Display apparatus for vehicle and vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017192451-A1
Application number	US-201615348052-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 10, 2016
Priority date	Jan 4, 2016
Publication date	Jul 6, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

A display apparatus for a vehicle and including a display; a heating element configured to provide heat to the display; an interface configured to receive at least one of interior temperature information and exterior temperature information about the vehicle; and a processor configured to control the heating element to produce heat based on the received at least one of the interior temperature information and the exterior temperature information about the vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A display apparatus in a vehicle, the display apparatus comprising:
a display; a heating element configured to provide heat to the display; an interface configured to receive at least one of interior temperature information and exterior temperature information about the vehicle; and a processor configured to: control the heating element to produce heat based on the received at least one of the interior temperature information and the exterior temperature information about the vehicle.

2 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive event information including at least one of remote engine start event information, user approach event information and door opening event information via the interface, wherein the processor is further configured to control the heating element to produce heat based on the received event information.

3 . The display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to control the heating element to produce heat according to the received at least one of the remote engine start event information, the user approach event information and the door opening event information.

4 . The display apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is further configured to control a degree of heating of the heating element according to a user approach speed included in the received user approach event information.

5 . The display apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is further configured to control the heating element to produce maximum heat in response to receiving the door opening event information.

6 . The display apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein, the processor is further configured to control an air conditioner included in the vehicle to supply warm air to the display in response to receiving the door opening event information.

7 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive a reservation time input via a touch input through the display, and control the heating element to produce heat at the reservation time.

8 . The display apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive a heating duration input via a touch input through the display, and control the heating element to stop producing heat after the heating duration.

9 . The display apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to control the heating element to stop producing heat, when an engine of the vehicle is not started after a predetermined time passes.

10 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a temperature sensor configured to sense a temperature of surroundings of the display, wherein the processor is further configured to control the heating element to maintain the temperature of the surroundings of the display within a predetermined range.

11 . The display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to control the heating element to stop producing heat, when the temperature of the surroundings of the display reaches a predetermined temperature value.

12 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to control a degree of heating of the heating element in proportion to an absolute value of an interior temperature or an exterior temperature included in the interior temperature information or the exterior temperature information, respectively, when the interior temperature or the exterior temperature is below 0° C.

13 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to control a degree of heating of the heating element based on received location information.

14 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, when the heating element is uncontrollable, the processor is further configured to control an air conditioner included in the vehicle to supply warm air to the display.

15 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to provide the interior temperature information or the exterior temperature information to an external device through a wireless communication unit.

16 . The display apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to receive, through the wireless communication unit, a control signal for controlling the heating element to produce heat from the external device.

17 . The display apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to provide the external device with information about whether or not the heating element produces heat through the wireless communication unit.

18 . A method of controlling a display apparatus in a vehicle, the method comprising:
receiving, via an interface of the display apparatus, at least one of interior temperature information and exterior temperature information about the vehicle; and controlling, via a processor, a heating element of the display apparatus to produce heat based on the received at least one of the interior temperature information and the exterior temperature information about the vehicle.

19 . The method according to claim 18 , further comprising:
receiving, via the interface, event information including at least one of remote engine start event information, user approach event information and door opening event information via the interface; and controlling, via the processor, the heating element to produce heat based on the received event information.

20 . The method according to claim 19 , further comprising:
controlling, via the processor, the heating element to produce heat according to the received at least one of the remote engine start event, information, the user approach event information and the door opening event information.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Choi Changgeun
• SONG Soono
• AN Daehyun

Classifications

• G06F1/1601 Primary

  Constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays (constructional details related to flat displays integrated in a portable computer, e.g. laptop, handheld computer G06F1/1637; constructional details related to television receivers H04N5/64) · CPC title

• B60H1/22

  the heat source being other than the propulsion plant {(B60H1/00492 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B60R16/023

  for transmission of signals between vehicle parts or subsystems · CPC title

• H05K7/20954

  for display panels · CPC title

• G05D23/1917

  using digital means · CPC title