Method and device for controlling display content on an output means of a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11507196-B2
Application number	US-201917284027-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 27, 2019
Priority date	Oct 11, 2018
Publication date	Nov 22, 2022
Grant date	Nov 22, 2022

Abstract

Content on a display of a vehicle is controlled based on a degree of automation of a driving state of the vehicle and at least one further state variable of the vehicle or of a passenger.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for controlling display content on a plurality of output means of a vehicle, the method comprising:
determining a degree of automation of a driving state of the vehicle;
determining geodata of the vehicle comprising an identification of a country travelled through by the vehicle;
determining, by detecting pulse or eye monitoring, a current physical condition of a driver of the vehicle;
determining whether the driver or a front passenger of the vehicle interacts with the output means by viewing or gestures;
individually determining approved display content for each of the plurality of output means depending on the degree of automation, the geodata of the vehicle comprising an identification of a country travelled through by the vehicle, the current physical condition of the driver, and whether the driver or front passenger of the vehicle interacts with the output means by viewing or gestures.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the individual determination of approved display content for each of the plurality of output means is further based on at whether driver, a front passenger or further passengers are users of the output means of the plurality of output means.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein individual determination of approved display content for each of the plurality of output means is further based on a driving situation.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the individual determination of approved display content for each of the plurality of output means is further based on weather conditions.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the individual determination of approved display content for each of the plurality of output means is further based on weather conditions.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining, based on the geodata of the vehicle, geographic conditions requiring the driver's attention, wherein the individual determination of approved display content for each of the plurality of output means is further based on the geographic conditions requiring the driver's attention.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the approved display content for one of the plurality of display means is different depending on whether the driver or the front passenger interacts with the one of the plurality of display means by the viewing or the gestures.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of display means includes an instrument cluster, a head unit display, a heads-up display, and an additional screen, wherein when the degree of automation is a partially autonomous driving mode, the approved display content for the instrument cluster is only driving information, the approved content for the head unit display includes texts, the approved content for the heads-up display includes information about surroundings of the vehicle, and the approved content for the additional screen includes films.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the individual determination of the approved display content is based on at least one parameter block stored in a memory of the vehicle.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the at least one parameter block stored in the memory of the vehicle is synchronized with a server.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein, based on the at least one parameter block, the individual determination of approved content for one of the plurality of output means allows the display of content when the driver is not interacting with the one of the plurality of output means and blocks the display content when the driver is interacting with the one of the plurality of output means.

12. A method for a vehicle comprising a plurality of displays, the method comprising:
receiving a degree of automation of a vehicle;
receiving geodata of the vehicle, wherein the geodata comprise an identification of a country travelled through by the vehicle;
receiving information regarding whether a driver of the vehicle or a front passenger of the vehicle interacts with one of the plurality of displays by viewing or gestures;
receiving a current physical condition of the driver, wherein the current physical condition of the driver is detected by pulse or eye monitoring; and
individually determining approved content for each of the plurality of displays based on the received degree of automation of the vehicle, the received geodata of the vehicle, the received information regarding whether the driver of the vehicle or the front passenger of the vehicle interacts with a display by viewing or gestures, and the received current physical condition of the driver.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
determining, based on the geodata of the vehicle, geographic conditions requiring the driver's attention, wherein the individual determination of approved display content for each of the plurality of output means is further based on the geographic conditions requiring the driver's attention.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the approved display content for one of the plurality of display means is different depending on whether the driver or the front passenger interacts with the one of the plurality of display means by the viewing or the gestures.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the plurality of display means includes an instrument cluster, a head unit display, a heads-up display, and an additional screen, wherein when the degree of automation is a partially autonomous driving mode, the approved display content for the instrument cluster is only driving information, the approved content for the head unit display includes texts, the approved content for the heads-up display includes information about surroundings of the vehicle, and the approved content for the additional screen includes films.

16. The method of claim 12 , wherein the individual determination of the approved display content is based on at least one parameter block stored in a memory of the vehicle.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the at least one parameter block stored in the memory of the vehicle is synchronized with a server.

18. The method of claim 12 , wherein, based on the at least one parameter block, the individual determination of approved content for one of the plurality of output means allows the display of content when the driver is not interacting with the one of the plurality of output means and blocks the display content when the driver is interacting with the one of the plurality of output means.

Assignees

• Daimler Ag
• Mercedes Benz Group Ag

Inventors

• Böhm Manuel
• Gulde Gerd

Classifications

• B60W2556/50

  of positioning data, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System] data · CPC title

• G06F3/017 Primary

  Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883) · CPC title

• B60W50/14

  Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention · CPC title

• B60W2540/221

  Physiology, e.g. weight, heartbeat, health or special needs · CPC title

• B60W2050/146

  Display means · CPC title