Display and interface for driver assistance apparatus in a motor vehicle

• US 10,664,139 B2
• Filed: 03/18/2013
• Issued: 05/26/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Volkswagen AG
• Original Assignee: Volkswagen AG
• Inventors: Kleeberger, Julia, Waeller, Christoph, Salzer, Mike
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu, Kieu D
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gattew, Asteway T
• Application Number:
  US13/845,863
• Publication Number:
  US 20130219318A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,626 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/11 Instrument graphical user interfaces or menu aspects
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/1442 Emulation of input devices
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/1868 according to driving situations
• 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 35/28 characterised by the type of the output information, e.g. video entertainment or vehicle dynamics information; characterised by the purpose of the output information, e.g. for attracting the attention of the driver
• 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: G01C 21/3664 Details of the user input interface, e.g. buttons, knobs or sliders, including those provided on a touch screen; remote controllers; input using gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/367 Details, e.g. road map scale, orientation, zooming, illumination, level of detail, scrolling of road map or positioning of current position marker
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range

Abstract

A display and operator control apparatus in a motor vehicle, which display and control apparatus can be used at least to display information from various driver assistance systems and to select functions which are associated with these driver assistance systems. At least one mode of operation in which a digital map display with specific display parameters is displayed and, in the process, at least one function can be selected. A changeover in respect of the possibility to select at least one other function can be activated and this changeover is not made from a fundamental basic display to the user even when a changeover is made between selectable functions, which may be separately displayed via buttons. Only one or more display parameters are changed, and therefore the display to the user can be adapted in an optimum manner.

Claims

1. A display and operating device in a motor vehicle, the device comprising:

a display; and

a menu screen displayed on the display upon selection of a menu button, the menu screen displaying a plurality of selectable map display function groups, each of the plurality of selectable map display function groups comprising one more map display selectable functions and at least one of the plurality of selectable map display function groups comprises more than one map display selectable functions,

wherein, when any of the plurality of selectable map display function groups is selected, an associated digital map is displayed on the display with preset display parameters that are different for each of the plurality of selectable map display function groups, the specific display parameters including a zoom level, a tilt level and a detail level,

wherein the one or more map display selectable functions of a selected map display function group is displayed on the digital map display as an operable icon,

wherein at least two display parameters have a fixed relationship to one another such that the setting of the one display parameter results at least in an adjustment of the other display parameter,

wherein the buttons assigned to the selectable map display function groups are designed as freely assignable favorites buttons, and

wherein an assignment of the freely assignable favorites button occurs via a drag and drop function.

2. The display and operating device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of selectable functions are displayed in at least one of the selectable map display function groups.

3. The display and operating device according to claim 1, wherein the different selectable map display function groups are configured to be displayed via buttons.

4. The display and operating device according to claim 3, wherein the display has at least one touch-sensitive surface on which buttons assigned to the selectable map display function groups are configured to be displayed by pressing the menu button and activated by touch.

5. The display and operating device according to claim 1, wherein particular selectable functions of a function group are activated by on-screen buttons displayed on a touch-sensitive surface.

6. The display and operating device according to claim 1, wherein the menu screen is devoid of a digital map.

7. The display and operating device according to claim 1, wherein the menu screen only displays selectable map display function groups related to digital maps.

8. The display and operating device according to claim 1, wherein the menu screen only displays the plurality of selectable map display functional groups.

9. The display and operating device according to claim 1, further comprising switches associated with the plurality of selectable map display function groups, the switches comprising buttons on a touchscreen,

wherein the switches are depictable on the touchscreen by virtue of operation of a menu key in hardware form and are activatable by touch, and

wherein switches in the form of user-assignable favorites keys and whose assignment is made by means of a drag and drop function are additionally associable with the plurality of selectable map display function groups.

10. The display and operating device according to claim 9, wherein the respective selectable functions of a function group are activatable by buttons depicted on the touchscreen.

11. A display and operator control apparatus in a motor vehicle, which is able to be used at least for displaying information of different driver assistance systems and for selecting functions associated with the driver assistance systems,

wherein the display and operator control apparatus has a mode of operation in which the display and operator control apparatus displays selectable function groups,

wherein the function groups each have multiple associated selectable functions associated with one of the driver assistance systems,

wherein each function group is associated with a map depiction and the map depictions each differ in a value of at least one of their depiction parameters, the depiction parameters including a zoom level, an inclination level and/or a level of detailing, such that after each selection of one of the function groups a digital map depiction having particular depiction parameters, including a particular zoom level, a particular inclination level and a particular level of detailing, is displayed and after the selection of the function group functions from the selected function group are selectable,

wherein another function group displayed in the mode of operation beforehand can be called up and after another function group is called up simultaneously selectable functions the another function group are displayed and the calling-up of the another function group leads to a change in at least one depiction parameter, including the zoom level, the inclination level and/or the level of detailing, of the digital map depiction,

wherein the function groups selectable in the mode of operation each have associated switches that are in the form of buttons on a touchscreen, are depictable on the touchscreen by virtue of operation of a menu key in hardware form and are activatable by touch,

wherein switches that are in the form of user-assignable favorites keys and whose assignment is made by means of a drag and drop function are additionally associable with the function groups, and

wherein at least two display parameters have a fixed relationship to one another such that the setting of the one display parameter results at least in an adjustment of the other display parameter.

12. The display and operator control apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the respective selectable functions of a function group are activatable by buttons depicted on the touchscreen.

13. The display and operator apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the function groups comprise route planning, point of interest display, parking, events, immediate vehicle environment and a favorites map.