Display device for a vehicle and method for displaying data
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1. A display device for a vehicle, comprising:
- at least one processor device adapted to generate at least two image planes including image elements and adapted to combine the image planes into at least one image; and
at least one display element adapted to display the image;
wherein data having different priorities are displayable on the image planes, the data of different priorities including announcements;
wherein each of a plurality of announcements are displayable at alternating time intervals in a same location of a same display area, the time intervals determined by the at least one processor device;
wherein additional image elements are displayed to indicate a presence of each of the plurality of announcements not currently displayed;
the at least one processor device further adapted to rate logically connected data according to a logical sequence as a function of the relevance of the logically connected data to operation of the vehicle, wherein the logically connected data are displayable staggered on various image planes according to the logical sequence; and
wherein the logically connected data displayable on one of the various image planes having a first priority is shiftable with the logically connected data displayable on another of the various image planes having a second priority lower than the first priority, such that the logical sequence is reassigned according to a new priority and the data is displayable in the reassigned logical sequence, and that the data displayable on the one of the various image planes is exchanged with the data displayable on the another one of the various image planes.
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Abstract
A display device includes at least one processing device and at least one display element for representing at least two image planes that are able to be combined with each other, and a method is for representing a plurality of combinable image planes for displaying data.
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1. A display device for a vehicle, comprising:
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at least one processor device adapted to generate at least two image planes including image elements and adapted to combine the image planes into at least one image; and at least one display element adapted to display the image; wherein data having different priorities are displayable on the image planes, the data of different priorities including announcements; wherein each of a plurality of announcements are displayable at alternating time intervals in a same location of a same display area, the time intervals determined by the at least one processor device; wherein additional image elements are displayed to indicate a presence of each of the plurality of announcements not currently displayed; the at least one processor device further adapted to rate logically connected data according to a logical sequence as a function of the relevance of the logically connected data to operation of the vehicle, wherein the logically connected data are displayable staggered on various image planes according to the logical sequence; and wherein the logically connected data displayable on one of the various image planes having a first priority is shiftable with the logically connected data displayable on another of the various image planes having a second priority lower than the first priority, such that the logical sequence is reassigned according to a new priority and the data is displayable in the reassigned logical sequence, and that the data displayable on the one of the various image planes is exchanged with the data displayable on the another one of the various image planes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for displaying data on a display device for a vehicle, comprising:
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generating, by a processor device, at least two image planes having image elements; combining the image planes for displaying at least one image; displaying the image on at least one display element; and rating logically connected data according to a logical sequence as a function of the relevance of the logically connected data to operation of the vehicle, wherein the logically connected data are displayable staggered on various image planes according to the logical sequence; wherein the displaying includes displaying, on various image planes, at least partial data of different priority, the at least partial data of different priority including announcements; wherein the displaying includes displaying each of a plurality of announcements at alternating time intervals in a same location of a same display area, the time intervals determined by the processor device; wherein additional image elements are displayed to indicate a presence of each of the plurality of announcements not currently displayed; and wherein the logically connected data displayable on one of the various image planes having a first priority is shiftable with the logically connected data displayable on another of the various image planes having a second priority lower than the first priority, such that the logical sequence is reassigned according to a new priority and the data is displayable in the reassigned logical sequence, and that the data displayable on the one of the various image planes is exchanged with the data displayable on the another one of the various image planes. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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