Method for reproducing information in a motor vehicle, and motor vehicle designed to carry out the method

• US 9,662,978 B2
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Issued: 05/30/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Audi AG (Volkswagen AG), Volkswagen AG
• Original Assignee: Audi AG (Volkswagen AG), Volkswagen AG
• Inventors: Bendewald, Lennart, Sprickmann Kerkernick, Paul, Sebbesse, Armin, Mischke, Michael, Rigley, Philip, Carls, Carl Aron, Wittkmper, Michael, Mayer, Stefan
• Primary Examiner(s): Tissot, Adam
• Assistant Examiner(s): WEBER, TAMARA L
• Application Number:
  US14/384,344
• Publication Number:
  US 20150046028A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,538 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/186 Displaying information according to relevancy
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/334 Projection means
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/785 on or in relation to the windshield or windows
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/186 Displaying Information according to relevancy
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/334 Projection means
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/52 Control of displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/736 the user being the driver
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/739 the user being the passenger
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/785 on or in relation to the windshield or windows
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/29 Instruments characterised by the way in which information is handled, e.g. showing information on plural displays or prioritising information according to driving conditions
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/60 Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/654 the user being the driver
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/656 the user being a passenger
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/81 for controlling displays
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/01 Head-up displays

Abstract

A method for reproducing information in a motor vehicle (1), said information being assigned to classes of information and being presented on a display (2, 7), wherein the information is reproduced on a base display (9) arranged at the base of the windshield, Wherein each class of information is assigned a sub-area of the base display (9), and the information is reproduced in the sub-area (18, 19, 20) corresponding to the class of information assigned to the information to be displayed.

Claims

1. A method for reproducing items of information in a motor vehicle, comprising:

associating classes of information with the items of information, wherein a respective class of information is associated with one of driver-relevant information, passenger-relevant information and information of general interest, and

reproducing the items of information on a ribbon-shaped base display formed as a liquid crystal display located at a base of a windshield of the motor vehicle,

wherein a sub-area of the base display is assigned to a respective class of information and the items of information are reproduced in the sub-area that corresponds to the class of information associated with the items of information to be displayed,

wherein the driver-relevant information is displayed in the sub-area of the base display facing a driver seat,

wherein the passenger-relevant information is displayed in the sub-area of the base display facing a passenger seat, and

wherein the information of general interest is displayed in the sub-area of the base display that is located between the sub-area of the base display facing a driver seat and the sub-area of the base display facing a passenger seat.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein different sub-areas that correspond to different classes of information are horizontally spaced apart.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the driver-relevant information comprises at least one feature selected from outputs from a navigation system, a vehicle speed, an engine speed, a fuel level, a total mileage and a status variable.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the driver-relevant information comprises a vehicle-relevant or driving-safety-relevant warning message.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the passenger-relevant information comprises outputs from an infotainment system.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the information of general interest comprises at least one feature selected from a time, a date, an inside temperature, an ambient temperature and a trip mileage.

7. A motor vehicle, comprising:

a ribbon-shaped base display formed as a liquid crystal display located at a base of a windshield of the motor vehicle and configured to display items of information on the base display, with the base display being divided into ribbon-shaped sub-areas, wherein a sub-area of the base display is assigned to a respective class of information, and

two input units configured to associate classes of information with the items of information, and said input units capturing control inputs to control the base display so as to reproduce the items of information in the sub-area that corresponds to the class of information associated with the items of information to be displayed,

wherein the items of information to be displayed are divided into driver-relevant information, passenger-relevant information and/or information of general interest, with a respective class of information being associated with each of the driver-relevant information, the passenger-relevant information and the information of general interest,

wherein the driver-relevant information is displayed in the sub-area of the base display facing a driver seat,

wherein the passenger-relevant information is displayed in the sub-area of the base display facing a passenger seat, and

wherein the information of general interest is displayed in the sub-area of the base display that is located between the sub-area of the base display facing a driver seat and the sub-area of the base display facing a passenger seat.