Vehicle display using icons
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1. A display system comprising:
- a vehicle bus communication link;
an input device providing information on said bus that is indicative of a desired display;
a display;
a local memory that is separate from said bus and contains a plurality of icons;
a display controller in communication with said bus and receiving said information from said bus, said display controller selecting at least one of said plurality of icons from said local memory based upon said information and sending said selected icon to said display.
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Abstract
A display system includes an input device sending information on a vehicle bus to a display controller. Based upon the information from the input device, the display controller selects one of a plurality of graphics stored on a local memory. The selected graphic is displayed on a display by the display controller.
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22 Claims
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1. A display system comprising:
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a vehicle bus communication link; an input device providing information on said bus that is indicative of a desired display; a display; a local memory that is separate from said bus and contains a plurality of icons; a display controller in communication with said bus and receiving said information from said bus, said display controller selecting at least one of said plurality of icons from said local memory based upon said information and sending said selected icon to said display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A vehicle input device and display unit comprising:
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a vehicle bus; an input device sending information that is indicative of a desired display on said vehicle bus; a display unit comprising a local memory that is separate from said bus, a display controller and a display, said display unit receiving said information from said vehicle bus; said local memory storing a plurality of first icons and a plurality of second icons; said display controller selecting at least one of said plurality of said first icons and at least one of said plurality of second icons from said local memory based upon said information from said vehicle bus, said display controller sending said selected first and second icons to said display; said display including a first display area and a second display area, said display displaying said selected first icon in said first display area and said selected second icon in said second display area. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for displaying information comprising:
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storing a plurality of graphics in a local memory; sending information regarding a desired display via a vehicle bus communication link; selecting one of said plurality of graphics based upon said information from said bus;
sending said selected one of said plurality of graphics via a local communication link that is separate from said local memory to a display;displaying said selected one of said plurality of graphics. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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