VEHICLE MOVING-IMAGE INTERFACE

• US 20090256813A1
• Filed: 03/31/2009
• Published: 10/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chrysler Group LLC (Stellantis NV)
• Original Assignee: Chrysler Group LLC (Stellantis NV)
• Inventors: Oeyen, Benny J., Amici, Alan J.
• Application Number:
  US12/414,723
• Publication Number:
  US 20090256813A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/182 Distributing information between displays
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A vehicle moving-image interface for displaying and repositioning an image in a plurality of locations in response to a vehicle occupant command includes a display device mounted to the vehicle. The display device has first and second surface portions, with the first surface portion displaying the image. The interface further includes a sensor configured to generate a signal in response to an actuation object contacting the first surface portion and then sliding on the display device toward the second surface portion. The interface further includes a controller configured to receive the signal from the sensor to induce the second surface portion to display the image for repositioning the image on the display device

Claims

1. A vehicle moving-image interface for displaying and repositioning an image in a plurality of locations in response to a vehicle occupant command, comprising:

a display device mounted to the vehicle and having first and second surface portions, the first surface portion displaying the image;

a sensor configured to generate a signal in response to an actuation object contacting the first surface portion and then sliding on the display device toward the second surface portion; and

a controller configured to receive the signal from the sensor to induce the second surface portion to display the image for repositioning the image on the display device.

2. The vehicle moving-image interface of claim 1, wherein the display device displays the image moving from the first surface portion toward the second surface portion.

3. The vehicle moving-image interface of claim 1, wherein the display device includes a driver-side portion proximal to a first A-pillar portion.

4. The vehicle moving-image interface of claim 3, wherein the display device further includes a center stack portion extending perpendicularly from an end of the driver-side portion opposite the first A-pillar portion.

5. The vehicle moving-image interface of claim 3, wherein the display device further includes a passenger-side portion extending from an end of the driver-side portion opposite the first A-pillar portion toward a second A-pillar portion.

6. A vehicle moving-image interface for displaying an image having first and second end portions and for resizing the image in response to a vehicle occupant command, comprising:

a multi-touch display device mounted to the vehicle for displaying the image having a first size, the multi-touch display device having first and second surface portions displaying the first and second end portions of the image;

a sensor configured to generate a signal in response to a pair of actuation objects contacting the first and second surface portions, respectively, and then sliding the pair of actuation objects on the display device in one of a direction toward each other and a direction away from each other; and

a controller configured to receive the signal from the sensor to induce the multi-touch display device to display the image having a second size for resizing the image.

7. The vehicle moving-image interface of claim 6 wherein the second size is larger than the first size, based on the signal being generated in response to the pair of actuation objects sliding away from each other.

8. The vehicle moving-image interface of claim 6 wherein the second size is smaller than the first size, based on the signal being generated in response to the pair of actuation objects sliding toward each other.

9. The vehicle moving-image interface of claim 6, further comprising a navigation system associated with the controller to induce the display device to display the vehicle condition indicative of a location of the vehicle.

10. The vehicle moving-image interface of claim 6, further comprising a stereo system associated with the controller to play at least one of a chosen radio station and a chosen song at a chosen volume in response to the image indicating the chosen vehicle setting.

11. The vehicle moving-image interface of claim 6 wherein the image is indicative of one of a tachometer, a speedometer, a fuel gauge, an oil pressure gauge, a battery gauge, a low washer fluid warning, a low tire profile warning, an anti-lock braking system indicator, a navigation map, a photograph, an internet web browser and a video.