# US 2017/0285355 A1 · Method for Representing Items of Information in a Means of Transportation, and Instrument Cluster for a Motor Vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0285355 A1 - Document ID: US20170285355A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/486,693 - Filed: 2017-04-13 - Published: 2017-10-05 - Earliest claimed: 2005-04-14 - Assignees: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft - Applicants: Volkswagen AG - Inventors: Heino WENGELNIK; Will SPECKS; Mathias KUHN; Rainer DEHMANN; Heiner BARTOSZEWSKI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170285355A1 ## CPC - G01C 21/3614: {through interaction with a road map, e.g. selecting a POI icon on a road map} - B60K 35/10: Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor - B60K 35/211: {producing three-dimensional [3D] effects, e.g. stereoscopic images} - B60K 35/213: {Virtual instruments} - B60K 35/60: Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles (arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10) - B60K 35/81: for controlling displays - G01C 21/367: {Details, e.g. road map scale, orientation, zooming, illumination, level of detail, scrolling of road map or positioning of current position marker} - G01C 21/3697: {Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level (G01C21/3679 takes precedence)} - B60K 35/23: Head-up displays [HUD] (optical aspects of head-up displays G02B27/01) - B60K 2360/11: Instrument graphical user interfaces or menu aspects - G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S) - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES ## Abstract In a method for displaying items of information in a transportation device, the items of information are displayed in the form of hierarchical menu structures. A device for displaying items of information includes a control unit and a display unit for the stereoscopic and/or autostereoscopic display of items of information. In the method, the display is implemented stereoscopically, at least two different menus or menu items being displayed to the viewer at different distances. The instrument cluster includes the placement of a mask in front of the display of a display unit, the mask modifying the light emission of the light emitted by the display so as to result in a display of autostereoscopic images. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An instrument cluster for a motor vehicle for displaying items of information in close proximity to a primary visual field of a driver, comprising: a display unit having a display; a control unit configured to control the display; and a mask arranged in front of the display and configured to modify light emission of light emitted by the display such that autostereoscopic images are displayed on the display unit. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The instrument cluster according to claim 1, wherein the mask includes a wavelength-selective filter mask. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The instrument cluster according to claim 1, wherein the display unit includes a flat screen on which an optical structure mask is affixed and is configured to allows separation of partial images for an autostereoscopic display. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The instrument cluster according to claim 1, wherein a resolution of the display unit in a horizontal direction is greater than 150 dpi. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The instrument cluster according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to control the display unit to represent a display image such that at least eight autostereoscopic images are displayable simultaneously, the images emittable in a horizontal visual fan. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The instrument cluster according to claim 5, wherein a plurality of stereoscopic visual fans is generatable next to each other and form a visual zone. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The instrument cluster according to claim 5, wherein a horizontal cone angle of the visual fan is greater than 15°. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The instrument cluster according to claim 7, wherein the horizontal cone angle is between 25° and 30°. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The instrument cluster according to claim 1, further comprising a device configured to track eye position connected to the control unit; the mask displaceable in a plane parallel to the display device; displacement of the mask implementable as a function of a signal of the device configured to track the eye position. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The instrument cluster according to claim 1, wherein the display includes an area for displaying at least one of (a) a speed and (b) an engine speed in the form of a dial-type gauge. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The instrument cluster according to claim 1, wherein the display includes an area for displaying at least one of (a) a radiator temperature and (b) a fuel level of a tank. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The instrument cluster according to claim 1, wherein the display includes an area for stereoscopically displaying a compass, in which a compass dial is viewable obliquely from above. ### Claim 13 A motor vehicle, comprising: an instrument cluster configured to display items of information in close proximity to a primary visual field of a driver, the instrument cluster including: a display unit having a display; a control unit configured to control the display; and a mask arranged in front of the display and configured to modify light emission of light emitted by the display such that autostereoscopic images are displayed on the display unit ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The motor vehicle according to claim 13, wherein the instrument cluster is arranged underneath a windshield. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The motor vehicle according to claim 14, wherein the instrument cluster is arranged behind a steering wheel. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The motor vehicle according to claim 13, further comprising an operating device connected to the control unit and actuable in a three-dimensional manner, the control unit configured to control the display unit such that three-dimensional actuation of the operating device is reproduceable autostereoscopically.