×

Adaptive, automatically-reconfigurable, vehicle instrument display

  • US 9,694,682 B2
  • Filed: 06/15/2016
  • Issued: 07/04/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. An adaptive, automatically-reconfigurable, vehicle instrument display system comprising:

  • at least one processor, a steering wheel, and an instrument panel display all within a vehicle,the instrument panel display being coupled to the at least one processor,the instrument panel display interoperating with the at least one processor to display widgets as digital representations of gauges within the instrument panel display, each of the widgets having associated therewith at least one importance value that is used to establish at least presence and placement of widgets within the instrument panel display, based upon their respective importance values relative to all other widgets'"'"' importance values, and effect a change in one or more of presence or placement within the instrument panel display based upon changes in any of the importance values;

    multiple sensors, at least some of the multiple sensors being located within the instrument panel display and at least one of the multiple sensors being located in the steering wheel, the multiple sensors interoperating with the at least one processor to detect a specified physical action of a driver operating the vehicle, the specified physical action comprising any one or more of driver squinting, driver lean-in, or driver'"'"'s steering wheel grip change such that, when the specified physical action of the driver is detected while the vehicle is being driven by the driver, the processor will cause a change to automatically be made with respect to at least one importance value associated with at least one widget in the instrument panel display and, depending upon the at least one importance value relative to all other importance values associated with other widgets, and without further driver action, automatically modify placement of the at least one widget relative to at least one other widget in the instrument panel display.

View all claims
  • 2 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×