Center information display system, vehicle, and method for adjusting view angle of center information display

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021284022-A1
Application number	US-202016916058-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 29, 2020
Priority date	Mar 16, 2020
Publication date	Sep 16, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

A center information display system includes a center information display; a capturing device configured to obtain information on an occupant inside a vehicle; a rotating structure configured to adjust a view angle of the center information display; and a control device in communication with the capturing device, being configured to determine whether there is an occupant in a driver seat or a passenger seat, and control the rotating structure to rotate the center information display to a predetermined view angle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A center information display system, comprising:
a center information display; a capturing device configured to obtain information on an occupant inside a vehicle; a rotating structure configured to adjust a view angle of the center information display; a control device in communication with the capturing device and the rotating structure, being configured to determine whether there is an occupant in a driver seat or a passenger seat, and control the rotating structure to rotate the center information display to a predetermined view angle.

2 . The center information display system according to claim 1 , wherein the capturing device is a camera configured to take an image of the occupant.

3 . The center information display system according to claim 1 , wherein the capturing device includes two sensors respectively arranged on the driver seat and the passenger seat.

4 . The center information display system according to claim 3 , wherein the two sensors are selected from pressure sensors, temperature sensors, infrared sensors, and voice sensors.

5 . The center information display system according to claim 1 , further comprising: a switching module configured to switch the center information display system between an automatic model and a manual model.

6 . The center information display system according to claim 1 , wherein the switching module includes a key or a screen key or an icon on a screen.

7 . A vehicle, comprising:
a driver seat; a passenger seat; and a center information display system, comprising:
a center information display;
a capturing device configured to obtain information on an occupant inside the vehicle;
a rotating structure configured to adjust a view angle of the center information display;
a control device in communication with the capturing device and the rotating structure, being configured to determine whether there is an occupant in the driver seat or the passenger seat, and control the rotating structure to rotate the center information display to a predetermined view angle.

8 . The vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein the capturing device is a camera configured to take an image of the occupant.

9 . The vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein the capturing device includes two sensors respectively arranged on the driver seat and the passenger seat.

10 . The vehicle according to claim 9 , wherein the two sensors are selected from pressure sensors, temperature sensors, infrared sensors, and voice sensors.

11 . The vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein the center information display system further comprises: a switching module configured to switch the center information display system between an automatic model and a manual model.

12 . The vehicle according to claim 11 , wherein the switching module includes a key or a screen key or an icon on a screen.

13 . A method for adjusting a view angle of a center information display, the method comprising:
obtaining information on an occupant inside a vehicle; determining whether there is an occupant in a driver seat or a passenger seat; and controlling a rotating structure to rotate the center information display to a predetermined view angle.

14 . The method according to claim 13 , wherein said controlling comprises:
controlling the rotating structure to rotate the center information display towards the driver seat, if there is only an occupant in the driver seat; controlling the rotating structure to rotate the center information display towards the passenger seat, if there is only an occupant in the passenger seat; and controlling the rotating structure to rotate the center information display to be perpendicular to a central axis of the vehicle, if there are occupants both in the driver seat and in the passenger seat.

15 . The method according to claim 13 , further comprising:
determining whether a current orientation of the center information display is towards the driver seat, if there is only an occupant in the driver seat; controlling the rotating structure to rotate the center information display towards the driver seat, if the current orientation of the center information display is not towards the driver seat.

16 . The method according to claim 13 , further comprising:
determining whether a current orientation of the center information display is towards the passenger seat, if there is only an occupant in the passenger seat; controlling the rotating structure to rotate the center information display towards the driver seat, if the current orientation of the center information display is not towards the passenger seat.

17 . The method according to claim 13 , further comprising:
determining whether a current orientation of the center information display is perpendicular to a central axis of the vehicle, if there are occupants both in the driver seat and in the passenger seat; controlling the rotating structure to rotate the center information display to be perpendicular to the central axis of the vehicle, if the current orientation of the center information display is not perpendicular to the central axis of the vehicle.

18 . The method according to claim 13 , further comprising:
switching from one of an automatic model and a manual model to the other one of the automatic model and the manual model based on a user input.

19 . The method according to claim 18 , wherein the user input is received from a key or a screen key or an icon on a screen.

Assignees

• Fuding Prec Components Shenzhen Co Ltd
• Foxconn Interconnect Technology Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Chia-Yen

Classifications

• B60W50/14 Primary

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

• Y02P90/02

  Total factory control, e.g. smart factories, flexible manufacturing systems [FMS] or integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] · CPC title

• B60K35/656

  the user being a passenger · CPC title

• B60K35/654

  the user being the driver · CPC title

• B60K35/10

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