Vehicle and controlling method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016196800-A1
Application number	US-201514941522-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 13, 2015
Priority date	Jan 2, 2015
Publication date	Jul 7, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A vehicle includes a display device for displaying a screen divided into regions, and a controller for changing the divided regions of the screen displayed by the display device in accordance with an upward movement or downward movement of the display device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A vehicle comprising:
a display device for displaying a screen divided into regions; and a controller for changing the divided regions of the screen displayed by the display device in accordance with an upward movement or downward movement of the display device.

2 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the display device displays a horizontally divided screen, and the screen is divided into an upper region and a lower region based on a virtual reference region.

3 . The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the controller moves the upper region in accordance with the upward movement or downward movement of the display device.

4 . The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the controller moves the upper region to a position above the virtual reference region when the display device moves upward and moves the upper region to a position below the virtual reference region when the display device moves downward.

5 . The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the controller moves the upper region at the same speed as a speed of the upward movement or downward movement of the display device.

6 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the controller changes the divided regions at a predetermined timing when the display device moves upward or downward.

7 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the display device moves upward when the vehicle is running and moves downward when the vehicle is stopped.

8 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the display device moves upward when a navigation service is provided and moves downward when the navigation service is terminated.

9 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the display device moves upward when a driving route of the vehicle is set and moves downward when the driving route is not set.

10 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the display device is implemented using a touchscreen and moves downward when a screen requiring a user's touch manipulation is displayed.

11 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a gear manipulation lever for manipulating a gear of the vehicle,
wherein the display device moves upward when the gear manipulation lever is in a drive gear position and moves downward when the gear manipulation lever is in a neutral gear position or in a parking gear position.

12 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
wheels; an accelerator pedal for receiving a manipulation to accelerate the wheels input by a user; and a brake pedal for receiving a manipulation to brake the wheels input by the user, wherein the display device moves upward when the acceleration manipulation is input and moves downward when the braking manipulation is input.

13 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising an illumination sensor,
wherein the display device moves upward or downward in accordance with an output value of the illumination sensor.

14 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a driver's seat and a front passenger's seat,
wherein the display device comprises a main display disposed in a center fascia between the driver's seat and the front passenger's seat.

15 . The vehicle according to claim 14 , further comprising a mode region extending from a dashboard disposed in front of the driver's seat and the front passenger's seat to be spaced apart from a front surface of the main display.

16 . The vehicle according to claim 15 , wherein the display device further comprises a mode display installed in the mode region.

17 . The vehicle according to claim 16 , further comprising emergency lamps,
wherein the mode display is implemented using a touchscreen, and the emergency lamps are turned on or off in accordance with a user's manipulation of the touchscreen.

18 . The vehicle according to claim 16 , wherein the mode display displays different content in accordance with the upward movement or downward movement of the main display.

19 . The vehicle according to claim 15 , wherein the mode region comprises a hard key configured to receive a manipulation input by a user.

20 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the display device displays different content in accordance with the upward movement or downward movement of the display device.

21 . The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the upper region or the lower region displays different content in accordance with the upward movement or downward movement of the display device.

22 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the controller scales up or scales down the upper region and the lower region of the screen displayed by the display device in accordance with the upward movement or downward movement of the display device.

23 . The vehicle according to claim 22 , wherein the controller scales up the upper region and scales down the lower region when the display device moves upward and scales down the upper region and scales up the lower region when the display device moves downward.

24 . The vehicle according to claim 22 , wherein the controller scales up or scales down the upper region and the lower region at the same speed as a speed of the upward movement or downward movement of the display device.

25 . A method of controlling a vehicle, the method comprising:
determining whether to move upward or downward a display device; and changing divided regions of a screen displayed by the display device in accordance with an upward movement or downward movement of the display device.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Dong Uk
• Park Hyun Jin
• Yoon Sung Eun

Classifications

• G09G2340/0407

  Resolution change, inclusive of the use of different resolutions for different screen areas · CPC title

• B60R16/02 Primary

  electric {constitutive elements} · CPC title

• G06F3/04883

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title

• G09G5/14 Primary

  Display of multiple viewports · CPC title

• G06F3/04886

  by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus · CPC title