Cockpit system and vehicle therefor
AssigneeHyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
InventorKyung Hoon Kim
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Abstract
A cockpit system and a vehicle thereof are provided. The cockpit includes: a front display disposed in front of a driver's seat and a passenger seat of the vehicle, the front display including display areas and a shy button included in at least one of the display areas; a camera to monitor the driver's seat or the passenger seat; and a controller that determines whether an occupant is in the driver's seat or the passenger seat, controls at least one of the display areas of the front display, makes the display area including the shy button indistinguishable from the other display areas in response to the shy button being deactivated, and activates the shy button, only when the occupant is detected in the passenger seat through the camera.
Claims16
A cockpit system for a vehicle, the cockpit system comprising:
- a front display disposed in front of a driver's seat and a passenger seat of the vehicle, the front display including display areas and a shy button included in at least one of the display areas;
- a camera to monitor the driver's seat or the passenger seat;
- an approach detection sensor;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- determine whether an occupant is in the driver's seat or the passenger seat;
- control at least one of the display areas of the front display;
- activate the shy button, only when the occupant is detected in the passenger seat through the camera;
- deactivate the shy button when the occupant is not detected in the passenger seat and make the display area including the shy button indistinguishable from the other display areas of the front display;
- and
- deactivate the shy button in response to detection by the approach detection sensor of a user approaching the shy button.
A cockpit system for a vehicle, the cockpit system comprising:
- a front display disposed in front of a driver's seat and a passenger seat of the vehicle, the front display including display areas and a shy button included in at least one of the display areas;
- a camera to monitor the driver's seat or the passenger seat;
- a see-through panel configured to, when a low mode is applied, provide information to the driver and the passenger by transmitting light from a lower area of the front display, after the front display is moved downward;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- determine whether an occupant is in the driver's seat or the passenger seat;
- control at least one of the display areas of the front display;
- activate the shy button, only when the occupant is detected in the passenger seat through the camera;
- and
- deactivate the shy button when the occupant is not detected in the passenger seat and make the display area including the shy button indistinguishable from the other display areas of the front display,
- wherein the front display is moved downward in response to the low mode being applied, and
- wherein a button located in a lower part of the shy button is covered by the see-through panel in response to the low mode being applied.
A vehicle comprising:
- a cockpit system including:
- a front display disposed in front of a driver's seat and a passenger seat of the vehicle, the front display including display areas and a shy button included in at least one of the display areas;
- a camera configured to monitor the driver's seat or the passenger seat;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- determine whether an occupant is in the driver's seat or the passenger seat;
- control at least one of the display areas of the front display;
- activate the shy button, only when the occupant is detected in the passenger seat through the camera;
- deactivate the shy button when the occupant is not detected in the passenger seat and make the display area including the shy button indistinguishable from the other display areas of the front display;
- and
- deactivate the shy button in response to detection by the camera of a user approaching the shy button.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.