Driver display with highlighted images
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1. A vehicle display system, comprising:
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a controller for controlling images to be displayed on said display, said images including information regarding a speed of the vehicle and a fuel level within a fuel tank associated with the vehicle;
a plurality of control switches for adjusting a respective plurality of vehicle subsystems, said controller controlling said display to display images of said control switches simultaneously with said images of speed and fuel level information; and
a sensor arrangement associated with said control switches for determining which of said switches has been accessed by a vehicle operator, wherein said sensor communicates with said display controller so that the image on said display of the accessed control switch is altered to provide a visual indication of said control switch access while maintaining the remaining images of said control switches in place and without substantial change.
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Abstract
A vehicle display system includes an electroluminescent display showing images of a plurality of control switches within the vehicle. Whenever one of the control switches is accessed by a vehicle operator, a controller alters the image of that control switch. The altered image can be highlighted or have a different color, for example. The visual indication of which switch is being accessed provides the vehicle operator visual confirmation of which switch is being accessed so that the operator need not look directly at the switch.
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1. A vehicle display system, comprising:
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a display;
a controller for controlling images to be displayed on said display, said images including information regarding a speed of the vehicle and a fuel level within a fuel tank associated with the vehicle;
a plurality of control switches for adjusting a respective plurality of vehicle subsystems, said controller controlling said display to display images of said control switches simultaneously with said images of speed and fuel level information; and
a sensor arrangement associated with said control switches for determining which of said switches has been accessed by a vehicle operator, wherein said sensor communicates with said display controller so that the image on said display of the accessed control switch is altered to provide a visual indication of said control switch access while maintaining the remaining images of said control switches in place and without substantial change. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of providing a visual indication of contact with a control switch within a vehicle, comprising the steps of:
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(A) generating a display including a first plurality of images corresponding to information regarding a speed of the vehicle and a fuel level within a fuel tank associated with the vehicle and a second plurality of images corresponding to a plurality of control switches, said first plurality of images and said second plurality of images being displayed simultaneously on a single display;
(B) determining which of the control switches is accessed by a vehicle operator; and
(C) altering the image of the accessed control switch that has been accessed by the vehicle operator while maintaining the remaining images of said second plurality of images in place and without substantial change. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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