Process for depicting various image data on a vehicle display

• US 20040233124A1
• Filed: 03/24/2004
• Published: 11/25/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG (Mercedes-Benz Group AG)
• Original Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG (Mercedes-Benz Group AG)
• Inventors: Seekircher, Juergen, Eggers, Helmuth, Wohlgemuth, Thomas, Kurz, Gerhard
• Application Number:
  US10/807,721
• Publication Number:
  US 20040233124A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/1.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3632 Guidance using simplified or iconic instructions, e.g. using arrows G01C21/365 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3647 Guidance involving output of stored or live camera images or video streams
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0825 using optical means
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0969 having a display in the form of a map

Abstract

Modern vehicles are equipped with image providing assist systems. Each of these systems conventionally includes a dedicated display for the depiction of system information. A process for imaging system information on a single vehicle display is provided herein, wherein in particular image data of various systems can be depicted. The image data associated with the system information are herein first subjected to prioritization on the basis of operating parameters and, depending upon the result of this prioritization, are subsequently depicted upon the vehicle display. As a result of prioritization the image parameters of the image data, and in particular the size, position and shape, are varied. Thereby it becomes possible that multiple image data associated with the prioritized system information can be simultaneously depicted or displayed.

Claims

1-8. -8. (Cancelled)

9. A process for displaying a variety of image data on a vehicle display, comprising:

prioritizing system information from multiple systems on the basis of operating parameters,

modifying a display of the image data to be depicted on the vehicle display on the basis of the result of the prioritization,

wherein multiple image data associated with the prioritized system information is displayed simultaneously, and

wherein the display parameters of the image data are varied in size and/or position and/or shape on the basis of their prioritization.

10. A process according to claim 9, wherein the depiction of different image data on the vehicle display occurs in the form of a status display.

11. A process according to claim 9, wherein with regard to at least one system information the size-describing image parameter of the associated image data corresponds to the size of the full image, and wherein the size of a full image corresponds to the greater part of the usable size of the display.

12. A process according to claim 9, wherein at least one image or display parameter of the image data associated with the system information describes a position within a partial screen.

13. A process according to claim 9, wherein at least one image or display parameter of the image data associated with the system information describes a position within a status line.

14. A process according to claim 9, wherein image data associated with the system information is in the form of a symbol.

15. A process according to claim 9, wherein image data associated with the system information is in text form.

16. A process according to claim 9, wherein all the various image data are simultaneously depicted.