Display control apparatus and method
AssigneeJaguar Land Rover Limited
InventorsHarpreet Singh, Elvir Hasedzic
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a display control apparatus (1) for dynamically controlling the display of information in a vehicle (3). The display control apparatus (1) comprises a controller (12) having at least one electronic processor (13). The at least one electronic processor (13) is configured to control first and second displays (4, 5). In dependence on a determined gaze direction of the vehicle driver, the at least one electronic processor (13) controls a switching module (16) to cause a first information data set (INF1) displayed on said first display (4) to be displayed on said second display (5). The present disclosure also relates to a method of controlling the display of information in a vehicle (3).
Claims20
A display control apparatus for controlling the display of information in a vehicle, the display control apparatus comprising a controller having at least one electronic processor configured to control first and second displays;
- wherein the at least one electronic processor is configured to control a switching module to cause a first information data set displayed on said first display to be displayed on said second display in dependence on identifying that a determined gaze direction of the vehicle driver is directed at the first display;
- and,
- wherein the at least one electronic processor is configured to control the switching module in dependence on a criticality level defined for said first information data set such that if the criticality level for said first information data set is insufficient, said first information data set remains displayed on the first display and is inhibited from being displayed on the second display.
A method of dynamically controlling the display of information in a vehicle;
- the method comprising:
- displaying a first information data set on a first display;
- displaying said first information data set on a second display in dependence on a determined gaze direction of the vehicle driver being directed at the first display;
- and
- controlling the display of said first information data set on said second display in dependence on a criticality level defined for said first information data set such that if the criticality level for said first information data set is insufficient, said first information data set remains displayed on the first display and is inhibited from being displayed on the second display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.