Information display systems and methods for hybrid vehicles
First Claim
1. An information display system for a hybrid vehicle, comprising:
- at least one signal producing device generating data;
a controlling component in communication with the at least one signal producing device to transform the data into one or more display signals;
a display device disposed in communication with the controlling component for receiving the one or more display signals and displaying the one or more signals as a viewable image, wherein the viewable image includes an energy storage device icon, an engine icon, a motor icon, and one or more vehicle wheel icons;
wherein at least one of the energy storage device icon, the engine icon, and motor icon is displayed with a lower intensity than the one or more vehicle wheel icons, and wherein at least one of the energy storage device icon, the engine icon, and motor icon is displayed with a higher intensity than the one or more vehicle wheel icons.
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Abstract
Information display systems capable of iconically representing the components of a hybrid powertrain and method thereof. In operation, the information display systems indicate the specific powertrain components in the hybrid system that are active in various hybrid operational modes (e.g., electric launch, blended torque, etc.). In particular, active components are highlighted (i.e., increased intensity) by the display and non-active components are faded (i.e., decreased intensity). In one embodiment, the vehicle wheels are depicted with a static intensity in-between that of the active components and the non-active components. This allows the vehicle operator to clearly see which components are active during each hybrid system mode, and to gain a simplified picture of hybrid system behavior during normal operation at a glance.
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1. An information display system for a hybrid vehicle, comprising:
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at least one signal producing device generating data; a controlling component in communication with the at least one signal producing device to transform the data into one or more display signals; a display device disposed in communication with the controlling component for receiving the one or more display signals and displaying the one or more signals as a viewable image, wherein the viewable image includes an energy storage device icon, an engine icon, a motor icon, and one or more vehicle wheel icons; wherein at least one of the energy storage device icon, the engine icon, and motor icon is displayed with a lower intensity than the one or more vehicle wheel icons, and wherein at least one of the energy storage device icon, the engine icon, and motor icon is displayed with a higher intensity than the one or more vehicle wheel icons. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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