Motor vehicle operator control system

• US 8,311,727 B2
• Filed: 05/12/2011
• Issued: 11/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
• Original Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
• Inventors: Eckstein, Lutz, Zobl, Martin, Knoll, Christian, Schumann, Josef
• Primary Examiner(s): Tarcza, Thomas
• Assistant Examiner(s): Murshed, Nagi
• Application Number:
  US13/106,604
• Publication Number:
  US 20110251784A1
• Time in Patent Office: 551 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 701/200
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/10 Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/22 Display screens
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/50 of positioning data, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System] data
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3664 Details of the user input interface, e.g. buttons, knobs or sliders, including those provided on a touch screen; remote controllers; input using gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/367 Details, e.g. road map scale, orientation, zooming, illumination, level of detail, scrolling of road map or positioning of current position marker
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence

Abstract

A motor vehicle operating system includes a navigation system for providing road map information, a vehicle monitoring system for providing vehicle information, a display device for displaying road map information and vehicle information, an operating device for detecting an operating action and a control device. The control device is set up and coupled with the navigation system, the vehicle monitoring system, the display device and the operating device such that, in a zoom operating condition, in at least one predefined operating situation or zoom situation, particularly in the case of the adjustment of the zoom factor to a limit value. A switching-over takes place from the zoom operating condition to a monitoring operating condition by way of an additional zoom operating action.

Claims

1. A motor vehicle operating system for a motor vehicle, comprising:

a navigation system for providing road map information;

a vehicle monitoring system for providing vehicle information for the motor vehicle;

a display device for displaying the road map information and the vehicle information;

an operating device for detecting a rotational operating action of the operating device; and

a control device operatively configured with the navigation system, the vehicle monitoring system, the display device and the operating device, wherein;

in a monitoring operating condition, the vehicle information for the motor vehicle is displayed on the display device;

in the zoom operating condition, the road map information is displayed on the display device, and a display scale for the display of the road map information is adjustable between two limit values via the rotational operating action of the operating device; and

in the zoom operating condition, an automatic switching-over takes place from the zoom operating condition to the monitoring operating condition in response to an additional rotational operating action of the operating device beyond a rotational point corresponding to the display scale being adjusted to one of the two limit values, and wherein the display scale of the display remains constant while in the monitoring operating condition despite additional rotational operating actions of the operating device.

2. The motor vehicle operating system according to claim 1, wherein the monitoring operating condition comprises a plurality of partial monitoring operating conditions between which a switching occurs via a respective rotational operating action of the operating device.

3. The motor vehicle operating system according to claim 1, wherein the rotation of the operating device is about a predefined angle of rotation to cause the rotational operating action.

4. The motor vehicle operating system according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle monitoring system is operatively configured to monitor at least one of a degree of wear of vehicle components, a fuel or fluid tank level, an environment of the vehicle, and tire pressure of the vehicle.

5. The motor vehicle operating system according to claim 1, further comprising a graphic motor vehicle object displayed on the display device in the zoom operating condition, said graphic motor vehicle object marking a position of the motor vehicle relative to the road map information.

6. The motor vehicle operating system according to claim 5, wherein the graphic motor vehicle object is displayed on the display device in the monitoring operating condition, said graphic motor vehicle object marking a component or an area to which the vehicle information relates which is displayed in the monitoring operating condition.

7. The motor vehicle operating system according to claim 5, wherein the graphic motor vehicle object is automatically displayed to be larger at a larger display scale.

8. The motor vehicle operating system according to claim 6, wherein the graphic motor vehicle object is automatically displayed to be larger at a larger display scale.

9. The motor vehicle operating system according to claim 5, wherein the graphic motor vehicle object displayed in the monitoring operating condition is larger than the graphic motor vehicle object displayed in the zoom operating condition.

10. The motor vehicle operating system according to claim 6, wherein the graphic motor vehicle object displayed in the monitoring operating condition is larger than the graphic motor vehicle object displayed in the zoom operating condition.

11. The motor vehicle operating system according to claim 7, wherein the graphic motor vehicle object displayed in the monitoring operating condition is larger than the graphic motor vehicle object displayed in the zoom operating condition.