DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD FOR A VEHICLE

• US 20090128307A1
• Filed: 09/13/2005
• Published: 05/21/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Daimler AG (Mercedes-Benz Group AG)
• Original Assignee: Daimler Chrysler Company LLC (Stellantis NV)
• Inventors: Ziegler, Maik, Ludwig, Ralf, Weberbauer, Hannes, Hentsch, Norbert, Oeffinger, Bernd, Kokes, Michael, Mattedi, Markus
• Application Number:
  US11/575,402
• Publication Number:
  US 20090128307A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/425.500
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/195 Blocking or enabling display functions
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/22 Display screens
• 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 35/53 Movable instruments, e.g. slidable

Abstract

The invention relates to a display device for a vehicle comprising a display for representing application data to a vehicle user and pivoting means for moving the display between at least two positions. The inventive display device is characterized in that it further comprises checking means for checking whether or not the representation of data of an application selected by the vehicle user is permitted in the actual state of the vehicle; release means in order to release the pivoting means for controlling the display according to the application or any application selected by the vehicle user, in case the checking means emits an affirmative signal.

Claims

1. A display device for a vehicle, including a display (D), for displaying data for applications for a vehicle user, and means (R, 14) for moving the display between at least two positions, wherein that the display device further includes:

checking means, for checking whether the display of data of an application selected by the vehicle user is permissible in the actual condition of operation of the vehicle, as well as

release mean, for release of the means for moving and for controlling the display according to the one of more applications selected by the vehicle user, in the case that the checking means provide a positive signal.

2. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the means for moving include the housing of the display.

3. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the means for moving are designed to allow a manual movement of the display.

4. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the means for moving are designed for an automated movement of the display.

5. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the means for moving are designed for sliding and/or tilting and/or rotating the display.

6. The display device according to claim 1, wherein control elements are provided on or beside the display.

7. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the application is the presentation of data for a driver assist system.

8. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle is a commercial vehicle and the display has a diagonal of approximately 23 inches.

9. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the application is the display of television or, as the case may be, movie data on the display.

10. The display device according to claim 9, wherein the checking means approves the display of television or, as the case may be, movie data on the display only when the vehicle is stationary.

11. The display device according to claim 1, wherein at least one position of the means for moving and of the display is provided in the area of the dashboard.

12. The display device according to claim 11, wherein the display is at least partially submersible into the dashboard.

13. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the display device (12) includes a first and a second partial display area (12a, 12b) and is secured to a mount (14), through which the rotation as well as the pivoting of the display device (12) about its axis is Possible, wherein the display device (12) can pass vertically or sideways into a slit (13) in the dashboard (11),

wherein an analysis device (16) receives as input signals automotive specific parameters from detection devices (17a, 17b, 17c), which analysis device (16) determines on the basis of these input signals whether a mobile or a stationary condition exists, and which provides a control signal to the deployment device (18) for the display device (12) to which signal the deployment of the display device (12) is responsive, wherein the display device (12) is only deployed to the first partial display area (12a) during a mobile phase and the first and second partial display areas (12a, 12b) are deployed during the stationary phase.

14. The display device according to claim 13, including a blocking device (19) to which the control signal of the analysis device (16) is supplied and which, in response to a control signal indicating a mobile condition of the vehicle, mechanically or electronically blocks the deployment of the display device (12) by the deployment device (18) beyond the first partial display area (12a).

15. The display device according to claim 13, wherein the deployment device (18) for the display device (12), besides being capable of an automated activation responsive to the control signal, is also manually operable via a deployment activation device.

16. The display device according to claim 13, wherein the display (12) is rotatable and pivotable about the axis of the mount (14) only when the first and the second partial display areas (12a) are deployed.

17. The display device according to claim 13, wherein the display device (12), when the first partial display area (12a) is deployed, is so integrated into the dashboard (11), that it does not project above the upper surface of the dashboard (11) and does not impede the view of the driver.

18. The display device according to claim 1, wherein at least one position of the pivot means and display is provided in the area of the vehicle ceiling.

19. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the pivot means is designed for a movement of the display into the area of the steering wheel, and wherein in addition a display-associated input keyboard can be moved into the area of the steering wheel.

20. (canceled)

21. A process for display of data of applications for a vehicle user, wherein the data are presented upon a display, which is moveable between at least two positions via means for moving the display between at least two positions, the process comprising:

selecting an application for which data is to be displayed.

checking, via means for checking whether the display of data of an application selected by the vehicle user is permissible in the actual condition of operation of the vehicle, whether the display of data of this selected application is permissible in the actual condition of operation of the vehicle, and in the case of a positive result of the checking,

releasing means for moving the display between at least two positions, and operating the display according to the one or more applications selected by the vehicle user.