Method and device for the display of information

• US 20040083032A1
• Filed: 11/24/2003
• Published: 04/29/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Traveltainer Beteiligungs GmbH, Volkswagen AG
• Original Assignee: Traveltainer Beteiligungs GmbH
• Inventors: Heidemann, Uwe, Falk, Doerte, Schnier, Carsten, Feldmann, Rolf, Lux, Stefan
• Granted Patent: US 7,236,857 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/188 Displaying information using colour changes
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/195 Blocking or enabling display functions
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/5899 Internet
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/29 Instruments characterised by the way in which information is handled, e.g. showing information on plural displays or prioritising information according to driving conditions
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/85 Arrangements for transferring vehicle- or driver-related data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for the display of optical information in an application with a display in a motor vehicle, whereby the information is available in a given format. Where the information format is changed by means of a data processing process based on control information, the information is displayed in a changed format on the application page.

Claims

1. A method for displaying optical information in an application where a display is used in a motor vehicle, the information existing in a predefined design, wherein the design of the information is modified by a data-processing process in dependence upon control information and is displayed in a modified design on the application side.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the information is a web site which is transmitted via a communications connection by the data-processing process on a web server to the application.

3. The method as recited in one of the preceding claims, wherein the application transmits the control information to the data-processing process.

4. The method as recited in one of the preceding claims, wherein the control information includes information on the situation of the motor vehicle.

5. The method as recited in claim 4, wherein the motor-vehicle situation includes one or more of the following parameters, such as motor vehicle velocity, cornering speed, curve curvature, road condition, traffic density, driving situation, acceleration or deceleration, position, angle of inclination, ambient brightness, ambient temperature, and weather.

6. The method as recited in one of the preceding claims, wherein the web site design is modified in terms of its content, layout, font size, coloration, and/or single or multiple image sections.

7. The method as recited in claim 6, wherein the coloration is changed with respect to one or more of the color parameters color, color shade, color saturation, and brightness.

8. The method as recited in claim 6 or 7, wherein the background color and/or background design of the information is changed.

9. The method as recited in claim 7, wherein the font color or font colors are changed.

10. The method as recited in one of claims 3 through 9, wherein to transmit the control information, cookies are used.

11. The method as recited in one of claims 3 through 9, wherein to transmit the control information, meta tags in the http request are used.

12. The method as recited in one of claims 3 through 9, wherein to transmit the control information, a parameter list is appended to the URL.

13. The method as recited in one of claims 6 through 12, wherein the change in the color of a web site is derived from a meta tag instruction located in the web site'"'"'s source code.

14. The method as recited in one of the preceding claims, wherein the control information is generated from a manual input event and/or from the values of one or a plurality of transducers.

15. A device for implementing the method as recited in one of the preceding claims comprises a display (2), a control unit (1), a communications device (3, 4) and sensors and/or transducers (6) for determining the motor-vehicle situation.