ANTICIPATORY AND ADAPTIVE AUTOMOBILE HMI

• US 20110144857A1
• Filed: 12/14/2009
• Published: 06/16/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies Incorporated (Visteon Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies Incorporated (Visteon Corporation)
• Inventors: Tschirhart, Michael Dean, Wingrove, Theodore Charles, Ciatti, Anthony
• Application Number:
  US12/637,266
• Publication Number:
  US 20110144857A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/33
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/11 Instrument graphical user interfaces or menu aspects
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/122 Instrument input devices with reconfigurable control functions, e.g. reconfigurable menus
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/1442 Emulation of input devices
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/11 Graphical user interfaces or menu aspects
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/122 with reconfigurable control functions, e.g. reconfigurable menus
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/1442 Emulation of input devices
• 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

Abstract

An anticipatory and adaptive human machine interface control system for an automobile and a method for adaptively modifying an information display in an automobile are disclosed, wherein the control system and method control the information displayed in response to a vehicle information signal. The adaptive human machine interface control system for a vehicle includes a vehicle information system adapted to generate and transmit a vehicle information signal including data representing a vehicle condition and a controller adapted to receive and analyze the vehicle information signal. The controller generates and transmits a control signal for controlling a visual representation of data in response to the vehicle information signal.

Claims

1. An adaptive HMI control system for a vehicle comprising:

a vehicle information system adapted to generate and transmit a vehicle information signal including data representing a vehicle condition; and

a controller adapted to receive the vehicle information signal, analyze the vehicle information signal, and generate and transmit a control signal for controlling a visual representation of data in response to the vehicle information signal.

2. The adaptive HMI control system according to claim 1, further comprising a display adapted to receive the control signal and generate a visual representation to a user in response to the control signal.

3. The adaptive HMI control system according to claim 1, wherein the controller includes a processor adapted to analyze the vehicle information signal.

4. The adaptive HMI control system according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle information signal includes information from at least one on-board system and at least one off-board system.

5. The adaptive HMI control system according to claim 4, wherein the controller includes an instruction set having processor executable instructions for configuring the processor to perform the analysis of the vehicle information signal.

6. The adaptive HMI control system according to claim 1, wherein the controller includes a storage system for storing data.

7. The adaptive HMI control system according to claim 1, wherein the controller includes a programmable component adapted to provide user-controlled management of the vehicle information system.

8. The adaptive HMI control system according to claim 1, wherein the visual representation of data is controlled to modify the display in response to driving conditions.

9. The adaptive HMI control system according to claim 8, wherein the visual representation of data is controlled to reduce an information content as driving complexity increases.

10. An adaptive HMI control system for a vehicle comprising:

a vehicle information system adapted to generate and transmit a vehicle information signal including data representing a vehicle condition;

a controller adapted to receive the vehicle information signal, analyze the vehicle information signal, and generate and transmit a control signal in response to the vehicle information signal; and

a display adapted to receive the control signal and generate a visual representation of data to a user in response to the control signal.

11. The adaptive HMI control system according to claim 10, wherein the controller includes a processor adapted to analyze the vehicle information signal.

12. The adaptive HMI control system according to claim 11, wherein the vehicle information signal includes information from at least one on-board system and at least one off-board system.

13. The adaptive HMI control system according to claim 12, wherein the controller includes an instruction set having processor executable instructions for configuring the processor to perform the analysis of the vehicle information signal.

14. The adaptive HMI control system according to claim 13, wherein the controller includes a storage system for storing data.

15. The adaptive HMI control system according to claim 10, wherein the controller includes a programmable component adapted to provide user-controlled management of the vehicle information system.

16. The adaptive HMI control system according to claim 10, wherein the visual representation of data is controlled to modify the display in response driving conditions.

17. A method for adaptively controlling a display, the method comprising the steps of:

retrieving first data representing at least one of a vehicle on-board condition and an off-board condition;

generating a vehicle information signal including the retrieved data;

analyzing the vehicle information signal;

generating a control signal in response to the vehicle information signal; and

generating a visual representation of second data on a display in response to the control signal.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the step of analyzing the vehicle information signal is performed by a controller adapted to receive the vehicle information signal, analyze the vehicle information signal, and generate and transmit the control signal for controlling the display.

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein the controller includes a processor adapted to analyze the vehicle information signal.

20. The method according to claim 17, wherein the visual representation of data is controlled to modify the display in response driving conditions.