METHOD FOR REPRODUCING INFORMATION IN A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE DESIGNED TO CARRY OUT THE METHOD

• US 20150046028A1
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Published: 02/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Audi AG (Volkswagen AG), Volkswagen AG
• Original Assignee: Audi AG (Volkswagen AG), Volkswagen AG
• Inventors: Bendewald, Lennart, Wittkmper, Michael, Sprickmann Kerkerinck, Paul, Sebbesse, Armin, Mischke, Michael, Rigley, Philip, Mayer, Stefan, Carls, Carl Aron
• Granted Patent: US 9,662,978 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/36
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/186 Displaying information according to relevancy
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/334 Projection means
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/785 on or in relation to the windshield or windows
• 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 35/60 Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/654 the user being the driver
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/656 the user being a passenger
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/81 for controlling displays
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/01 Head-up displays

Abstract

A method for reproducing information in a motor vehicle (1), said information being assigned to classes of information and being presented on a display (2, 7), wherein the information is reproduced on a base display (9) arranged at the base of the windshield, Wherein each class of information is assigned a sub-area of the base display (9), and the information is reproduced in the sub-area (18, 19, 20) corresponding to the class of information assigned to the information to be displayed.

Claims

1-9. -9. (canceled)

10. A method for reproducing items of information in a motor vehicle comprising:

associating classes of information with the items of information, and

reproducing the items of information on a base display located at a base of a windshield of the motor vehicle,

wherein a sub-area of the base display is assigned to a respective class of information and the items of information are reproduced in the sub-area that corresponds to the class of information associated with the items of information to be displayed.

11. The method of claim 11, wherein different sub-areas that correspond to different classes of information are horizontally spaced apart.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the items of information to be displayed are divided into driver-relevant information, passenger-relevant information and/or information of general interest, with a respective class of information being associated with each of the driver-relevant information, the passenger-relevant information and the information of general interest.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the driver-relevant information is displayed in the sub-area of the base display facing a driver seat.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the passenger-relevant information is displayed in the sub-area of the base display facing a passenger seat.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the information of general interest is displayed in the sub-area of the base display that is located between the sub-area of the base display facing a driver seat and the sub-area of the base display facing a passenger seat.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the driver-relevant information comprises at least one feature selected from outputs from a navigation system, a vehicle speed, an engine speed, a fuel level, a total mileage and a status variable.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the driver-relevant information comprises a vehicle-relevant or driving-safety-relevant warning message.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein the passenger-relevant information comprises outputs from an infotainment system.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein the information of general interest comprises at least one feature selected from a time, a date, an inside temperature, an ambient temperature and a trip mileage.

20. A motor vehicle, comprising

a base display located at a base of a windshield of the motor vehicle and configured to display items of information on the base display, with the base display being divided into ribbon-shaped sub-areas, wherein a sub-area of the base display is assigned to a respective class of information, and

a control unit configured to associate classes of information with the items of information and to control the base display so as to reproduce the items of information in the sub-area that corresponds to the class of information associated with the items of information to be displayed.