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US 10,894,476 B2Granted
Display system in a vehicle and a method for control thereof
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorBrian W. Johnson
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Abstract
A display system in a vehicle, and associated control method, which displays application information on a driver display screen portion and a passenger display screen portion of a vehicle display based on the seating position of the vehicle occupants in the vehicle and the identity of the vehicle occupants requesting the application information be displayed. The display system and method detects a change in the seating position of the vehicle occupants, and in response switches the display of the application information between the driver display screen portion and the passenger display screen portion of the vehicle display.
Claims20
A display system in a vehicle, comprising:
- a display comprising a driver display screen portion and a passenger display screen portion, the driver display screen portion arranged in a direction towards a driver seat within the vehicle, and the passenger display screen portion arranged in a direction towards a passenger seat within the vehicle;
- and
- a controller including a processor, the controller controlling the display,
- wherein the controller
- receives application information requests made by a first vehicle occupant and a second vehicle occupant, and identification information associated with the application information requests,
- determines a seating position for each of the first vehicle occupant and the second vehicle occupant among the driver seat and the passenger seat based on the identification information,
- distinguishes each application information request, based on the identification information, as being one of a request for first application information made by the first vehicle occupant and a request for second application information made by the second vehicle occupant, wherein the first application information and the second application information include at least one of:
- driving assistance application information and personal application information, and
- controls the display to:
- display the first application information on:
- the driver display screen portion when the seating position of the first vehicle occupant is determined to be in the driver seat;
- and the passenger display screen portion when the seating position of the first vehicle occupant is determined to be in the passenger seat;
- display the second application information on:
- the driver display screen portion when the seating position of the second vehicle occupant is determined to be in the driver seat;
- and the passenger display screen portion when the seating position of the second vehicle occupant is determined to be in the passenger seat;
- and
- switch each of the first application information and the second application information from being displayed on one of the driver display screen portion and the passenger display screen portion to the other of the driver display screen portion and the passenger display screen portion when the seating position of the first vehicle occupant and the seating position of the second vehicle occupant are determined to switch between the driver seat and the passenger seat.
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A display system in a vehicle, comprising:
- a display comprising a driver display screen portion and a passenger display screen portion, the driver display screen portion arranged in a direction towards a driver seat within the vehicle, and the passenger display screen portion arranged in a direction towards a passenger seat within the vehicle;
- a controller including a processor, the controller controlling the display,
- wherein the controller
- receives application information requests initiated by a first vehicle occupant and a second vehicle occupant, and identification information associated with the application information requests,
- determines a seating position for each of the first vehicle occupant and the second vehicle occupant among the driver seat and the passenger seat based on the identification information,
- distinguishes each application information request, based on the identification information, as being one of a request for first application information made by the first vehicle occupant and a request for second application information made by the second vehicle occupant,
- distinguishes each application information request as being one of a request for driving assistance application information and a request for personal application information, and
- controls the display to:
- display the first application information in:
- the driver display screen portion when seating position of the first vehicle occupant is determined to be in the driver seat;
- and the passenger display screen portion when seating position the first vehicle occupant is determined to be in the passenger seat;
- display the second application information in:
- the driver display screen portion when seating position of the second vehicle occupant is determined to be in the driver seat;
- and the passenger display screen portion when the seating position of the second vehicle occupant is determined to be in the passenger seat;
- when the seating position of the first vehicle occupant and the seating position of the second vehicle occupant are determined to switch between the driver seat and the passenger seat, switch each of the first application information and the second application information from being displayed on one of the driver display screen portion and the passenger display screen portion to the other of the driver display screen portion and the passenger display screen portion for each of the first application information and the second application information distinguished as being personal application information;
- and
- when the seating position of the first vehicle occupant and the seating position of the second vehicle occupant are determined to switch between the driver seat and the passenger seat, continue to display the one of the first application information and the second application information being displayed on the driver display screen portion and distinguished as being driving assistance application information on the driver display screen portion, and display the one of the first application information and the second application information being displayed on the driver display screen portion and distinguished as being driving assistance application information on the passenger display screen portion.
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A method for controlling a display system in a vehicle, comprising:
- receiving requests to display application information from a first vehicle occupant and a second vehicle occupant;
- distinguishing whether each request to display application information is a request to display first application information received from the first vehicle occupant or a request to display second application information received from the second vehicle occupant, wherein the first application information and the second application information include at least one of:
- driving assistance application information and personal application information;
- determining a seating position for each of the first vehicle occupant and the second vehicle occupant among a driver seat and a passenger seat;
- displaying the first application information on:
- a driver display screen portion of a vehicle display when the first vehicle occupant is determined to be seated in the driver seat;
- and a passenger display screen portion of the vehicle display when the first vehicle occupant is determined to be seated in the passenger seat;
- displaying the second application information on:
- the driver display screen portion of the vehicle display when the second vehicle occupant is determined to be seated in the driver seat;
- and the passenger display screen portion of the vehicle display when the second vehicle occupant is determined to be seated in the passenger seat;
- and
- detecting a switch of the seating position of the first vehicle occupant and the seating position of the second vehicle occupant, and when detected, switching the first application information and the second application information from being displayed on one of the driver display screen portion and the passenger display screen portion to the other of the driver display screen portion and the passenger display screen portion,
- wherein the driver display screen portion is arranged nearer to the driver seat than the passenger seat within the vehicle, and the passenger display screen portion is arranged nearer to the passenger seat than the driver seat within the vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.