Method and device for displaying information, particularly in a vehicle

• US 9,013,470 B2
• Filed: 10/07/2009
• Issued: 04/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Volkswagen AG
• Original Assignee: Volkswagen AG
• Inventors: Meyer, Oliver, Wild, Holger
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Phu K
• Application Number:
  US13/123,504
• Publication Number:
  US 20110261051A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,022 Days
• Field of Search: 345/419, 345/835, 345/418, 715/764, 715/805, 715/835, 715/838, 463/32
• US Class Current: 345/419
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/141 Activation of instrument input devices by approaching fingers or pens
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/143 Touch sensitive instrument input devices
• 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 35/211 producing three-dimensional [3D] effects, e.g. stereoscopic images
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/403 Edge-driven scaling; Edge-based scaling
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/32 semiconductive, e.g. using light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

In a method for displaying information, particularly in a vehicle, at least one object for conveying a portion of gross information is represented graphically in at least one first display mode with the aid of a display mounted, e.g., in the vehicle, and as a function of a control signal of a control device, graphic data are generated which alter the representation of the graphical object such that the graphical object changes over to at least one second display mode. In the second display mode, the object is shown swiveled about an axis in a perspective or three-dimensional manner relative to the first display mode of the object, and the portion of the gross information conveyed by the object is greater in the second display mode than the portion of the gross information conveyed by the object in the first display mode. A corresponding display device is adapted to perform the method described above.

Claims

1. A method for displaying information, comprising:

graphically representing at least one object to convey a portion of gross information in at least one first display mode by a display;

generating, as a function of a control signal of a control device, graphic data adapted to alter the representation of the graphical object to change the graphical object over to at least one second display mode;

in the second display mode, showing the object swiveled about an axis in at least one of (a) a perspective and/or (b) a three-dimensional manner relative to the first display mode of the object;

wherein the portion of the gross information conveyed by the object is greater in the second display mode than the portion of the gross information conveyed by the object in the first display mode.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the display is arranged in a vehicle.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the control device alters the graphic data such that the portion is represented at least one of (a) perspectively and/or (b) three-dimensionally in the second display mode, a type of at least one of (a) the perspective representation and/or (b) the three-dimensional representation being a function of the swiveling angle.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein a size of the portion conveyed by the graphical object is a function of the swiveling angle by which the graphical object is swiveled.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the control device alters the graphic data such that in the second display mode, the information displayed at least one of (a) perspectively and/or (b) three-dimensionally in front is rendered with a greater depth of detail than information displayed perspectively to the back.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

generating the control signal in response to an operator action by a user; and

altering the displayed portion of the gross information based on the operator action.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the gross information includes a list having a plurality of list entries, of which only a portion is displayed, and a number of list entries in the portion is a function of the swiveling angle.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein upon conclusion of the operator action, the swiveling angle is reset to an original value at which the object conveys the portion of the gross information in the first display mode.

9. The method according to claim 6, wherein during the operator action, an operating movement is performed whose speed is detected, and at least one of (a) the swiveling angle and/or (b) a speed with which the displayed portion of the gross information changes is a function of the speed of the operating movement.

10. The method according to claim 6, wherein an operating duration is defined for the operator action and detected, and at least one of (a) the swiveling angle and/or (b) a speed with which the displayed portion of the gross information changes is a function of the operating duration.

11. The method according to claim 6, further comprising detecting a force exerted by the user during the operator action, at least one of (a) the swiveling angle and/or (b) a speed with which the displayed portion of the gross information changes is a function of the force exerted by the user during the operator action.

12. A display device, comprising:

a display adapted to graphically represent information;

a memory adapted to store gross information;

a control device adapted to generate graphic data to render at least one graphical object, displayable on the display, in a first display mode in which a portion of the gross information stored in the memory is displayed; and

an input device adapted to generate a control signal in response to an operator action;

wherein the control device is adapted to alter the graphic data to change the graphical object over to at least one second display mode in which the object is shown swiveled about an axis in at least one of (a) a perspective and/or (b) a three-dimensional manner relative to the first display mode of the object; and

wherein the portion of the gross information conveyed by the object in the second display mode is greater than the portion of the gross information conveyed by the object in the first display mode.

13. The display device according to claim 12, wherein the display device is arranged as a vehicle display device.

14. The display device according to claim 12, wherein the gross information includes a list having a plurality of list entries, of which only a portion is displayable, and a number of list entries in the portion is a function of the swiveling angle.

15. The display device according to claim 12, wherein the input device includes a touch-sensitive surface.

16. The display device according to claim 12, wherein the input device is pressure-sensitive and is adapted to detect a force exerted during the actuation of the input device.