METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE IN A VEHICLE

• US 20140095000A1
• Filed: 04/30/2012
• Published: 04/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Audi AG (Volkswagen AG), Volkswagen AG
• Original Assignee: Audi AG (Volkswagen AG), Volkswagen AG
• Inventors: Wller, Christoph, Bendewald, Lennart, Henze, Stefan, Gonzalez, Maria Mejia
• Granted Patent: US 9,589,392 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/2
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/184 Displaying the same information on different displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/55 Remote control arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/566 Mobile devices displaying vehicle information
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/573 Mobile devices controlling vehicle functions
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/1533 Flexible displays
• 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 35/223 Flexible displays
• 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 35/53 Movable instruments, e.g. slidable
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/80 Arrangements for controlling instruments
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports

Abstract

A method and system for providing a user interface in a vehicle, wherein a wireless data link is formed between the vehicle and a mobile playback device which is releasably connected in the vehicle or is held freely by a user. Operating parameters relevant for the operation of the vehicle are detected on the vehicle and information relating to detected operating parameters is displayed by a display and control unit installed in the vehicle and which can be read from the driver'"'"'s seat position. A wireless data link is formed between the vehicle and a mobile playback device which is releasably connected in the vehicle or is held freely by a user. Data for generating display content are transmitted via the wireless data link from the vehicle to the playback device, and on the basis of the transmitted data display content is generated on the playback device.

Claims

1. A method for providing a user interface in a vehicle, comprising:

capturing at the vehicle operating parameters that are relevant to the operation of the vehicle;

permanently arranging in the vehicle a display and operator control device that can be read from the seat position of the driver and is used to display information about captured operating parameters;

setting up a wireless data link between the vehicle and a mobile reproduction appliance that is detachably connected in the vehicle or that is freely held by a user in the vehicle;

transmitting data for producing a display content from the vehicle to the reproduction appliance via the wireless data link; and

using the transmitted data as a basis for producing a display content on the reproduction appliance, which display content comprises information about captured operating parameters that is displayed on the display and operator control device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a subregion of the display content that the information displayed on the display and operator control device comprises is selected on the reproduction appliance, and the selected subregion of the display content is presented in highlighted form or in enlarged form.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein at least some of the operator control elements that can be controlled from the seat position of the driver and function displays that can be read from the seat position of the driver are reproduced on the reproduction appliance, wherein mechanical analog function displays and/or mechanical operator control elements are presented by symbols.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein an operator control element that is reproduced on the reproduction appliance is used to control a vehicle function.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the operator control of an operator control element that is reproduced on the reproduction appliance alters the display content of the display and operator control device.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the operator control of an operator control element that is reproduced on the reproduction appliance transmits an announcement to the driver of the vehicle.

7. A system for providing a user interface in a vehicle, comprising

a capture device that is permanently arranged in the vehicle and that can be used to capture operating parameters that are relevant to the operation of the vehicle at the vehicle;

a display and operator control device that is arranged permanently in the vehicle, that can be read from the seat position of the driver and that can be used to display information;

a mobile reproduction appliance that is connected detachably to the vehicle or that is freely held by a user in the vehicle;

a wireless data interface between the reproduction appliance and the vehicle that can be used to transmit data for producing a display content from the vehicle to the reproduction appliance; and

a control unit that is connected to the capture device, the display and operator control device and the data interface,

wherein the control unit can be used to take the transmitted data as a basis for producing a display content on the reproduction appliance, which display content comprises information about captured operating parameters that is displayed on the display and operator control device.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the reproduction appliance is mounted detachably in the vehicle, as a result of which the display content is reproduced at a position in the vehicle that cannot be viewed from the seat position of the driver.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the reproduction appliance is mounted detachably in the vehicle and the reproduction appliance can be controlled using an operator control element associated with the vehicle.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the reproduction appliance is mounted detachably in the vehicle and the reproduction appliance can be controlled using a touch-sensitive operator control panel that is associated with the vehicle.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the reproduction appliance is mounted detachably in the vehicle at a position that is associated with a particular seat position, and the reproduction appliance can be controlled using an operator control element that is associated with said seat position and that is installed permanently in the vehicle.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the control unit is in a form such that a subregion of the display content that the information displayed on the display and operator control device comprises can be selected on the reproduction appliance, and the selected subregion of the display content can be presented in highlighted form or enlarged form.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the control unit is in a form such that at least some of the operator control elements that can be controlled from the seat position of the driver or function displays that can be read from the seat position of the driver are reproduced on the reproduction appliance, wherein mechanical analog function displays and mechanical operator control elements are presented by symbols.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the control unit is in a form such that an operator control element that is reproduced on the reproduction appliance can be used to control a vehicle function.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the control unit is in a form such that the operator control of an operator control element that is reproduced on the reproduction appliance can alter the display content of the display and operator control device.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the control unit is in a form such that the operator control of an operator control element that is reproduced on the reproduction appliance can transmit an announcement to the driver of the vehicle.

17. The system of claim 7, wherein the display and operator control device can be used to display information about captured operating parameters.

18. The system of claim 7, wherein the reproduction appliance can be controlled using a touch-sensitive operator control panel.