DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE

• US 20150178887A1
• Filed: 08/28/2014
• Published: 06/25/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: KIM, Tae Yub, LEE, Ho Taek, RO, Hee Jin, NAM, Jong Yong, LEE, Jong Bok, LEE, Yong, PARK, In Seong
• Application Number:
  US14/472,237
• Publication Number:
  US 20150178887A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/37 Glare prevention
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/415 Glare prevention
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/50 Instruments characterised by their means of attachment to or integration in the vehicle B60K35/231 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/20 Linear translation of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. panning
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/066 for control of contrast
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/144 the light being ambient light
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/00 Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators image data processing or generation, in general G06T

Abstract

A display control apparatus of a vehicle for controlling a graphical user interface on a screen of a display apparatus which is mounted to a vehicle is provided. The display control apparatus includes a time information detector configured to detect time information for determining the height of the sun. A driving information detector is configured to detect driving information for determining a driving direction of the vehicle. A controller is configured to receive the time information from the time information detector and the driving information detected from the driving information detector so as to reposition a graphical user interface area where the graphical user interface is displayed on the screen. The graphical user interface area may be repositioned so as to escape from a reflection area where sunlight is reflected by the screen.

Claims

1. A display control apparatus of a vehicle for controlling a graphical user interface on a screen of a display apparatus which is mounted to a vehicle, the display control apparatus comprising:

a time information detector configured to detect time information for determining the height of the sun;

a driving information detector configured to detect driving information for determining a driving direction of a vehicle; and

a controller configured to receive the time information from the time information detector and the driving information detected from the driving information detector to reposition a graphical user interface area where the graphical user interface is displayed on the screen,

wherein the graphical user interface area is repositioned to escape from a reflection area where sunlight is reflected on the screen.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller predicts the reflection area according to the time information and the driving information transmitted from the time information detector and the driving information detector.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface area is repositioned to escape from the reflection area.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface area is reduced to escape from the reflection area.

5. A display control method for controlling a graphical user interface on a screen of a display apparatus which is mounted to a vehicle, the method comprising steps of:

detecting time information for determining the height of the sun;

detecting driving information for determining a driving direction of the vehicle;

predicting a reflection area where sunlight is reflected by the screen based on the time information and the driving information;

determining, by predicting the reflection area, whether the reflection of the sunlight is generated on the screen or not; and

repositioning a graphical user interface area such that the graphical user interface is displayed on the screen to escape from the reflection area if the reflection of the sunlight is generated on the screen.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the steps of detecting the time information and the driving information is performed again if the reflection of the sunlight is not generated on the screen.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the step of detecting the time information is simultaneously performed with the step of detecting the driving information.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the method starts when the display apparatus is turned on.

9. The method of claim 5, wherein the method ends if the graphical user interface area is repositioned and restarts if the height of the sun or the driving direction of the vehicle is changed by at least a set value.