Vehicle-mounted display control method, vehicle-mounted control device and vehicle-mounted display assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11315477-B2
Application number	US-201917044247-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 18, 2019
Priority date	Nov 18, 2019
Publication date	Apr 26, 2022
Grant date	Apr 26, 2022

Abstract

A vehicle-mounted display control method includes: receiving, by a vehicle-mounted control device, a signal to be displayed transmitted by a signal source; converting, by the vehicle-mounted control device, the signal to be displayed into a relay data signal, and transmitting, by the vehicle-mounted control device, the relay data signal to a signal conversion circuit of a corresponding vehicle-mounted display assembly; and converting, by the signal conversion circuit, the relay data signal into a display drive signal, and outputting, by the signal conversion circuit, the display drive signal to at least one display screen of the vehicle-mounted display assembly, so as to drive the at least one display screen to display.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle-mounted display control method, comprising:
receiving, by a vehicle-mounted control device, a signal to be displayed sent by a signal source;
converting, by the vehicle-mounted control device, the signal to be displayed into a relay data signal;
transmitting, by the vehicle-mounted control device, the relay data signal to a signal conversion circuit of a corresponding vehicle-mounted display assembly;
converting, by the signal conversion circuit, the relay data signal into a display drive signal; and
outputting, by the signal conversion circuit, the display drive signal to at least one display screen of the vehicle-mounted display assembly, so as to drive the at least one display screen to display;
wherein the vehicle-mounted control device and the vehicle-mounted display assembly are disposed in a vehicle body including a housing and a carriage body located in the housing; the vehicle-mounted control device is located between the carriage body and the housing, and the vehicle-mounted display assembly is located in the carriage body;
wherein a number of the vehicle-mounted display assemblies is at least two, the vehicle-mounted control device corresponds to the at least two vehicle-mounted display assemblies, and the vehicle-mounted control device includes a first distribution circuit; and transmitting, by the vehicle-mounted control device, the signal to be displayed that is transmitted as a relay data signal to the signal conversion circuit of the corresponding vehicle-mounted display assembly, includes:
copying, by the first distribution circuit, the relay data signal into at least two relay data signals, and
transmitting, by the first distribution circuit, the at least two relay data signals to signal conversion circuits of the at least two vehicle-mounted display assemblies in a one-to-one correspondence.

2. The vehicle-mounted display control method according to claim 1 , wherein
transmitting, by the vehicle-mounted control device, the signal to be displayed that is transmitted as a relay data signal to the signal conversion circuit of the corresponding vehicle-mounted display assembly, includes:
transmitting, by the vehicle-mounted control device, the relay data signal to the signal conversion circuit of the corresponding vehicle-mounted display assembly in a wired transmission manner or a wireless transmission manner.

3. The vehicle-mounted display control method according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle-mounted control device includes a second distribution circuit;
the vehicle-mounted display control method further comprises:
copying, by the second distribution circuit, the signal to be displayed into at least two signals to be displayed; and
converting, by the vehicle-mounted control device, one of the at least two signals to be displayed into the relay data signal.

4. The vehicle-mounted display control method according to claim 3 , wherein a number of the vehicle-mounted control devices is at least two, the at least two vehicle-mounted control devices are cascaded, and a second distribution circuit of each of the at least two vehicle-mounted control device is electrically connected to a next-level vehicle-mounted control device;
the vehicle-mounted display control method further comprises:
transmitting, by the vehicle-mounted control device, an unconverted signal to be displayed of the at least two signals to be displayed to the next-level vehicle-mounted control device cascaded therewith.

5. The vehicle-mounted display control method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one display screen includes at least two display screens, and the vehicle-mounted display assembly further includes a third distribution circuit;
outputting, by the signal conversion circuit, the display drive signal to at least one display screen of the corresponding vehicle-mounted display assembly, further includes:
outputting, by the signal conversion circuit, the display drive signal to the third distribution circuit;
copying, by the third distribution circuit, the display drive signal into at least two display drive signals; and
transmitting, by the third distribution circuit, the at least two display drive signals to at least two display screens of the vehicle-mounted display assembly in a one-to-one correspondence.

6. The vehicle-mounted display control method according to claim 1 , wherein the relay data signal includes one of a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) format signal, a digital visual interface (DVI) format signal, or a display port (DP) format signal.

7. A vehicle-mounted control device, comprising:
at least one signal input interface configured to receive a signal to be displayed;
a processor electrically connected to the at least one signal input interface, and configured to transmit the signal to be displayed that is transmitted as a relay data signal; and
at least one signal output interface electrically connected to the processor, and configured to transmit the relay data signal;
wherein the at least one signal output interface includes at least two signal output interfaces; and the vehicle-mounted control device further comprises:
a first distribution circuit electrically connected to the processor and the at least two signal output interfaces, and configured to copy the relay data signal into at least two relay data signals, and transmit the at least two relay data signals to the at least two signal output interfaces in a one-to-one correspondence.

8. The vehicle-mounted control device according to claim 7 , further comprising:
a second distribution circuit electrically connected to the processor and the at least one signal input interface, and configured to copy the signal to be displayed into at least two signals to be displayed, and transmit one of the at least two signals to be displayed to the processor.

9. A vehicle-mounted display system, comprising:
at least one vehicle-mounted control device according to claim 8 ; wherein a number of the vehicle-mounted control device is at least two, and the at least two vehicle-mounted control devices are cascaded; and
at least one vehicle-mounted display assembly electrically connected to a corresponding vehicle-mounted control device, the at least one vehicle-mounted display assembly comprising:
at least one display screen; and,
a signal conversion circuit electrically connected to at least one display screen, and configured to receive a relay data signal, convert the relay data signal into a display drive signal, and output the display drive signal to the at least one display screen to drive the at least one display screen to display;
wherein the at least one display screen includes at least two display screens; and the vehicle-mounted display assembly further comprises:
a third distribution circuit electrically connected to the signal conversion circuit and the at least two display screens, and configured to copy the display drive signal into at least two display drive signals and transmit the at least two display drive signals to the at least two display screens in a one-to-one correspondence.

10. The vehicle-mounted display system according to claim 9 , further comprising a power management module; wherein
the power management module is electrically connected to the at least one vehicle-mounted control device and the at least one vehicle-mounted display assembly.

11. A vehicle, comprising:
a vehicle body including a housing and a carriage body disposed in the housing; and
the vehicle-mounted display system according to claim 9 , disposed in the vehicle body; wherein
the at least one vehicle-mounted control device is disposed between the carriage b

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Zhimao
• Li Weiguo
• Li Yanfu
• Li Xue
• Guan Enhui

Classifications

• G09F27/00

  Combined visual and audible advertising or displaying, e.g. for public address · CPC title

• G09G2380/10

  Automotive applications · CPC title

• B61L15/009

  On-board display devices · CPC title

• G09G2360/04

  Display device controller operating with a plurality of display units · CPC title

• G09F21/049

  giving information to passengers inside the vehicles · CPC title