Vehicle display with view control

• US 10,455,143 B2
• Filed: 03/17/2016
• Issued: 10/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gentex Corporation
• Original Assignee: Gentex Corporation
• Inventors: Smeyers, Marc A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Jones, Heather R
• Application Number:
  US15/072,630
• Publication Number:
  US 20160277671A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,314 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/00 Optical viewing arrangements; Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/04 mounted inside vehicle B60R1/025, B60R1/08 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/26 to the rear of the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/28 with an adjustable field of view
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2001/1223 with sensors or transducers
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/20 characterised by the type of display used
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/306 using a re-scaling of images
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/8066 for monitoring rearward traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/58 Means for changing the camera field of view without moving the camera body, e.g. nutating or panning of optics or image sensors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/63 by using electronic viewfinders

Abstract

A display system for a vehicle is disclosed. The display system comprises a display device disposed in a passenger compartment of the vehicle. The display device comprises a screen and at least one sensor. The display system further comprises a controller in communication with the display device and an imager configured to capture image data in a field of view. The controller is operable adjust at least one of a position and a scale of a desired view of the image data for display on the screen in response to an input received by the at least one sensor.

Claims

1. A display system for a vehicle comprising:

a display device disposed in a passenger compartment of the vehicle, the display device comprising a screen;

a proximity sensor comprising a first directional control comprising a linear array of lateral sensors extending in a first direction along a first side of the screen and a second directional control comprising a linear array of vertical sensors extending in a second direction along a second side of the screen, wherein the first directional control and the second directional control are disposed behind a bezel and outside the perimeter of the screen; and

a controller in communication with the display device and an imager configured to capture image data in a field of view, wherein the controller is operable to adjust at least one of a position and a scale of a desired view of the image data for display on the screen in response to an input received by the proximity sensor indicating a movement of an object proximate to the screen along at least one of the first direction and the second direction, and wherein the controller is configured to identify a gesture of the object proximate the proximity sensor based on a detection signal from the linear array of lateral sensors and the linear array of vertical sensors.

2. The display system according to claim 1, wherein the first direction is substantially perpendicular to the second direction.

3. The display system according to claim 1, wherein the first directional control is configured to detect a relative location of the object along the first side and the second directional control is configured to detect a relative position of the object along the second side.

4. A display apparatus for a vehicle comprising:

a display device disposed in a passenger compartment of the vehicle, the display device comprising a screen;

a first linear array of sensors disposed along a first perimeter edge of the screen and configured to detect a first movement of an object along the first perimeter edge proximate to the screen in a first direction;

a second linear array of sensors disposed along a second perimeter edge of the screen and configured to detect a second movement of the object along the second perimeter edge proximate to the screen in a second direction; and

a controller in communication with the display device and an imager configured to capture image data in a field of view, wherein the controller is operable to adjust at least one of a position and a scale of a desired view of the image data for display on the screen in response to a detected movement of the object along the first perimeter edge and the second perimeter edge, where the controller is further configured to identify a gesture of the object in response to the first movement along the first perimeter edge in combination with the second movement along the second perimeter edge proximate to the screen.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the first direction and the second direction are substantially perpendicular.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 4, wherein each sensor of the linear sensor arrays is substantially evenly spaced in the first direction and the second direction.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the first direction extends substantially horizontal along the front surface of the display device and the second direction extends substantially vertical along the front surface of the display device.

8. The display system according to claim 4, wherein the first linear array and the second linear array are concealed behind a bezel of the display device, the bezel extending around a perimeter of a front surface of the display device.

9. A display device for a vehicle comprising:

a display screen coupled to a rearview display housing disposed in a passenger compartment of the vehicle;

a bezel disposed around a perimeter of the display screen;

a first linear array of sensors disposed behind the bezel along a first side of the display screen and outside a perimeter of the display screen extending in a first direction;

a second linear array of sensors disposed behind the bezel along a second side of the display screen and outside the perimeter of the display screen extending in a second direction, wherein the first direction is substantially perpendicular to the second direction; and

a controller in communication with the display screen and an imager configured to capture image data in a field of view, wherein the controller is configured to;

detect a motion of an object along the first side and the second side based on communications from the first linear array of sensors and the second linear array of sensors; and

adjust a position of a desired view of the image data for display on the display screen in response to a change in the position of the object along the first side and the second side.