Automatic display adjustment systems and methods

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10101775-B2
Application number	US-201615242678-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 22, 2016
Priority date	Aug 22, 2016
Publication date	Oct 16, 2018
Grant date	Oct 16, 2018

Abstract

An automatic display adjustment system for a vehicle may include a controller coupled to a display and at least one motor for adjusting the display. The controller may be configured to detect a seat-back angle of a seat occupied by an occupant and determine a display angle based on the detected seat-back angle. The controller may be further configured to generate a control signal to actuate at least one motor for adjusting the display according to the determined display angle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display adjustment system for automatically adjusting a display for an occupant of a vehicle, comprising:
a controller coupled to the display and at least one motor for adjusting the display, configured to:
detect a seat-back angle of a seat occupied by the occupant;
determine a display angle based on the detected seat-back angle; and
generate a control signal to actuate the at least one motor for adjusting the display according to the determined display angle,

wherein there are two or more occupants,
wherein detecting the seat-back angle includes detecting seat-back angles of seats occupied by the two or more occupants, and
wherein determining the display angle includes:
determining individual display angles based on the detected seat-back angles; and
determining the display angle based on the individual display angles.

2. The display adjustment system of claim 1 ,
wherein the controller is further configured to identify one of the occupants as the owner of the vehicle; and
determine the display angle as the individual display angle determined based on the detected seat-back angle of the owner.

3. The display adjustment system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to determine the display angle based on a weighted average of the individual display angles.

4. The display adjustment system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to detect a position of a front row seat, and adjust the display angle further based on the position of the front row seat.

5. The display adjustment system of claim 1 , wherein the display is a drop-down projector screen mounted to an interior surface of the vehicle.

6. The display adjustment system of claim 1 , wherein the determined display angle is substantially the same as the detected seat-back angle.

7. A display adjustment system for automatically adjusting a display for an occupant of a vehicle, comprising:
a controller coupled to the display and at least one motor for adjusting the display, configured to:
detect a seat-back angle of a seat occupied by the occupant;
determine a display angle based on the detected seat-back angle; and

generate a control signal to actuate the at least one motor for adjusting the display according to the determined display angle,
wherein the controller is further configured to: detect an additional adjustment to the display angle performed by the occupant; and save the additional adjustment associated with the occupant;
wherein the controller is further configured to:
identify the occupant before determining the display angle; and
determine the display angle based on the detected seat-back angle and the saved additional adjustment associated with the identified occupant.

8. A method for automatically adjusting a display for an occupant of a vehicle, comprising:
detecting a seat-back angle of a seat occupied by the occupant;
determining a display angle based on the detected seat-back angle; and
generating a control signal to actuate at least one motor for adjusting the display according to the determined display angle,
wherein there are two or more occupants,
wherein detecting the seat-back angle includes detecting seat-back angles of seats occupied by the two or more occupants, and
wherein determining the display angle includes:
determining individual display angles based on the detected seat-back angles; and
determine the display angle based on the individual display angles.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the controller is further configured to
identify one of the occupants as the owner of the vehicle; and
determine the display angle as the individual display angle determined based on the detected seat-back angle of the owner.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
detect an additional adjustment to the display angle performed by the occupant; and
save the additional adjustment associated with the occupant.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
identify the occupant before determining the display angle; and
determine the display angle based on the detected seat-back angle and the saved additional adjustment associated with the identified occupant.

Assignees

• Faraday&Future Inc

Inventors

• Coburn Matthew Joseph

Classifications

• B60R2011/0028

  Ceiling, e.g. roof rails · CPC title

• G06F1/1675 Primary

  Miscellaneous details related to the relative movement between the different enclosures or enclosure parts · CPC title

• B60R2011/0276

  for rear passenger use · CPC title

• B60R2011/0085

  with adjustment by rotation in their operational position · CPC title

• G06F1/1615

  with several enclosures having relative motions, each enclosure supporting at least one I/O or computing function (constructional details of portable telephones comprising a plurality of mechanically joined movable body parts H04M1/0206) · CPC title