# US 2010/0073285 A1 · Display device for displaying a system state > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2010/0073285 A1 - Document ID: US20100073285A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 12/515,441 - Filed: 2007-11-29 - Published: 2010-03-25 - Earliest claimed: 2006-12-04 - Assignees: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft - Inventors: Rüdiger Bertsch - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20100073285A1 ## CPC - G09G 5/36: characterised by the display of a graphic pattern, e.g. using an all-points-addressable [APA] memory - G01D 7/02: Indicating value of two or more variables simultaneously - G06F 3/0481: based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance - G01D 2207/30: Displays providing further information, in addition to measured values, e.g. status - G06F 2203/04806: Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation - G09G 2320/0261: in the context of movement of objects on the screen or movement of the observer relative to the screen - G09G 2320/10: Special adaptations of display systems for operation with variable images - G09G 2340/14: Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) - G01D: MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A display device for displaying a system state has an output unit for reproduction of information characteristic of the system state, a sensor for detecting a distance between a user of the display device and the output unit, and a control unit for processing the reproduction of the information in the output unit as a function of the detected distance. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 -12. (canceled) ### Claim 13 A display device for displaying a system state, comprising: an output unit for a reproduction of information characterizing the system state; a sensor for capturing a distance between a user of the display device and the output unit; and a control unit for processing the reproduction of the information on the output unit as a function of the captured distance. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The display device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the output unit comprises a display unit. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The display device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the information is a state message in text or graphic form. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The display unit as claimed in claim 13, wherein the information is a warning message in text or graphic form. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The display unit as claimed in claim 13, wherein the processing of the information comprises an adjustment of the display format of the information on the display unit. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The display device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the processing of the information comprises an adjustment of the information density displayed. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The display device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the processing of the information comprises an adjustment of the information density displayed. ### Claim 20 (depends on 13) The display device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the information density is adjusted in an inversely proportional manner to the captured distance. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The display device as claimed in claim 19, wherein the information density is adjusted in an inversely proportional manner to the captured distance. ### Claim 22 (depends on 13) The display device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the information is processed in an ongoing manner, as long as the user is present in a capture range of the sensor. ### Claim 23 (depends on 13) The display device as claimed in claim 13, wherein, when the captured distance is equal to infinite, the absence of the user is concluded and the information is reproduced on a further output unit. ### Claim 24 (depends on 13) The display device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the output unit comprises a loudspeaker, the information is an acoustic state or warning message, and the processing of the information comprises an adjustment of a sound characteristic of the information for reproduction by means of the loudspeaker. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The display device as claimed in claim 24, wherein the sound characteristic comprises a reproduction volume, a tone level, an envelope curve, a modulation, a reproduction speed or a tone sequence of the information. ### Claim 26 A method of displaying a system state on a display device, comprising: determining the system state; determining a distance between a user of the display device and an output unit of the display device; and reproducing the system state on the output unit, with at least one characteristic of the reproduction being a function of the determined distance. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The method as claimed in claim 26, wherein the characteristic of the reproduction comprises the information density of the reproduction of the system state. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The method as claimed in claim 27, wherein the information density is set such that it is inversely proportional to the determined distance. ### Claim 29 (depends on 26) The method as claimed in claim 26, wherein the characteristic of the reproduction is adjusted in an ongoing manner, as long as the user is present in a capture range of a sensor for determining the distance.