Display system and method for operating a display system in a transportation vehicle having at least one first and one second display surface

• US 10,690,509 B2
• Filed: 12/20/2016
• Issued: 06/23/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Volkswagen AG
• Original Assignee: Volkswagen AG
• Inventors: Kassner, Astrid, Meyer, Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): Antonucci, Anne Marie
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cromer, Andrew J
• Application Number:
  US16/064,014
• Publication Number:
  US 20190003850A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,281 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3484 Personalized, e.g. from learned user behaviour or user-defined profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3605 Destination input or retrieval
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3638 including 3D objects and buildings three dimensional [3D] modelling, e.g. data description of 3D objects G06T17/00; geographic models G06T17/05
• 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: G01C 21/3676 Overview of the route on the road map
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3688 Systems comprising multiple parts or multiple output devices (not client-server), e.g. detachable faceplates, key fobs or multiple output screens
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries

Abstract

A method for operating a display system in a transportation vehicle having at least one first display surface and one second display surface, wherein the display surfaces are spaced apart from one another and the display system has a first and a second operating mode. Navigation data are acquired and a map display is generated based on the acquired navigation data, wherein the map display has a current position of the transportation vehicle. Display data for at least one first component display and a second component display are generated based on the map display, wherein the first component display is displayed by the first display surface and the second component display is displayed by the second display surface. The first component display has a first map excerpt, and the second component display has a second map excerpt. Also disclosed is a display system in a transportation vehicle.

Claims

1. A method for operating a display system in a transportation vehicle having at least one first display surface and one second display surface, wherein the display surfaces are arranged spaced apart from one another, and the display system has a first and a second operating mode, the method comprising:

acquiring navigation data and generating a map display based on the acquired navigation data, wherein the map display comprises a current position of the transportation vehicle; and

generating display data for at least one first component display and a second component display based on the map display, wherein the first component display is displayed by the first display surface, and the second component display is displayed by the second display surface,

wherein the first component display comprises a first map excerpt, and the second component display comprises a second map excerpt,

wherein the first and the second map excerpts comprise different excerpts of the map display,

wherein the entirety of the two map excerpts forms a coherent representation of data of the map display,

wherein the first and the second map excerpts have a geographical relationship with one another,

wherein the geographical relationship between the first and second map excerpts is determined based on the relative arrangement of the first display surface to the second display surface and the arrangement of the display surfaces in the vehicle reflects the geographical relationship of the displayed map excerpts to one another, and

wherein one of the at least two display surfaces is determined, and the map excerpt of the component display that is displayed by the determined display surface is formed so the map excerpt includes the current position of the transportation vehicle depending on the operating mode of the display system.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein an operating mode change signal is acquired and the first component display and the second component display are updated based on the operating mode change signal.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the updated component displays are formed so the current position of the transportation vehicle is displayed by the display surface other than the display surface first determined.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the operating mode change signal is detected based on a user input, wherein the user input comprises an actuation of an operating element or a gesture.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the operating mode change signal is generated automatically based on driving parameters.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein application data are output through the at least two display surfaces, wherein the application data that are output are formed depending on the operating mode of the display system.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the application data comprise a driving instruction.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second map excerpts are further determined depending on parameters of the movement of the transportation vehicle.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the map display comprises a display of a route, wherein the display of the route comprises an elongated graphical element starting from the current position of the transportation vehicle.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the map display comprises a two-dimensional or three-dimensional display.

11. A display system in a transportation vehicle, the display system comprising:

at least one first and one second display surface, wherein the display surfaces are spaced apart from one another, wherein the display system has a first and a second operating mode;

a navigation device through which navigation data is captured and a map display is generated based on the captured navigation data, wherein the map display includes a current position of the transportation vehicle; and

a control unit through which display data for at least one first component display and one second component display is generated based on the map display, wherein the first component display is displayed by the first display surface, and the second component display is displayed by the second display surface,

wherein the first component display comprises a first map excerpt and the second component display comprises a second map excerpt, wherein the first and the second map excerpt comprise different excerpts of the map display,

wherein the entirety of the two map excerpts forms a coherent representation of the data of the map display, wherein the first and the second map excerpt have a geographical relationship with one another, wherein the geographical relationship between the first and second map excerpts is determined based on the relative arrangement of the first display surface to the second display surface and the arrangement of the display surfaces in the vehicle reflects the geographical relationship of the displayed map excerpts to one another, and

wherein one of the at least two display surfaces is determined, and the map excerpt of the component display that is displayed by the determined display surface is formed so the map excerpt includes the current position of the transportation vehicle depending on the operating mode of the display system.

12. The display system of claim 11, wherein application data is generated by a computing unit, and the application data is output depending on the operating mode by the at least two display surfaces.

13. The display system of claim 11, wherein the first and the second display surface are arranged in fixed positions in the transportation vehicle.

14. The display system of claim 11, wherein the display surfaces are arranged laterally in relation to one another.

15. The display system of claim 11, wherein the display surfaces are comprised of a center display, an infotainment screen and/or an instrument cluster of the transportation vehicle.