User interface and method for operating a user interface for a transportation means

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10926634-B2
Application number	US-201515538843-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 18, 2015
Priority date	Jan 2, 2015
Publication date	Feb 23, 2021
Grant date	Feb 23, 2021

Abstract

Proposed is a transportation vehicle, a user interface and a method for operating a user interface for a transportation vehicle. The method may comprise the steps of: defining a screen background graphic for a display device of the transportation means, automatically detecting a situation in which a predefined region of the wallpaper has been covered by an item of foreground content, and, in response thereto, automatically repositioning the wallpaper in relation to the foreground content for preventing the region from being covered by the foreground content.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for a transportation vehicle, the method comprising:
defining a background graphic comprising dynamic wallpaper, wherein the dynamic wallpaper includes content that is displayed on a display device of the transportation vehicle, and wherein the displayed content of the dynamic wallpaper changes automatically over time; and
in response to automatically detecting that a predefined region of the dynamic wallpaper would be covered by a foreground item, adapting the displayed content of the dynamic wallpaper to reposition the predefined region in relation to edges of the display device of the transportation vehicle to prevent the predefined region from being covered by the foreground item,
wherein adaptation of the displayed content of the dynamic wallpaper changes a displayed size of the displayed content of the dynamic wallpaper and/or changes the displayed content of the dynamic wallpaper,
wherein the dynamic wallpaper has dynamic content with moving contents, and
wherein adaptation of the displayed content enables full unobscured display of the moving contents of the dynamic wallpaper while also displaying the foreground item.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wallpaper includes at least one of
a route guidance map,
an illustration of vehicle operating parameters, in particular a load distribution, and
a graphic which is selected, in particular personally stored, by a user.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the repositioning comprises adapting a displayed detailed portion of the dynamic wallpaper.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the repositioning comprises adapting the foreground content.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predefined region includes at least one of a route guidance element and a face of a photographed person.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising predefining the region in the dynamic wallpaper.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising in response to selection of the dynamic wallpaper by a user, automatically interrogate a definition of the region by the user.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the foreground content comprises a tile, and wherein an item of thematic content of the tile can be configured by a user.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the size and position of the foreground content change/changes automatically over time.

10. A user interface for a transportation vehicle comprising:
a display device configured to display a background graphic comprising a dynamic wallpaper, wherein the dynamic wallpaper includes content that is displayed on the display device, and wherein the displayed content of the dynamic wallpaper changes automatically over time;
a detection device for detecting user gestures; and
an evaluation unit configured to, in response to detecting that a predefined region of the dynamic wallpaper would be covered by a foreground item, adapt the displayed content of the dynamic wallpaper to reposition the predefined region with respect to edges of the display device of the transportation vehicle to prevent the predefined region from being covered by the foreground item,
wherein to adapt the displayed content of the dynamic wallpaper changes a displayed size of the displayed content of the dynamic wallpaper and/or changes the displayed content of the dynamic wallpaper,
wherein the dynamic wallpaper has dynamic content with moving contents, and
wherein adaptation of the displayed content enables full unobscured display of the moving contents of the dynamic wallpaper while also displaying the foreground item.

11. A computer program product comprising instructions which, when executed by an evaluation unit of a user interface including a display device, a detection device for detecting user gestures, and the evaluation unit, cause the evaluation unit to
define a background graphic comprising a dynamic wallpaper, wherein the dynamic wallpaper includes content that is displayed on the display device of the transportation vehicle, and wherein the displayed content of the dynamic wallpaper changes automatically over time, and
in response to automatically detecting that a predefined region of the dynamic wallpaper would be covered by a foreground item, adapt the displayed content of the dynamic wallpaper to reposition the predefined region in relation to edges of the display device of the transportation vehicle to prevent the predefined region from being covered by the foreground item,
wherein to adapt the displayed content of the dynamic wallpaper includes to change a displayed size of the displayed content of the dynamic wallpaper and/or to change the displayed content of the dynamic wallpaper,
wherein the dynamic wallpaper has dynamic content with moving contents, and
wherein adaptation of the displayed content enables full unobscured display of the moving contents of the dynamic wallpaper while also displaying the foreground item.

12. A transportation vehicle comprising
a user interface including a display device, a detection device for detecting user gestures, and an evaluation unit, wherein the evaluation unit is configured to:
define a background graphic comprising a dynamic wallpaper, wherein the dynamic wallpaper includes content displayed on the displayed device, and wherein the displayed content of the dynamic wallpaper changes automatically over time, and
in response to automatically detecting that a predefined region of the dynamic wallpaper would be covered by a foreground item, adapt the displayed content of the dynamic wallpaper to reposition the predefined region in relation to edges of the display device of the transportation vehicle to prevent the predefined region from being covered by the foreground item,
wherein to adapt the displayed content of the dynamic wallpaper includes to change a displayed size of the displayed content of the dynamic wallpaper and/or to change the displayed content of the dynamic wallpaper,
wherein the dynamic wallpaper has dynamic content with moving contents, and
wherein adaptation of the displayed content enables full unobscured display of the moving contents of the dynamic wallpaper while also displaying the foreground item.

Assignees

• Volkswagen Ag

Inventors

• Wild Holger
• Kötter Nils

Classifications

• G06F3/0481 Primary

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