Cognitively optimized user interface for motor vehicle

A method of providing a rapidly perceivable display of vehicular data, the method comprising:

• at an apparatus comprising a processor, a sensor interface, a device display and a memory, obtaining, via the sensor interface, vehicle data;
• determining, based on the vehicle data, a plurality of status datums;
• determining, for each status datum of the plurality of status datums, a current priority value;
• and
• displaying, a hierarchical array on the device display,
• wherein the hierarchical array presents a set of status datums determined to have the highest current priority values of the plurality of status datums,
• wherein the hierarchical array comprises a first location at the center of the hierarchical array,
• wherein each status datum of the hierarchical array occupies a location in the hierarchical array corresponding to its current priority value,
• wherein a status datum with the highest current priority occupies the first location at the center of the hierarchical array and status datums with lower priorities occupy locations along a path around the first location in descending order of priority, and
• wherein the path around the first location begins at a second location disposed above and to the left of the first location.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program code, which when executed by a processor of an apparatus comprising a sensor interface and a device display, causes the apparatus to:

• obtain, via the sensor interface, vehicle data,
• determine, based on the vehicle data, a plurality of status datums,
• determine, for each status datum of the plurality of status datums, a current priority value, and
• display, on the device display, a hierarchical array,
• wherein the hierarchical array presents a set of status datums determined to have the highest current priority values of the plurality of status datums,
• wherein the hierarchical array comprises a first location at a center of the hierarchical array,
• wherein each status datum of the hierarchical array occupies a location in the hierarchical array corresponding to its current priority value,
• wherein a status datum with the highest current priority occupies the first location at the center of the array, and status datums with lower priorities occupy locations along a path around the first location in descending order of priority, and
• wherein the path around the first location begins at a second location disposed above and to the left of the first location.