US 8,542,108 B1Granted

Dynamic dashboard display

AssigneeSprint Communications Company L.P.

InventorsErich J. Izdepski, M. Jeffrey Stone

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Abstract

A dashboard for use in a vehicle is provided. The dashboard comprises a dashboard display screen and a processor. The dashboard display presents a plurality of information components to a vehicle occupant and the processor determines a condition. The condition is comprised of at least one of a fuel condition, a brake fluid condition, a speed condition, a tire pressure condition, an oil condition, an engine condition, an instrument condition, a washer fluid condition, an anti-lock brake system condition, a traction control system condition, a windshield wiper motor condition, a safety restraint system condition, and a weather condition. The processor adapts a first display signal based on the condition and sends the first display signal to the dashboard display screen to command presentation by the dashboard display screen of the information components. Adapting the first display signal comprises at least one of changing size, changing location, and changing the scale of at least one information component presented on the dashboard display screen.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A dashboard for use in a vehicle, comprising:

a dashboard display screen to present a plurality of information components to a vehicle occupant;
and
a processor that determines a condition, the condition comprising at least one of a fuel condition, a brake fluid condition, a speed condition, a tire pressure condition, an oil condition, an engine condition, an instrument condition, a washer fluid condition, an anti-lock brake system condition, a traction control system condition, a windshield wiper motor condition, a safety restraint system condition, or a weather condition and then adapts a display signal based on the condition,
wherein the processor sends the display signal to the dashboard display screen to command presentation by the dashboard display screen of the information components,
wherein adapting the display signal comprises at least one of changing the size, changing the location, or changing the scale of a first information component presented on the dashboard display screen based on the condition, and
wherein adapting the display signal further comprises at least one of concurrently changing the location or concurrently changing the size of a second information component in coordination with and based on the change of the information component, and
wherein adapting the display signal further comprises providing a detailed alert based on the condition.

4 more elements

A dashboard for use in a first vehicle, comprising;

a processor;
a radio transceiver communicatively coupled to the processor;
a plurality of software components that, when executed by the processor, provide functionality of one of a sensor or a first graphical display component;
and
a dashboard display screen to present information based on a display command signal received from the processor,
wherein the processor transmits the display command signal to the dashboard display screen based on at least one of the software components with a graphical display component functionality,
wherein the display command signal changes at least one of the size, the location, or the color of the graphical display component based on at least one condition of the first vehicle,
wherein the processor wirelessly receives information from a second vehicle proximate the first vehicle via the radio transceiver, wherein the display command signal further changes at least one of the size, the location, or the color of a second graphical display component based on at least one condition of the second vehicle,
wherein the information presented by the dashboard display screen comprises a recommended action based at least in part on the information from the second vehicle, and
wherein the display command signal further provides a detailed alert based on the at least one condition of the first vehicle or the at least one condition of the second vehicle.

7 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/359,272Filed 23 Jan 2009
Granted: 24 Sep 2013
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

G09G 5/00
Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators
B60K 35/29
Output arrangements, i.e. from vehicle to user, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor: instruments characterised by the…
B60K 2360/186
Information management: displaying information according to relevancy
G09G 2340/04
Aspects of display data processing: changes in size, position or resolution of an image

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