Vehicle display system

• US 10,486,531 B2
• Filed: 12/15/2017
• Issued: 11/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Mimura, Yoshitaka, Yokota, Yuji, Wasai, Kyoko, Asada, Jiro, Miyajima, Daisuke
• Primary Examiner(s): Earles, Bryan
• Application Number:
  US15/843,064
• Publication Number:
  US 20180178649A1
• Time in Patent Office: 711 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/1446 Touch switches
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/195 Blocking or enabling display functions
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/197 Blocking or enabling of input functions
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/199 for avoiding maloperation
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/782 on the steering wheel
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/10 Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/215 characterised by the combination of multiple visual outputs, e.g. combined instruments with analogue meters and additional displays
• 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 35/81 for controlling displays

Abstract

A vehicle display system includes: an operation switch configured to be provided in a vehicle and to distinguish and detect a touch and an operation of an operator; a display device configured to be provided at a position at which the operator can visually recognize the display device; and a control device configured to display, on the display device, information regarding a function to be executed when an operation with respect to the operation switch is detected when the touch of the operation switch is detected.

Claims

1. A vehicle display system comprising:

an operation switch configured to be provided in a vehicle and to distinguish and detect a non-operative touch and an operation with respect to the operation switch by an operator;

a display device configured to be provided at a position at which the operator can visually recognize the display device; and

a control device configured to display, on the display device, information regarding a function to be executed when an operation with respect to the operation switch is detected based on the non-operative touch with respect to the operation switch being detected,

wherein the operation switch includes;

a first switch configured to execute a travel support operation of the vehicle; and

a second switch configured to perform a control of the travel support operation,

wherein,

when a non-operative touch with respect to the second switch is detected in a state in which an execution of the travel support operation is not permitted, the control device displays information regarding a vehicle traveling state necessary for permitting the execution of the travel support operation on the display device, and

wherein,

when a non-operative touch with respect to the second switch is detected in a state in which an execution of the travel support operation is permitted but is not executed, the control device displays information regarding an operation with respect to the operation switch necessary for executing the travel support operation on the display device.

2. The vehicle display system according to claim 1, wherein the operation is a pressing operation with respect to the operation switch.

3. The vehicle display system according to claim 1, wherein, when the non-operative touch with respect to the operation switch is detected, the control device displays, on the display device, information regarding a current state of the function in addition to the information regarding the function.

4. The vehicle display system according to claim 1, wherein, when the information regarding the function is setting information of the function and a non-operative touch with respect to the operation switch for operating the setting information is detected in a state in which the setting information is not displayed on the display device, the control device displays the setting information on the display device.

5. The vehicle display system according to claim 1, wherein, when a non-operative touch or an operation with respect to the operation switch is detected in a state in which an execution of the function is not permitted, the control device displays information regarding a use method of the operation switch on the display device.

6. The vehicle display system according to claim 5, wherein, when the non-operative touch or the operation with respect to the operation switch is detected in the state in which the execution of the function is not permitted, the control device displays information regarding an operation necessary for accessing detailed information of the information regarding the use method of the operation switch on the display device.