Vehicle communication system with display/control unit

• US 6,714,844 B1
• Filed: 05/21/2002
• Issued: 03/30/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG (Mercedes-Benz Group AG), Siemens AG
• Inventors: Dauner, Oskar, Forster, Robert, Höb, Konrad, Jansche, Alfred, Schneider, Sandra
• Primary Examiner(s): Marc-Coleman, Marthe Y.
• Application Number:
  US10/018,894
• Time in Patent Office: 679 Days
• Field of Search: 701/1, 701/24, 701/33, 342/159
• US Class Current: 701/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0315 using multiplexing techniques multiplexing for transmission of signals G08C15/00; multiplexing for electrical communication in general H04J
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 442/282 Coating or impregnation contains natural gum, rosin, natural oil, or wax

Abstract

A vehicle communication system with display and operator control unit, and having a data bus and components connected thereto, including at least one display/operator control unit and a computing unit which controls the latter. A graphic user interface, which is based on the HTML/XML page format, is implemented in the at least one display/operator control unit and/or the computing unit.

Claims

1. A vehicle communication system comprising:

a data bus connected with at least one display/operator control unit (ABE1, ABE2) and at least one other system component controlled by a computing unit (HRE),

a graphic user interface, which is based on a HTML/XML page format, is implemented in at least one of the at least one display/operator control unit (ABE1, ABE2) and the computing unit (HRE) which controls the at least one display/operator control unit and,

wherein the graphic user interface based on the HTML/XML page format is used for communication between the at least one display/operator control unit and the computing unit, and wherein the communication between the at least one display/operator control unit and the computing unit is based on a central system controller, by means of which the computing unit communicates with the at least one other system component.

2. The vehicle communication system according to claim 1, wherein the graphic user interface comprises an MMI application unit, which generates HTML/XML pages, in the at least one computing unit (HRE) and display/operator control unit (ABE1, ABE2) and a browser for said HTML/XML pages in the display/operator control unit.

3. The vehicle communication system according to claim 2, wherein an ActiveX module is implemented in the at least one display/operator control unit (ABE1, ABE2) and the computing unit (HRE), said ActiveX module comprising ActiveX display elements and ActiveX interaction components.

4. The vehicle communication system according to claim 1, wherein an ActiveX module is implemented in the at least one display/operator control unit (ABE1, ABE2) and the computing unit (HRE), said ActiveX module comprising ActiveX display elements and ActiveX interaction components.

5. The vehicle communication system according to claim 4, wherein an MMI interaction control module is implemented in the at least one display/operator control unit (ABE1, ABE2) and the computing unit (HRE), the ActiveX interaction components being actuated by a central control part of the computing unit via said MMI interaction control module.

6. The vehicle communication system according to claim 5, wherein a central control part of the computing unit (HRE) is also used to actuate one or more communications and/or controller units (KE, SE1, SE2) which are connected to the data bus.

7. A vehicle communication system comprising:

a data bus connected with at least one display/operator control unit (ABE1, ABE2) and at least one other system component controlled by a computing unit (HRE),

a graphic user interface, which is based on a HTML/XML page format, is implemented in at least one of the at least one display/operator control unit (ABE1, ABE2) and the computing unit (HRE) which controls the at least one display/operator control unit and,

wherein the graphic user interface based on the HTML/XML page format is used for communication between the at least one display/operator control unit and the computing unit, and wherein the communication between the at least one display operator control unit and the computing unit is based on a central system controller, by means of which the computing unit communicates with the at least one other system component and wherein an MMI(Man-Machine-Interface) applications unit is provided for generating corresponding MMI pages in the HTML/XML format, which unit is located in one of the computing unit and the display/operator control unit and distributed between the computing unit and the display/operator unit.