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US 10,589,628 B2Granted
System and method for hosting applications in a graphical instrument
AssigneeMedallion Instrumentation Systems, LLC
InventorsMartin Payne, Michael J. Sims
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Abstract
An interface panel or graphical gauge that can host applications from a mobile application platform and display content from the hosted applications on a display of the graphical gauge. The interface panel may include a native operating system supporting an interface application that generates interface graphical output fed by the native operating system to a graphics controller. The interface control system may be configured to support a guest system that generates guest graphical output fed to the graphics controller. The guest graphical output is representative of graphic information generated by the mobile application platform.
Claims36
An interface panel for a vehicle, the interface panel comprising:
- a display configured to provide graphic information to a vehicle operator;
- a graphics controller configured to direct the graphic information to the display based on graphical input representative of the graphic information;
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- an interface control system operably coupled to the graphics controller, the interface control system configured to provide the graphical input to the graphics controller to generate the graphic information on the display,
- wherein the interface control system includes a native operating system supporting an instrument application that generates instrument graphical output fed by the native operating system to the graphics controller, the instrument graphical output being representative of instrument graphic information, wherein the graphic information provided on the display to the vehicle operator includes the instrument graphic information,
- wherein the interface control system is configured to support a guest system that generates guest graphical output fed to the graphics controller, the guest graphical output being representative of guest graphic information, wherein the graphic information provided on the display to the vehicle operator includes the guest graphic information, wherein the guest system corresponds to a mobile device platform for a mobile device,
- wherein the interface control system is configured to mix the instrument graphic information with the guest graphic information to provide mixed graphical information to the display.
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An interface panel for a vehicle, the interface panel comprising:
- a display configured to provide graphic information to a vehicle operator;
- a graphics controller configured to direct the graphic information to the display based on graphical input representative of the graphic information;
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- an interface control system operably coupled to the graphics controller, the interface control system configured to provide the graphical input to the graphics controller to generate the graphic information on the display,
- wherein the interface control system includes a native operating system supporting an instrument application that generates instrument graphical output fed by the native operating system to the graphics controller, the instrument graphical output being representative of instrument graphic information, wherein the graphic information provided on the display to the vehicle operator includes the instrument graphic information,
- wherein the interface control system is configured to support a guest system that generates guest graphical output fed to the graphics controller, the guest graphical output being representative of guest graphic information, wherein the graphic information provided on the display to the vehicle operator includes the guest graphic information, wherein the guest system corresponds to a mobile device platform for a mobile device,
- wherein the native operating system incorporates the guest graphic information into the instrument graphic information such that the instrument graphical output fed to the graphics controller enables display of both the instrument graphic information and the guest graphic information on the display.
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A method of displaying information on a vehicle interface, the method comprising:
- generating, in an interface application, interface graphical information for display to a vehicle operator;
- running a mobile application platform separate from the interface application;
- generating, from the mobile application platform, mobile application graphical information for display to the vehicle operator;
- mixing the interface graphical information with the mobile application graphical information to generate mixed graphical information;
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- displaying the mixed graphical information to the vehicle operator.
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A method of displaying information on a vehicle interface, the method comprising:
- generating, in an interface application, interface graphical information for display to a vehicle operator;
- running a mobile application platform separate from the interface application;
- generating, from the mobile application platform, mobile application graphical information for display to the vehicle operator;
- providing the interface graphical information to a foreground layer of an interface display;
- generating a transparency area in the foreground layer such that a background layer of the interface display is visible through the foreground layer;
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- providing the mobile application graphical information to the background layer of the interface display.
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A user interface for a vehicle comprising:
- a display configured to provide graphic information to a vehicle operator;
- a touch screen interface operably coupled to the display, the touch screen interface configured to generate touch-based feedback corresponding to a location of the display that is touched by a user;
- a graphics controller configured to direct the graphic information to the display based on graphical input representative of the graphic information;
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- a one or more processors configured to support directing graphic information to the graphics controller from an interface system and a guest system, the interface system configured to generate graphical information pertaining to a status of the vehicle, the guest system corresponding to a mobile application platform, wherein the mobile application platform is configured to entirely utilize a display resource,
- wherein graphic information generated from the interface system is provided to an interface area of the display, wherein graphic information generated from the guest system is provided to a guest system area of the display,
- wherein touch-based feedback corresponding to a guest system area is directed to the guest system, wherein touch-based feedback corresponding to the interface area is directed to the interface system,
- wherein the interface area of the display is visible on a foreground layer of the display, wherein the foreground layer includes a transparency layer through which a background layer is visible, wherein the guest system area of the display is visible on the background layer through the transparency layer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.