Method providing a display in a motor vehicle and motor vehicle comprising a display unit

• US 9,256,394 B2
• Filed: 08/04/2012
• Issued: 02/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Audi AG (Volkswagen AG)
• Original Assignee: Audi AG (Volkswagen AG)
• Inventors: Wischhof, Lars, Bezold, Matthias
• Primary Examiner(s): Wu, Xiao
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sonners, Scott E
• Application Number:
  US14/236,962
• Publication Number:
  US 20140160120A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,284 Days
• Field of Search: 345/629
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/12 Overlay of images, i.e. displayed pixel being the result of switching between the corresponding input pixels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/10 Automotive applications
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display

Abstract

A vehicle receives a script with a command for graphically designing a display and a command for reading a data value from a memory of the vehicle. The script is executed by an interpreter, as a result of which the data value is read from the memory and a display is provided on a display device. The graphical design of the display is prescribed by the script and contains a partial presentation determined by the data value. The use of scripts provides a particularly high level of flexibility for the graphical presentation.

Claims

1. A method for providing a display in a vehicle, comprising:

receiving, by the vehicle, a script from a device that is different from the vehicle, the script containing a command for reading a data value from a memory of the vehicle, the script also containing a command for graphically designing a new display;

executing the script by a compiled computer program installed in a command interpreter, as a result of which;

the data value is read from the memory,

the new display is graphically designed, the new display containing a presentation of information related to the data value, the script prescribing a graphical design for the presentation of the information related to the data value, such that the script provides elementary drawing functions and at least partially defines a subsequently loaded function,

the new display is provided on a first sub-region of a display device of the vehicle, and

a display from a computer program that is permanently installed on the vehicle is provided on a second sub-region of the display device.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

setting up a mobile radio connection from the vehicle to a data processing device outside the vehicle; and

receiving the script from the data processing device by the vehicle.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:

sending a request for the script from the vehicle to the data processing device after setting up the mobile radio connection.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the script is received from a mobile radio,

the mobile radio functions as a mobile radio telephone via a mobile radio link, and

the script is received via a communication connection different from the mobile radio link.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, further comprising:

sending a request for the script from the vehicle to the mobile radio after setting up the communication connection.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the script is received from a mobile radio,

the mobile radio functions as a mobile radio telephone via a mobile radio link, and

the script is received via a wireless interface different from the mobile radio link.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

sending a request for the script from the vehicle to the device that is different from the vehicle, the request being sent when the vehicle is started.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

sending a request for the script from the vehicle to the device that is different from the vehicle, the request being sent when a functional unit of the vehicle is started.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the graphical design prescribed by the script presents the data value in alphanumeric form.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the script provides for a display of a new data value not integrated into an original standard display of the vehicle.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the graphical design prescribed by the script comprises geometrical shapes that provide a 3D presentation of the information related to the data value.

12. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the data value is integrated into an original standard display of the vehicle, and

the script provides for new graphical elements related to the data value, the new graphical elements not being integrated into the original standard display of the vehicle.

13. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the second sub-region overlays the first sub-region.

14. A vehicle comprising:

a display device;

a memory;

a data capture device having a data interface to receive a script, the script containing a command for graphically designing a new display; and

a command interpreter including an installed compiled computer program to access data captured by the data processing device and to execute the script such that;

a data value is read from the memory;

the new display is graphically designed, the new display containing a presentation of information related to the data value, the script prescribing a graphical design for the presentation of the information related to the data value, such that the script provides elementary drawing functions and at least partially defines a subsequently loaded function;

the display device is actuated such that the new display is provided on a first sub-region of the display device; and

the display device is actuated such that a display from a computer program that is permanently installed on the vehicle is provided on a second sub-region of the display device.

15. The vehicle as claimed in claim 14, wherein

the script is received from a mobile radio,

the mobile radio functions as a mobile radio telephone via a mobile radio link, and

the data interface to receive the script is a wireless interface different from the mobile radio link.

16. The vehicle as claimed in claim 14, wherein

the graphical design prescribed by the script presents the data value in alphanumeric form.

17. The vehicle as claimed in claim 14, wherein

the script provides for a display of a new data value not integrated into an original standard display of the vehicle.

18. The vehicle as claimed in claim 14, wherein

the graphical design prescribed by the script comprises geometrical shapes that provide a 3D presentation of the information related to the data value.

19. The vehicle as claimed in claim 14, wherein

the data value is integrated into an original standard display of the vehicle, and

the script provides for new graphical elements related to the data value, the new graphical elements not being integrated into the original standard display of the vehicle.

20. The vehicle as claimed in claim 14, wherein

the second sub-region overlays the first sub-region.