Dynamic marine display systems and methods

A system comprising:

• a user interface for a mobile structure comprising a primary display and secondary display, wherein the secondary display is disposed along and physically separate from an edge of the primary display, and wherein the secondary display comprises a touch screen display configured to render pixelated display views and receive user input as one or more user touches and/or gestures applied to a display surface of the secondary display;
• and
• a logic device configured to communicate with the user interface, wherein the logic device is configured to:
• receive user selection of an operational mode associated with the user interface and/or the mobile structure via the one or more user touches and/or gestures applied to the secondary display surface;
• and
• render a primary display view via the primary display and/or a secondary display view via the secondary display corresponding to the received user selection and/or operational mode associated with the user interface and/or the mobile structure;
• wherein:
• the user selection of the operational mode comprises a dismiss alert or an engage alert swipe gesture initiated within or adjacent to an alert severity bar and/or an alert context indicator rendered by the secondary display, wherein the alert severity bar comprises a color, length, and/or graphics characteristic configured to indicate a severity of a system alert associated with the user interface and/or the mobile structure, and wherein the alert context indicator comprises text indicating the context of the system alert;
• and
• the secondary display view comprises the alert context indicator and one of an alert dismissal indicator or an alert engagement indicator corresponding to the user selection;
• wherein:
• the user selection of the operational mode further comprises a proximity gesture associated with an informational display view rendered by the secondary display, wherein the informational display view comprises a media player informational display view, a sonar system informational display view, a radar system informational display view, a route informational display view, or an autopilot informational display view configured to indicate a respective media player status, sonar system status, route status, or autopilot status;
• and
• the secondary display view comprises an interactive display view corresponding to the informational display view rendered by the secondary display;
• wherein the logic device is configured to:
• detect absence of the proximity gesture for a predetermined period of time;
• and
• render an updated secondary display view via the secondary display comprising the informational display view.

A method comprising:

• receiving user selection of an operational mode associated with a mobile structure and/or a user interface for the mobile structure, wherein:
• the user interface comprises a primary display and secondary display, the secondary display is disposed along and physically separate from an edge of the primary display, the secondary display comprises a touch screen display configured to render pixelated display views and receive user input as one or more user touches and/or gestures applied to a display surface of the secondary display, and the user selection is received via the one or more user touches and/or gestures applied to the secondary display surface;
• and
• rendering a primary display view via the primary display and/or a secondary display view via the secondary display corresponding to the received user selection and/or operational mode associated with the user interface and/or the mobile structure;
• wherein:
• the user selection of the operational mode comprises a touch on one of a plurality of operational mode selectors within an operational mode selector menu rendered by the secondary display, wherein each operational mode selector corresponds to an interactive display view renderable by the secondary display, and wherein the interactive display view comprises a media player interactive display view, a sonar system interactive display view, a radar system interactive display view, a route interactive display view, or an autopilot interactive display view comprising one or more selectors;
• and
• the secondary display view comprises the interactive display view corresponding to the selected operational mode;
• and wherein:
• the user selection of the operational mode comprises a touch on one of one or more waypoint icons within a waypoint icon selection menu or on a waypoint action selector rendered by the secondary display, wherein each waypoint icon comprises a graphic configured to indicate a waypoint type associated with the waypoint icon;
• the primary display view comprises a mobile structure icon, a waypoint selector icon, and/or a waypoint edit menu comprising a plurality of waypoint detail editing selectors configured to modify at least one waypoint characteristic of the waypoint selector icon;
• and
• the secondary display view comprises waypoint editing control selectors configured to save or discard the modification to the at least one waypoint characteristic.