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Method for displaying a two-sided two-dimensional object on a display in a motor vehicle and display device for a motor vehicle

  • US 9,019,311 B2
  • Filed: 07/15/2009
  • Issued: 04/28/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for displaying information in a motor vehicle, comprising:

  • graphically displaying, in a display mounted in the motor vehicle, at least one two-dimensional object in a first representation which shows one side of the object and in a second representation which shows another side of the object, different information being shown on the respective sides of the two-dimensional graphical object, in at least one of (a) the first representation and/or (b) the second representation, the graphical object extending substantially over an entire size of the display in at least one direction;

    altering the representation of the graphical object as a function of a control signal to rotate the graphical object from one side to the other side in a perspective representation on the display;

    wherein the two-dimensional graphical object is always fully displayed, at least perspectively, during the rotation;

    measuring a speed of the motor vehicle; and

    ascertaining at least one of (a) a duration of a total rotation of the graphical object as a function of the speed of the motor vehicle and/or (b) a duration of the rotation of at least one of (i) a first phase and/or (ii) a second phase of the graphical object as a function of the speed of the motor vehicle.

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