# US 10,310,553 B2 · Display apparatus for vehicle and vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,310,553 B2 - Document ID: US10310553B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/348,052 - Filed: 2016-11-10 - Published: 2017-07-06 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2016-01-04 - Assignees: LG Electronics Inc. - Applicants: LG Electronics Inc. - Inventors: Changgeun Choi; Soono Song; Daehyun An - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10310553B2 ## CPC - G06F 1/1601: {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)} - B60K 35/10: Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor - B60K 35/22: Display screens - B60K 35/25: using haptic output - B60K 35/26: using acoustic output - B60K 35/60: Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles (arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10) - G05D 23/1917: {using digital means} - G06F 1/206: {comprising thermal management} - B60K 35/23: Head-up displays [HUD] (optical aspects of head-up displays G02B27/01) - B60K 35/405: {Fogging prevention} - B60K 35/80: Arrangements for controlling instruments - B60K 35/81: for controlling displays - B60K 2360/55: Remote control arrangements - B60K 2360/566: Mobile devices displaying vehicle information - B60K 2360/573: Mobile devices controlling vehicle functions - G06F 3/04847: Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials - G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES - G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 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, receive event information including user approach event information via the interface, control the heating element to produce heat based on the received event information, control a degree of heating of the heating element according to a user approach speed included in the received user approach event information, control the heating element to produce maximum heat and to control an air conditioner included in the vehicle to supply warm air to the display in response to receiving door opening event information, and when the heating element fails, control the air conditioner included in the vehicle to supply warm air to the display. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to receive remote engine start event information via the interface. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) 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 remote engine start event information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) 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. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The display apparatus according to claim 4, 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. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The display apparatus according to claim 4, 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. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) 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. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) 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. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) 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. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) 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. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) 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. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) 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. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) 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. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when the heating element is uncontrollable, the processor is further configured to control the air conditioner included in the vehicle to supply warm air to the display.