Apparatus and method for controlling mulitmedia of vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsJae Yeol Lee, Jea Won Han
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Abstract
An apparatus for controlling multimedia of a vehicle includes: a display to display a route guiding screen or a content screen; and a controller to control the display to display the route guiding screen or the content screen based on an active screen switching manner or a non-switching manner. A driver is prevented from deviating from a route because the driver fails to see the route guiding screen or prevented from inconveniently performing the additional handling of the driver to switch to the route guiding screen.
Claims18
An apparatus for controlling multimedia of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a display configured to display a route guiding screen;
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- a controller configured to, when a content function is activated in a state that the route guiding screen is displayed:
- display a content screen by switching from the route guiding screen to the content screen, and
- return back from the content screen to the route guiding screen at a time point by which a screen switching period of time has elapsed,
- wherein the screen switching period of time is calculated, in a first manner, based on one of a distance remaining until turn by turn (TBT) guidance, a vehicle speed, a distance from a starting point, a distance remaining to a destination, road event information on a route to the destination, or information on a control camera on the route, and
- the screen switching period of time is calculated, in a second manner, based on a number of texts on the content screen, wherein, when the number of texts on the content screen is equal to or less than a specific number, the calculated screen switching period of time is smaller than a preset period of time.
A method for controlling multimedia of a vehicle, the method comprising steps of:
- generating, by a controller, a route based on an input of a destination;
- when a content function is activated in a state that a route guiding screen is displayed, displaying a content screen by switching from the route guiding screen to the content screen, and
- returning back from the content screen to the route guiding screen at a time point by which a screen switching period of time has elapsed,
- wherein the screen switching period of time is calculated, in a first manner, based on one of a distance remaining until turn by turn (TBT) guidance, a vehicle speed, a distance from a starting point, a distance remaining to a destination, road event information on a route to the destination, or information on a control camera on the route, and
- the screen switching period of time is calculated, in a second manner, based on a number of texts on the content screen, wherein, when the number of texts on the content screen is equal to or less than a specific number, the calculated screen switching period of time is smaller than a preset period of time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.