Occupant sharing of displayed content in vehicles
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1. A vehicle, comprising:
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an on board communication network; and
a computer readable medium, in communication with the microprocessor, comprising a microprocessor executable object movement module that programs the microprocessor to (a) receive, from a source vehicle occupant and by user input detected by a source screen, (i) a selected target screen associated with a target vehicle occupant, the target vehicle occupant being different from the source vehicle occupant and seated in a different seating position, and/or (ii) an identification of the target vehicle occupant to share an object currently displayed on the source screen associated with the source vehicle occupant but not currently displayed on the selected target screen and/or a portable computational device currently located within the vehicle and associated with and in spatial proximity to the target vehicle occupant and (b) forward, in substantial real time with the receipt from the source vehicle occupant of (i) the selected target screen and/or (ii) the identification of the target vehicle occupant and by the on board communication network, the displayed object to be shared to the selected target screen and/or the portable computational device for display by the selected target screen and/or the portable communication device to the target vehicle occupant.
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Abstract
The present disclosure describes a displayed object movement module that causes displayed objects or other content to be moved from a first source vehicle display to a second target vehicle display at the request of a source vehicle occupant associated with the first source vehicle display.
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1. A vehicle, comprising:
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a microprocessor; an on board communication network; and a computer readable medium, in communication with the microprocessor, comprising a microprocessor executable object movement module that programs the microprocessor to (a) receive, from a source vehicle occupant and by user input detected by a source screen, (i) a selected target screen associated with a target vehicle occupant, the target vehicle occupant being different from the source vehicle occupant and seated in a different seating position, and/or (ii) an identification of the target vehicle occupant to share an object currently displayed on the source screen associated with the source vehicle occupant but not currently displayed on the selected target screen and/or a portable computational device currently located within the vehicle and associated with and in spatial proximity to the target vehicle occupant and (b) forward, in substantial real time with the receipt from the source vehicle occupant of (i) the selected target screen and/or (ii) the identification of the target vehicle occupant and by the on board communication network, the displayed object to be shared to the selected target screen and/or the portable computational device for display by the selected target screen and/or the portable communication device to the target vehicle occupant. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A vehicle comprising:
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a dashboard comprising a screen to provide a vehicle display to a vehicle occupant, a plurality of seating positions for other vehicle occupants, at least one of the other vehicle occupants having a corresponding screen for a vehicle display, each of the screens being a touchscreen that detects user contact with the screen by one or more of a change in an electrical parameter, an acoustic wave variation, infrared proximity detection, and light variation detection, an on board processing module, and a local network interface for signals exchanged, by an on board communication network, with other interconnected on board components of the vehicle; wherein the on board processing module comprises a microprocessor and a non-transient, tangible computer readable medium comprising a microprocessor executable object movement module that causes the microprocessor to (a) receive, from a source vehicle occupant and by user input detected by a source screen of;
(i) a selected target screen associated with a target vehicle occupant, the target vehicle occupant being different from the source vehicle occupant and seated in a different seating position, and/or (ii) an identification of the target vehicle occupant to share an object currently displayed on the source screen associated with the source vehicle occupant but not currently displayed on the selected target screen and/or a portable computational device currently located within the vehicle and associated with and in spatial proximity to the target vehicle occupant and (b) forward, in substantial real time with the receipt from the source vehicle occupant of (i) the selected target screen and/or (ii) the identification of the target vehicle occupant and by the on board communication network, the displayed object to be shared to the selected target screen and/or the portable computational device for display by the selected target screen and/or the portable computational device to the target vehicle occupant. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method, comprising:
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providing a vehicle comprising a dashboard comprising a screen to provide a vehicle display to a vehicle occupant;
a plurality of seating positions for other vehicle occupants, at least one of the other vehicle occupants having a corresponding screen for a vehicle display and a microprocessor executable object movement module;receiving, by a microprocessor executing the object movement module and from a source vehicle occupant through user input detected by a source screen, (i) a selected target screen associated with a target vehicle occupant, the target vehicle occupant being different from the source vehicle occupant and seated in a different seating position, and/or (ii) an identification of the target vehicle occupant to share an object currently displayed on the display of the source screen associated with the source vehicle occupant but not currently displayed on the selected target screen and/or a portable computational device currently located within the vehicle and associated with and in spatial proximity to the target vehicle occupant; and forwarding, by the microprocessor executing the object movement module and in substantial real time with the receipt from the source vehicle occupant of (i) the selected target screen and/or (ii) the identification of the target vehicle occupant and by the on board communication network, the displayed object to be shared to the selected target screen and/or the portable computational device for display by the selected target screen and/or the portable computational device to the target vehicle occupant. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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