Method providing a display in a motor vehicle and motor vehicle comprising a display unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9256394-B2
Application number	US-201214236962-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 4, 2012
Priority date	Aug 10, 2011
Publication date	Feb 9, 2016
Grant date	Feb 9, 2016

Abstract

A vehicle receives a script with a command for graphically designing a display and a command for reading a data value from a memory of the vehicle. The script is executed by an interpreter, as a result of which the data value is read from the memory and a display is provided on a display device. The graphical design of the display is prescribed by the script and contains a partial presentation determined by the data value. The use of scripts provides a particularly high level of flexibility for the graphical presentation.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for providing a display in a vehicle, comprising:
receiving, by the vehicle, a script from a device that is different from the vehicle, the script containing a command for reading a data value from a memory of the vehicle, the script also containing a command for graphically designing a new display;
executing the script by a compiled computer program installed in a command interpreter, as a result of which:
the data value is read from the memory,
the new display is graphically designed, the new display containing a presentation of information related to the data value, the script prescribing a graphical design for the presentation of the information related to the data value, such that the script provides elementary drawing functions and at least partially defines a subsequently loaded function,
the new display is provided on a first sub-region of a display device of the vehicle, and
a display from a computer program that is permanently installed on the vehicle is provided on a second sub-region of the display device.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
setting up a mobile radio connection from the vehicle to a data processing device outside the vehicle; and
receiving the script from the data processing device by the vehicle.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising:
sending a request for the script from the vehicle to the data processing device after setting up the mobile radio connection.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the script is received from a mobile radio,
the mobile radio functions as a mobile radio telephone via a mobile radio link, and
the script is received via a communication connection different from the mobile radio link.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4 , further comprising:
sending a request for the script from the vehicle to the mobile radio after setting up the communication connection.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the script is received from a mobile radio,
the mobile radio functions as a mobile radio telephone via a mobile radio link, and
the script is received via a wireless interface different from the mobile radio link.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
sending a request for the script from the vehicle to the device that is different from the vehicle, the request being sent when the vehicle is started.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
sending a request for the script from the vehicle to the device that is different from the vehicle, the request being sent when a functional unit of the vehicle is started.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the graphical design prescribed by the script presents the data value in alphanumeric form.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the script provides for a display of a new data value not integrated into an original standard display of the vehicle.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the graphical design prescribed by the script comprises geometrical shapes that provide a 3D presentation of the information related to the data value.

12. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the data value is integrated into an original standard display of the vehicle, and
the script provides for new graphical elements related to the data value, the new graphical elements not being integrated into the original standard display of the vehicle.

13. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the second sub-region overlays the first sub-region.

14. A vehicle comprising:
a display device;
a memory;
a data capture device having a data interface to receive a script, the script containing a command for graphically designing a new display; and
a command interpreter including an installed compiled computer program to access data captured by the data processing device and to execute the script such that:
a data value is read from the memory;
the new display is graphically designed, the new display containing a presentation of information related to the data value, the script prescribing a graphical design for the presentation of the information related to the data value, such that the script provides elementary drawing functions and at least partially defines a subsequently loaded function;
the display device is actuated such that the new display is provided on a first sub-region of the display device; and
the display device is actuated such that a display from a computer program that is permanently installed on the vehicle is provided on a second sub-region of the display device.

15. The vehicle as claimed in claim 14 , wherein
the script is received from a mobile radio,
the mobile radio functions as a mobile radio telephone via a mobile radio link, and
the data interface to receive the script is a wireless interface different from the mobile radio link.

16. The vehicle as claimed in claim 14 , wherein
the graphical design prescribed by the script presents the data value in alphanumeric form.

17. The vehicle as claimed in claim 14 , wherein
the script provides for a display of a new data value not integrated into an original standard display of the vehicle.

18. The vehicle as claimed in claim 14 , wherein
the graphical design prescribed by the script comprises geometrical shapes that provide a 3D presentation of the information related to the data value.

19. The vehicle as claimed in claim 14 , wherein
the data value is integrated into an original standard display of the vehicle, and
the script provides for new graphical elements related to the data value, the new graphical elements not being integrated into the original standard display of the vehicle.

20. The vehicle as claimed in claim 14 , wherein
the second sub-region overlays the first sub-region.

Assignees

• Wischhof Lars
• Bezold Matthias
• Audi Ag

Inventors

• Wischhof Lars
• Bezold Matthias

Classifications

• G09G2340/12

  Overlay of images, i.e. displayed pixel being the result of switching between the corresponding input pixels · CPC title

• G09G5/14

  Display of multiple viewports · CPC title

• G09G2380/10

  Automotive applications · CPC title

• G09G2370/16

  Use of wireless transmission of display information · CPC title

• G06F3/147 Primary

  using display panels · CPC title