# US 2019/0168611 A1 · Method for controlling a display device for a vehicle and vehicle with a display device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0168611 A1 - Document ID: US20190168611A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/322,337 - Filed: 2017-07-12 - Published: 2019-06-06 - Earliest claimed: 2016-08-02 - Assignees: Audi AG - Applicants: Audi AG - Inventors: Jacques HÉLOT; Joris MERTENS - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190168611A1 ## CPC - G09G 5/373: for modifying the size of the graphic pattern - B60K 35/10: Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor - B60K 35/22: Display screens - B60K 35/28: characterised by the type of the output information, e.g. video entertainment or vehicle dynamics information; characterised by the purpose of the output information, e.g. for attracting the attention of the driver - B60K 35/29: Instruments characterised by the way in which information is handled, e.g. showing information on plural displays or prioritising information according to driving conditions - B60K 35/53: Movable instruments, e.g. slidable - 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 - G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures - G09G 5/38: with means for controlling the display position - B60K 2360/119: Icons - B60K 2360/1438: Touch screens - B60K 2360/178: Warnings - B60K 2360/179: Distances to obstacles or vehicles - B60K 2360/182: Distributing information between displays - B60K 2360/186: Displaying information according to relevancy - B60K 2360/191: Highlight information - B60K 2360/195: Blocking or enabling display functions - B60K 2360/21: using cameras - B60K 2360/334: Projection means - B60K 2360/77: Instrument locations other than the dashboard - G09G 2354/00: Aspects of interface with display user - G09G 2380/10: Automotive applications - 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) - 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 - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A representation of information on a movably mounted display surface is controlled depending on the available space on the display surface. In order to allow an optimal usability of the display surface a portion of the display surface which is hidden from view of a passenger compartment when the display surface moves physically and a remaining, still visible portion of the display surface, are defined. The remaining, still visible portion, defines the available space on the display surface. In addition, depending on the physical movement of the display surface and a consequential accompanying size change of the visible portion, a layout of the representation of the information is changed such that the information is displayed on the visible portion. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 -10. (canceled) ### Claim 11 A method for controlling a display apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: controlling, by a controller, a representation of information on a display area of the display apparatus based on an available size of the display area, the display area being mounted movably relative to an interior trim element of the vehicle; physically moving the display area resulting in a first subregion of the display area being concealed from a point of view of a passenger compartment of the vehicle and a size of a remaining subregion of the display area, which remains visible from the point of view of the passenger compartment, defining the available size of the display area; and altering, by the controller, at least one of an arrangement and size of the representation of the information based on the physical movement of the display area and the size of the remaining subregion, and displaying the information on the remaining subregion according to the altered at least one of the arrangement and size of the representation of the information, the altering of the at least one of the arrangement and the size of the representation of the information including: assigning pieces of partial information in the information a respective importance, hiding the pieces of partial information, individually or in grouped succession, contrary to an order of the importance of the pieces of partial information, when the size of the remaining subregion is reduced below a minimum size as a result of the physical movement of the display area, and displaying hidden pieces of partial information according to the order of the importance of the pieces of partial information when the size of the remaining subregion is enlarged above the minimum size as a result of the physical movement of the display area. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising displaying the information in a constant position from the point of view of the passenger compartment when the display area is physically moved relative to the interior trim element when the size of the remaining subregion is sufficient for the representation of the information to be displayed in a prescribed standard size. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising: displaying the representation of the information in a compact form when the size of the remaining subregion decreases as a result of the physical movement of the display area and is too small for the representation of the information to be displayed in a prescribed standard size; and enlarging the representation of the information from the compact form to the prescribed standard size when the size of the remaining subregion increases as a result of the physical movement of the display area and is large enough for the representation of the information to be displayed in the prescribed standard size. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising displaying the information in a simplified alternative representation, which requires less surface area of the display area, when the size of the remaining subregion decreases as a result of the physical movement of the display area and is too small for the representation of the information to be displayed in a prescribed standard size. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising: receiving an input via an operator control device of at least one of the display apparatus and the vehicle to interact with the displayed information, and assigning the pieces of partial information the respective importance is based on a respective frequency of interaction via the operator control device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising: identifying an operator using an identification device of at least one of the display apparatus and the vehicle, and assigning the pieces of partial information the respective importance is based on the identification of the operator. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising controlling the physical movement of the display area via a touch input to an operator control element of a touch-operated operator control device provided on the display area or integrated in the display area. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the display area is a windowpane of the vehicle. ### Claim 19 A vehicle, comprising: a passenger compartment; an interior trim element; a display apparatus which includes a display area mounted movably relative to the interior trim element such that when the display area is physically moved a first subregion of the display area is concealed from a point of view of the passenger compartment and a remaining subregion of the display area remains visible from the point of view of the passenger compartment, a size of the remaining subregion defining an available size of the display area; and a controller, coupled to the display apparatus, configured to control a representation of information on the display area based on the available size of the display area, the controller including a processor and a memory to store a program code, the processor being configured to execute the program code stored in the memory to: alter at least one of an arrangement and size of the representation of the information based on the physical movement of the display area and the size of the remaining subregion based on a respective importance assigned to pieces of partial information in the information, and control the display apparatus to display the information on the remaining subregion according to the altered at least one of the arrangement and size of the representation of the information by: controlling the display apparatus to hide the pieces of partial information, individually or in grouped succession, contrary to an order of the importance of the pieces of partial information, when the size of the remaining subregion is reduced below a minimum size as a result of the physical movement of the display area, and controlling the display apparatus to display hidden pieces of partial information according to the order of the importance of the pieces of partial information when the size of the remaining subregion is enlarged above the minimum size as a result of the physical movement of the display area. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The vehicle as claimed in claim 19, wherein the processor is configured to execute the program code to control the display apparatus to display the information in a constant position from the point of view of the passenger compartment when the display area is physically moved relative to the interior trim element when the size of the remaining subregion is sufficient for the representation of the information to be displayed in a prescribed standard size. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The vehicle as claimed in claim 19, wherein the processor is configured to execute the program code to control the display apparatus to: display the representation of the information in a compact form when the size of the remaining subregion decreases as a result of the physical movement of the display area and is too small for the representation of the information to be displayed in a prescribed standard size; and enlarge the representation of the information from the compact form to the prescribed standard size when the size of the remaining subregion increases as a result of the physical movement of the display area and is large enough for the representation of the information to be displayed in the prescribed standard size. ### Claim 22 (depends on 19) The vehicle as claimed in claim 19, wherein the processor is configured to execute the program code to control the display apparatus to display the information in a simplified alternative representation, which requires less surface area of the display area, when the size of the remaining subregion decreases as a result of the physical movement of the display area and is too small for the representation of the information to be displayed in a prescribed standard size. ### Claim 23 (depends on 19) The vehicle as claimed in claim 19, further comprising: an operator control device configured to receive an input to interact with the displayed information, and the processor is configured to execute the program code to assign the respective importance to the pieces of partial information based on a respective frequency of interaction via the operator control device. ### Claim 24 (depends on 19) The vehicle as claimed in claim 19, further comprising: an identification device configured to identify an operator, and the processor is configured to execute the program code to assign the respective importance to the pieces of partial information based on the identification of the operator. ### Claim 25 (depends on 19) The vehicle as claimed in claim 19, further comprising a touch-operated operator control device having an operator control element, provided on the display area or integrated in the display area, configured to control the physical movement of the display area via a touch input. ### Claim 26 (depends on 19) The vehicle as claimed in claim 19, further comprising a windowpane, and the windowpane is the display area.