Presenting content on separate display devices in vehicle instrument panel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11513754-B2
Application number	US-202016948199-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 8, 2020
Priority date	Sep 8, 2020
Publication date	Nov 29, 2022
Grant date	Nov 29, 2022

Abstract

Presenting first drawer area on a first display device in an instrument panel of a vehicle, the first drawer area presented in an extended state; presenting second drawer area on a second display device in the instrument panel of the vehicle, the second drawer area presented in a retracted state; receiving first transition command regarding the first and second drawer areas; and in response to receiving the first transition command: presenting the first drawer area in the retracted state on the first display device, wherein the first content is not visible in the first drawer area in the retracted state; and presenting the second drawer area in the extended state on the second display device, wherein the first content of the first application is visible in the second drawer area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
presenting a first drawer area on a first display device in an instrument panel of a vehicle, the first drawer area presented in an extended state where first content of a first application is visible in the first drawer area;
presenting a second drawer area on a second display device in the instrument panel of the vehicle, the second drawer area presented in a retracted state where the first content of the first application is not visible in the second drawer area;
receiving a first transition command regarding the first and second drawer areas;
in response to receiving the first transition command:
presenting the first drawer area in the retracted state on the first display device instead of in the extended state, wherein the first content is not visible in the first drawer area in the retracted state; and
presenting the second drawer area in the extended state on the second display device, wherein the first content of the first application is visible in the second drawer area, and wherein additional content of the first application that was not visible in the first drawer area is also visible in the second drawer area, wherein also a second application is associated with the first and second drawer areas;

receiving, while the first drawer area is presented in the retracted state and the second drawer area is presented in the extended state, a command to deactivate the first application on the first display device and to activate the second application on the first display device; and
in response to receiving the command:
ceasing to present the first content and the additional content of the first application in the second drawer area; and
presenting in the second drawer area, with the second drawer area remaining in the extended state, second content of the second application and additional content of the second application.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first display device is horizontally aligned with an instrument cluster in the vehicle, and wherein the second display device is positioned vertically below the first display device.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the first transition command comprises at least one of:
detecting a tap on the first drawer area;
detecting a tap on the second drawer area;
detecting a swipe gesture on the first drawer area in a direction toward the second display device; or
detecting a swipe gesture on the second drawer area in a direction away from the first display device.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein:
the retracted state on the second display device comprises that a header of the second drawer area, and not a body of the second drawer area, is presented on the second display device, wherein in the extended state on the second display device the header and the body of the second drawer area are presented on the second display device; and
the retracted state on the first display device comprises that a header of the first drawer area, and not a body of the first drawer area, is presented on the first display device, wherein in the extended state on the first display device the header and the body of the first drawer area are presented on the first display device.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein in the retracted state on the second display device the header of the second drawer area is presented at a top edge of the second display device, and wherein in the retracted state on the first display device the header of the first drawer area is presented at a bottom edge of the first display device.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the first transition command includes detecting a voice command.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein presenting the first drawer area in the extended state where the first content of the first application is visible comprises:
determining which of the first and second applications is active on the first display device; and
in response to determining that the first application is active on the first display device, providing the first content of the first application for presentation in the first drawer area.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a second transition command regarding the first and second drawer areas, the second transition command received while the second content and the additional content of the second application are presented in the second drawer area; and
in response to receiving the second transition command:
presenting the first drawer area in the extended state on the first display device, where the second content of the second application is visible in the first drawer area and the additional content of the second application is not visible in the first drawer area; and
presenting the second drawer area in the retracted state on the second display device, where the second content and the additional content are not visible in the second drawer area.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , wherein receiving the second transition command comprises at least one of:
detecting a tap on the first drawer area;
detecting a tap on the second drawer area;
detecting a swipe gesture on the first drawer area in a direction away from the second display device; or
detecting a swipe gesture on the second drawer area in a direction toward the first display device.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein presenting the additional content comprises presenting an additional function of the first application.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , wherein the additional function comprises a text entry field, wherein an on-screen keyboard is available on the second display device and the on-screen keyboard is not available on the first display device.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , wherein the first application is a navigation application currently focusing on an establishment at a destination, and wherein the additional function comprises a reservation function relating to the establishment.

13. A computer program product tangibly embodied in a non-transitory storage medium, the computer program product including instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
presenting a first drawer area on a first display device in an instrument panel of a vehicle, the first drawer area presented in an extended state where first content of a first application is visible in the first drawer area;
presenting a second drawer area on a second display device in the instrument panel of the vehicle, the second drawer area presented in a retracted state where the first content of the first application is not visible in the second drawer area;
receiving a first transition command regarding the first and second drawer areas; and
in response to receiving the first transition command:
presenting the first drawer area in the retracted state on the first display device instead of in the extended state, wherein the first content is not visible in the first drawer area in the retracted state; and
presenting the second drawer area in the extended state on the second display device, wherein the first content of the first application is visible in the second drawer area, and wherein additional content of the first application that was not visible in the first drawer area is also visible in the second drawer area, wherein also a second application is associated with the first and second drawer areas;

receiving, while

Assignees

• Atieva Inc

Inventors

• Rathi Saurabh Vinodkumar
• Park Gina
• Cosgro Karina Nicole
• Yang Yunwei
• Lee Eugene Joseph
• Bessemer Raymond Leonard
• Jenkins Derek N
• Hasija Akshay Rajkumar
• Lee James
• Kang Hwan
• Thandra Soumya
• Hsu Paul
• Hope Nicholas James

Classifications

• G06F2203/04803

  Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas · CPC title

• G06F3/1423 Primary

  controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display · CPC title

• G06F3/167

  Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback · CPC title

• G06F3/0481

  based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance · CPC title

• G06F3/04845

  for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour · CPC title