Vehicle and centralize control system thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12304585-B2
Application number	US-202318367879-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 13, 2023
Priority date	Jun 30, 2021
Publication date	May 20, 2025
Grant date	May 20, 2025

Abstract

A centralized control system of a vehicle includes a control unit and a display screen. The control unit is capable of controlling the display screen to display instrument images and entertainment images in at least two different and switchable display modes based on at least two operating systems. In a first (instrument-focused) display mode, the instrument images and the entertainment images displayed on the display screen are both generated under control of the first operating system and an area occupied by the instrument images on the display screen is greater than an area occupied by the entertainment images on the display screen. In a second (entertainment-focused) display mode, an area occupied by the instrument images on the display screen is less than or equal to an area occupied by the entertainment images on the display screen, with at least some of the entertainment images generated by the second operating system.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle, being a motorcycle or an off-road vehicle, the vehicle comprising a frame;
a plurality of wheels comprising at least one front wheel and at least one rear wheel;
a suspension system comprising a front suspension and a rear suspension, the at least one front wheel being connected to the frame through the front suspension, and the at least one rear wheel being connected to the frame through the rear suspension;
a power system disposed on the frame for providing power to the vehicle, at least one of the front wheel and the rear wheel being connected to the power system in a transmission mode;
at least one straddle seat disposed on the frame; and
a manipulation system for manipulating the running of the vehicle;
wherein the vehicle further comprises:
a centralized control system comprising a control unit and a display screen, the display screen being disposed adjacent to the manipulation system and in front of the at least one straddle seat, with at least two operating systems in the control unit; the at least two operating systems comprising a first operating system running on a first processing kernel and a second operating system running on a second processing kernel; the control unit being capable of controlling the display screen to display one or a plurality of instrument images and one or a plurality of entertainment images in at least two different and switchable display modes based on the at least two operating systems; the at least two different and switchable display modes comprising a first (instrument-focused) display mode and a second (entertainment-focused) display mode;
wherein, in the first (instrument-focused) display mode, the instrument images and the entertainment images displayed on the display screen are both generated under control of the first operating system on the first processing kernel and an area occupied by the instrument images on the display screen is greater than an area occupied by the entertainment images on the display screen; and
wherein, in the second (entertainment-focused) display mode, at least some of the instrument images and at least some of the entertainment images are generated under control of the first operating system on the first processing kernel and at least another some of the instrument images and at least another some of the entertainment images are generated under control of the second operating system on the second processing kernel and an area occupied by the instrument images on the display screen is less than or equal to an area occupied by the entertainment images on the display screen.

2. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the manipulation system comprises a direction manipulation component comprising a left grip, a right grip, and handlebars connecting the left grip and the right grip; wherein the display screen and the handlebars both intersect with a longitudinal mid-plane of the vehicle; wherein the display screen is connected to the frame or the front suspension through a connection structure, and the display screen is capable of rotating around the connection structure about a display screen rotation axis which is perpendicular to the display screen; and wherein the display screen is located at one of the following positions: a front side of the handlebars further away from the straddle seat(s), a rear side of the handlebars closer to the straddle seat(s), and a position above the handlebars.

3. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle comprises only one display screen;
wherein the instrument images show vehicle driving information and vehicle status information;
wherein the entertainment images show one or a plurality of running entertainment applications and/or one or a plurality of entertainment applications supported to be run, wherein at least one entertainment application is selected from the group consisting of: a navigation application, a multi-media application, a driver assistance application, a voice control application, and an interconnection network application.

4. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a diagonal length of the display screen to a distance from a front wheel center to a rear wheel center is in the range from 0.11 to 0.3; wherein the manipulation system comprises a direction manipulation component; and wherein a ratio of the diagonal length of the display screen to a distance between two most distal ends of the direction manipulation component is in the range from 0.19 to 0.52.

5. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein, in the first (instrument-focused) display mode, a ratio of the area occupied by the instrument images on the display screen to the area occupied by the entertainment images on the display screen is in the range from 3 to 20.

6. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein, in the first (instrument-focused) display mode, a display interface of the display screen comprises:
a first-mode instrument display area for displaying at least some of the instrument images;
a first-mode entertainment display area for displaying at least some of the entertainment images including one or a plurality of entertainment shortcut icons; and
a switchable display area for displaying some of the instrument images and/or some of the entertainment images including one or a plurality of simplified entertainment images;
wherein the control unit is capable of controlling the switchable display area of the display screen to switch from a first display picture to a second display picture when the centralized control system receives a control command.

7. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the entertainment images displayed on the display screen comprise a number of entertainment shortcut icons in both the first (instrument-focused) display mode and the second (entertainment-focused) display mode; and the number of entertainment shortcut icons displayed in the second (entertainment-focused) display mode is greater than or equal to the number of the entertainment shortcut icons displayed in the first (instrument-focused) display mode.

8. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein, in the second (entertainment-focused) display mode, the control unit is further used to control the display screen such that a display interface of the display screen comprises a second-mode instrument display area and a second-mode entertainment display area, and a negative screen and/or a floating window are displayable in the second entertainment display area.

9. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the control unit is capable of controlling the display screen to switch from the first (instrument-focused) display mode to the second (entertainment-focused) display mode upon at least one of the following three conditions:
when the centralized control system is activated and the second operating system automatically starts running and provides a first predetermined command to the control unit;
when the control unit detects a control command for an entertainment shortcut icon in a display interface of the display screen in the first (instrument-focused) display mode; or
when the control unit detects a first display mode switching command.

10. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the control unit is capable of controlling the display screen to switch from the second (entertainment-focused) display mode to the first (instrument-focused) display mode upon at least one of the following three conditions:
when an application running in the second operating system ends;
when the control unit receives a second predetermined command; or
when the control unit detects a second display mode switching command.

11. A vehicle, being a motorcycle or an off-road vehicle, the vehicle comprising:
a frame;
a plurality of wheels comprisin

Assignees

• Zhejiang Cfmoto Power Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhan Daoyong
• Chen Zhiyong
• Wu Yong
• Liu Jinjiang
• Pan Tao
• Wei Maolin
• Feng Mailin
• Yang Bingbing
• Guo Xu

Classifications

• B60K35/85

  Arrangements for transferring vehicle- or driver-related data · CPC title

• B60K35/81

  for controlling displays · CPC title

• B60K35/28

  characterised by the type of the output information, e.g. video entertainment or vehicle dynamics information; characterised by the purpose of the output information, e.g. for attracting the attention of the driver · CPC title

• B60K35/22

  Display screens · CPC title

• B60K35/10

  Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor · CPC title