point of view based on the map information; an input device including a pressure input device configured to detect intensity of pressure; and a controller configured to control the display to change transparency of the overlapping objects at the same point on the 3D map image according to the intensity of the detected pressure.

Claims

1. A vehicle comprising:

a storage configured to store map information;

a display configured to display a three-dimensional (3D) map image from a point of view based on the map information;

an input device including a pressure input device configured to detect an intensity of a pressure; and

a controller configured to increase a transparency of each of a plurality of overlapping objects, which overlap one another at a same position on the 3D map image, as the intensity of the detected pressure increases, and configured to decrease the transparency of each of the plurality of overlapping objects as the intensity of the detected pressure decreases.

2. The vehicle of claim 1,

wherein the controller is configured to

control the display, corresponding to the intensity of the detected pressure, to increase the transparency of an object among the plurality of overlapping objects, which is present within a range from the point of view.

3. The vehicle of claim 2,

wherein the controller is configured to

control the display to increase the transparency of the object according to a distance from the point of view.

4. The vehicle of claim 1,

wherein the controller is configured to

control the display, corresponding to the intensity of the detected pressure, to increase the transparency of at least one object among the plurality of overlapping objects.

5. The vehicle of claim 4,

wherein the controller is configured to

determine priorities of the plurality of overlapping objects based on an order of the plurality of overlapping objects being closer to the point of view, and

control the display to increase the transparency of a number of objects corresponding to the intensity of the detected pressure based on the priorities.

6. The vehicle of claim 1,

wherein the input device comprises

a touch input device configured to detect a touched point.

7. The vehicle of claim 6,

wherein the controller is configured to

control the display, according to the intensity of the detected pressure, to change the transparency of the plurality of overlapping objects at a point corresponding to the touched point on the 3D map image.

8. The vehicle of claim 1,

wherein the pressure input device is configured to

detect a direction of the pressure.

9. The vehicle of claim 8,

wherein the controller is configured to

control the display to move the point of view to a direction corresponding to the detected direction of the pressure.

10. The vehicle of claim 9,

wherein the controller is configured to

control the display to move the point of view at a speed corresponding to the intensity of the detected pressure.

11. A method for controlling a vehicle, the method comprising:

displaying a three-dimensional (3D) map image from a point of view based on map information stored in advance;

detecting a pressure through an input device; and

changing a transparency of each of a plurality of overlapping objects, which overlap one another at a same point on the 3D map image according to the intensity of the detected pressure,

wherein the changing the transparency comprises increasing the transparency of each of the plurality of overlapping objects as the intensity of the detected pressure increases, and comprises decreasing the transparency of each of the plurality of overlapping objects as the intensity of the detected pressure decreases.

12. The method of claim 11,

wherein changing the transparency comprises

increasing the transparency, corresponding to the intensity of the detected pressure, of an object among the plurality of overlapping objects, which is present within a range from the point of view.

13. The method of claim 12,

wherein changing the transparency comprises

increasing the transparency of the object according to a distance from the point of view.

14. The method of claim 11,

wherein changing the transparency comprises

increasing the transparency corresponding to the intensity of the detected pressure of at least one object among the plurality of overlapping objects.

15. The method of claim 14,

wherein changing transparency comprises

determining priorities of the plurality of overlapping objects based on order of the plurality of overlapping objects being closer to the point of view, and increasing the transparency of a number of objects corresponding to the intensity of the detected pressure based on the priorities.

16. The method of claim 11,

further comprising

detecting a touch through an input device.

17. The method of claim 16,

wherein changing transparency comprises

changing the transparency, according to the intensity of the detected pressure, of the plurality of overlapping objects at a point corresponding to the touched point on the 3D map image.

18. The method of claim 11,

further comprising

moving the point of view to a direction corresponding to the detected direction of the pressure.

19. The method of claim 18,

wherein moving the point of view comprises

moving the point of view at a speed corresponding to the intensity of the detected pressure.