METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE-INFORMATION DISPLAYING BY MEANS OF ECU AND APPARATUS THEREFOR

• US 20150321559A1
• Filed: 12/20/2012
• Published: 11/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Volvo Construction Equipment AB (AB Volvo)
• Original Assignee: Volvo Construction Equipment AB (AB Volvo)
• Inventors: LEE, Myung-Hoon, KIM, Young-Don
• Application Number:
  US14/651,488
• Publication Number:
  US 20150321559A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/52 Control of displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/81 for controlling displays

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for controlling vehicle-information displaying by means of an ECU and an apparatus therefor, the method comprising the steps of: causing an ECU to collect the vehicle information displayed by the ECU in an instrument cluster; extracting the data of graphic attributes from the collected vehicle-information according to various pieces of vehicle information; sequentially arranging the extracted data of the graphic attributes according to the predetermined transmission order of a drawing communication protocol dedicated for displaying vehicle information; and streaming the sequentially arranged data of the graphic attributes to the instrument cluster. Thus, the present invention can control displaying in instrument clusters of different display specifications by using the ECU for supporting the drawing communication protocol.

Claims

1. A method for controlling display of vehicle information of an ECU to display the vehicle information on an instrument cluster, the method comprising:

initiating a vehicle information screen display operating mode when the ECU senses an input of a setting initiation command;

collecting the vehicle information that is to be displayed on the instrument cluster depending on the initiation of the operating mode;

extracting graphic attribute data of the collected vehicle information for the respective vehicle information;

sequentially arranging the extracted graphic attribute data according to the transmission order of a preset communication protocol dedicated for displaying vehicle information;

streaming the sequentially arranged graphic attribute data to the instrument cluster; and

terminating the vehicle information screen display operating mode by stopping the streaming operation when the ECU senses a setting termination command.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the setting initiation command is generated when a start key is turned on, and the setting termination command is generated when the start key is turned off.

3. An apparatus for controlling display of vehicle information of an ECU to display the vehicle information on an instrument cluster, the apparatus comprising:

a vehicle information collection unit for collecting the vehicle information that is to be displayed on the instrument cluster; and

a first control unit sequentially streaming the graphic attribute data of the vehicle information collected by the vehicle information collection unit to the instrument cluster according to the transmission order of a preset communication protocol dedicated for displaying vehicle information.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the first control unit comprises:

an extraction module for extracting graphic attribute data of the vehicle information collected by the vehicle information collection unit for the respective vehicle information;

an arrangement module for sequentially arranging the graphic attribute data extracted by the extraction module according to the transmission order of the preset communication protocol dedicated for displaying vehicle information; and

a streaming module for streaming the graphic attribute data sequentially arranged by the arrangement module to the instrument cluster.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a second control unit for starting the collection operation of the vehicle information collection unit when a start key is turned on and stopping the streaming operation of the first control unit when the start key is turned off.