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US 9,069,650 B2Granted
Method for an entertainment system of a vehicle
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsFilip Piotr Chudzinski, Mathias Kuhn
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Abstract
A method for an entertainment system of a vehicle wherein a distance between the vehicle and a further vehicle is determined, and a symbol for the vehicle and a symbol for the further vehicle are displayed on a display device of the vehicle on the basis of the distance between the vehicle and the further vehicle. Actuation of a user control element is detected after the symbol for the further vehicle has been displayed. An actuation signal is received from the further vehicle indicating that a user of the further vehicle has actuated a corresponding control element of the further vehicle on account of a symbol for the further vehicle and a symbol for the vehicle being displayed on a display device of the further vehicle.
Claims21
A method for operation of an entertainment system of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- determining, by a processor, a distance between the vehicle and a further vehicle;
- the processor displaying a symbol for the vehicle and a symbol for the further vehicle on a display device of the vehicle based on the determined distance between the vehicle and the further vehicle;
- receiving an item of type information from the further vehicle, the type information comprising a manufacturer name and a model name for the further vehicle;
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- displaying the symbol for the vehicle and the symbol for the further vehicle comprising displaying the symbol for the vehicle and the symbol for the further vehicle on the display device of the vehicle based on the distance and the type information, wherein only vehicles of a particular type are displayed;
- detecting, by a processor, actuation of a user control element after the symbol for the further vehicle has been displayed on the display device;
- receiving, at the processor, an actuation signal from the further vehicle, the actuation signal from the further vehicle indicating that a user of the further vehicle has actuated a user control element of the further vehicle based on a symbol for the further vehicle and a symbol for the vehicle being displayed on a display device of the further vehicle;
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- carrying out a predetermined process in the entertainment system in response to detection of the actuation of the user control element before receipt of the actuation signal from the further vehicle, wherein the predetermined process outputs an optical and/or acoustic output to indicate that an occupant in the vehicle was faster at actuating their user control element than an occupant in the further vehicle.
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An entertainment system for a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a communication device for transmitting information between the vehicle and a further vehicle;
- a display device for outputting information to a user of the vehicle;
- a user control element which can be actuated by the user of the vehicle, and
- a processor which is coupled to the communication device, the display device and the user control element and is configured:
- to determine a distance between the vehicle and the further vehicle,
- to display a symbol for the vehicle and a symbol for the further vehicle on the display device based on the distance between the vehicle and the further vehicle,
- to detect actuation of the user control element after the symbol for the further vehicle has been displayed on the display device, to receive an actuation signal from the further vehicle, the actuation signal from the further vehicle indicating that a user of the further vehicle has actuated a user control element of the further vehicle based on display of a symbol for the further vehicle and a symbol for the vehicle on a display device of the further vehicle, and
- to carry out a predetermined process in the entertainment system in response to detection—of the actuation of the user control element before receipt of the actuation signal from the further vehicle, wherein the predetermined process outputs an optical and/or acoustic output to indicate that an occupant in the vehicle was faster at actuating their user control element than an occupant in the further vehicle;
- wherein actuation of the user control element when the second vehicle is displayed at a distance between a first threshold value and a second threshold value is ineffective.
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A vehicle, comprising:
- a communication device for transmitting information between the vehicle and a further vehicle;
- a display device for outputting information to a user of the vehicle;
- a user control element which can be actuated by the user of the vehicle, and
- a processor which is coupled to the communication device, the display device and the user control element and is configured:
- to determine a distance between the vehicle and the further vehicle,
- to display a symbol for the vehicle and a symbol for the further vehicle on the display device based on the distance between the vehicle and the further vehicle,
- to detect actuation of the user control element after the symbol for the further vehicle has been displayed on the display device, to receive an actuation signal from the further vehicle, the actuation signal from the further vehicle indicating that a user of the further vehicle has actuated a user control element of the further vehicle based on display of a symbol for the further vehicle and a symbol for the vehicle on a display device of the further vehicle, and
- to carry out a predetermined process in response to detection of the actuation of the user control element before receipt of the actuation signal from the further vehicle, wherein the predetermined process outputs an optical and/or acoustic output to indicate that an occupant in the vehicle was faster at actuating their user control element than an occupant in the further vehicle,
- wherein actuation of the user control element when the second vehicle is displayed at a distance between a first threshold value and a second threshold value is ineffective.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.