Display system

• US 10,402,053 B2
• Filed: 04/24/2014
• Issued: 09/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2014
• 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: Kim, Dae Sik, Park, Jae Seok
• Primary Examiner(s): Duong, Hien L
• Application Number:
  US15/304,706
• Publication Number:
  US 20170075522A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,958 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/1438 Touch screens
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/16 Type of output information
• 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 35/28 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 35/60 Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 37/00 Dashboards as road-vehicle superstructure sub-units B62D25/14
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/207 using multi-purpose displays, e.g. camera image and navigation or video on same display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

A display system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a display unit for displaying information related to vehicle driving; an input unit into which data is input according to a user'"'"'s operation; and a control unit responding to the data so as to control the information, related to vehicle driving, to be displayed through the display unit. The information related to vehicle driving includes a plurality of items for information exhibiting the driving status of the vehicle or peripheral information on the vehicle. The display unit displays the information related to vehicle driving through a “my menu” providing a particular item selected from the plurality of items according to the user'"'"'s operation, and the selected particular item provided in the “my menu” is implemented as a widget.

Claims

1. A display system comprising:

a display unit displaying information related to driving of a vehicle;

an input unit inputting data depending on a manipulation of a user; and

a controller controlling such that the information related to the driving of the vehicle is displayed through the display unit,

wherein the information related to the driving of the vehicle includes a plurality of items for information indicating a state in which the vehicle is driving or information on a surrounding of the vehicle,

wherein the display unit displays the information related to the driving of the vehicle on a my menu having a plurality of specific items selected depending on a manipulation of the user,

wherein the selected specific item is implemented by a widget,

wherein a preset item present in the my menu and remaining items are displayed in a state in which they are distinguished from each other when selecting the plurality of specific items,

wherein the controller extracts a use history of the selected specific item depending on the driving of the vehicle, and updates automatically the selected specific item that is being displayed depending on the extracted use history of each item, and

wherein a display size of the selected specific items is varied depending on the number of the selected specific items.

2. The display system according to claim 1, wherein the my menu is displayed on a main screen occupying a half or more of an entire region of the display unit.

3. The display system according to claim 1, wherein the selected specific item is updated in real time in response to an update of the driving of the vehicle.

4. The display system according to claim 3, wherein the widget is switched into a detailed screen displaying the selected specific item displayed by the widget on the map screen in detail depending on a manipulation of the user.

5. The display system according to claim 1, wherein the display unit includes a touch panel to which the data are input depending on a touch operation of the user.

6. The display system according to claim 1, wherein the my menu changes at least one of a display size, a display position, and a display scheme of the selected specific item displayed through the display unit in response to the data input to the input unit.

7. The display system according to claim 1, wherein the controller receives information updated depending on the driving of the vehicle, generates a driving pattern of a driver driving the vehicle in response to the updated information, and displays the selected specific item in real time depending on the generated driving pattern.

8. The display system according to claim 1, further comprising, when the vehicle is a vehicle driven by electricity:

a battery management system (BMS) managing a state of a battery provided in the vehicle, and including a battery controller unit (BCU) controlling the battery; and

a sensor unit measuring and sensing the driving state of the vehicle using a plurality of sensors disposed inside and outside the vehicle,

wherein the controller calculates a drivable distance of the vehicle on the basis of information on the battery input from the BMS and a speed of the vehicle sensed from the sensor unit and displays the drivable distance on the my menu or displays a remaining capacity of the battery on the my menu based on the information on the battery.

9. The display system according to claim 1, wherein the controller allows information on a charging station or an gasoline station closest to the vehicle in a driving direction of the vehicle to be displayed through the my menu.

10. The display system according to claim 1, wherein when a map is selected by a manipulation of the user, the controller displays the map, a position of the vehicle on the map, and the selected specific item.

11. The display system according to claim 1, wherein the controller extracts use history of the my menu, and provides the user with a message requesting the user if the user desires the selected specific item to be automatically updated depending on the extracted use history.