DE10200883B4 - Method and device for displaying information in a motor vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

Device for displaying information, in particular traffic information and / or telephone information, in a motor vehicle, having a display device (1) on which various displays, in particular menus for selecting and / or setting functions, can be displayed, the information (5, 6, 7, 8) are displayed on the display device (1) automatically as a function of at least one associated event, in such a way that a displayed image is at least partially superimposed on the information representation (5, 6, 7, 8), characterized by Operating elements (4) whose operation is optional
i) aborting the overlapping information representation (5, 6, 7, 8) without the possibility of recalling the aborted information representation (5, 6, 7, 8),
ii) a selection and / or setting of a function (7, 8) offered in connection with the presentation of information or
iii) brings about a deferral of the overlapping information presentation (5, 6, 7, 8), wherein the deferred information presentation (5, 6, 7, 8) and / or modified information representation (5, 6, 7, 8) is recallable, so that also the in ...

Description

The The invention relates to a device for displaying information, in particular traffic information and / or telephone information, in a motor vehicle, with a display device on the various Display images, especially menus for selecting and / or setting functions, can be displayed, wherein the information on the display device automatically in dependence, at least one associated Event are presented, in such a way that an illustrated Image, at least partially overlaid by the information representation becomes.

The Invention further relates to a method for displaying information, in particular traffic information and / or telephone information, in a motor vehicle, wherein on a display device for Presentation of various display images, in particular menus to choose from and / or setting features that information automatically dependent on at least one associated Results are shown in such a way that a represented Display image is at least partially overlaid by the information presentation.

motor vehicles are increasingly equipped with navigation systems that the driver lead to an enterable destination. While the route guidance receives the driver over various screen displays Information about the current vehicle position, Turn-off instructions (direction and distance to turn) and to Arrival time in the destination. There are already navigation systems for motor vehicles known, which provide a dynamic route guidance. Here is the calculated travel route adapted due to traffic reports, wherein the route is recalculated automatically. As a source of information is for the dynamic route guidance usually a so-called RDS-TMC radio transmitter used, in addition to Radio program emits traffic announcements from the navigation system received and evaluated (see eg "Audi navigation system plus"). Otherwise are Also known as navigation systems with dynamic route guidance, where traffic information such as Traffic jam, slow-moving traffic or full lock as icons on a street map displayed on a screen are displayed. If there is a traffic jam on the calculated route, the navigation system beats then either suggest an alternative route, or recommend the traffic jam to drive through when bypassing the congestion does not save time can expect (cf. TravelPilot DX-N from Blaupunkt Werke GmbH).

The DE 195 16 649 A1 discloses a navigation device for motor vehicles having an information store and a display fed therefrom for a map section containing the current location, wherein additional information is reproducible depending on the vehicle location and vehicle status, and wherein the additional information overlays the representation of the location within the map excerpt.

The EP 0 740 132 A1 discloses an audio-video navigation system for simultaneously displaying a plurality of information with a navigation device for generating navigation information, comprising an audio-video operation device for generating an image of the operating state of an audio and / or video equipment, with a display device for displaying an image of the navigation information and the image of the operating state, and image mixing means for generating image information mixed from the information of the navigation device and the audio-video operating device, wherein the image of the operating state of the audio and video equipment is superimposed on the image of the navigation information, and wherein the audio-video Navigation system comprises a display switching button arranged so that in the state in which only the image of the navigation information is displayed and the audio and / or video equipment is in use, the switching of the display switching button causes d The display device displays an image of the mixed image information.

The DE 199 03 093 A1 discloses a device for displaying vehicle data in a motor vehicle. This device has a display unit on which vehicle data in graphic or alphanumeric form can be displayed. Furthermore, an input unit is provided, by means of which the user can influence the form of presentation, the location of the representation and the size of the representation of the vehicle data.

The DE 198 52 237 A1 discloses a method for reproducing information in a telematics module for a motor vehicle comprising a display device, a transmitter receiver device and a control device, wherein information signals received from the transmitter-receiver device are assigned to at least one element, the elements from the controller to groups be summarized with at least one element, and wherein the groups with their elements individually displayed on the display device as needed.

The US 4,442,424 discloses another device for displaying operating conditions of a motor vehicle.

Object of the present invention is to provide a method and an apparatus of the ge Called to provide a kind that provides an improved representation of event-dependent information, in particular traffic information and / or telephone information.

Is solved this task once by a device with the features of Claim 1. The inventive device is thus characterized by controls whose operation is optional a) an abort of the overlying ones Presentation of information without the possibility of a recall the aborted information presentation, b) a selection and / or Setting one in conjunction with the information representation or c) a deferral of the overlaying function Information representation causes, with the deferred information representation or a changed one Information presentation is invocable, so that the in Connection with the information representation offered function again select and / or is adjustable.

Of Further, the task is performed by a method with the features of claim 9 solved.

at The method for displaying information is according to the invention provided that over at least one operating function optionally an abort of the superimposed Presentation of information or a selection and / or setting of a function offered in connection with the information presentation feasible is.

Of the Demolition of the overlaying Information presentation is preferably with and / or without recall the aborted information presentation feasible.

The Invention is particularly suitable for the presentation of traffic information and telephone information in the form of so-called pop-ups, d. h. that certain traffic or telephone information on the display device enlarged or be shown in more detail, with a last displayed menu or a last image superimposed at least partially on the "populated" information presentation becomes.

• 1. Er kann das Popup abbrechen, beispielsweise, wenn ihn die "aufgepoppt" dargestellte Information nicht interessiert. Der Abbruch des Popups führt zur Rückkehr zu dem zuletzt auf der Anzeigeeinrichtung dargestellten Menü bzw. zu dem dort zuletzt dargestellten Bild. Das konkrete Ereignis, welches das Popup hervorgerufen hat, z. B. eine bestimmte Staumeldung oder ein bestimmter Telefonanruf, wird dann allerdings nicht nochmals durch ein entsprechendes Popup dargestellt.
• 2. Er kann das Popup bestätigen, indem er eine damit zugleich angebotene Funktion auswählt bzw. einstellt. So kann das Navigationssystem beispielsweise so ausgelegt sein, dass eine verkehrsmeldungsabhängige Anpassung der berechneten Fahrroute nicht automatisch, sondern erst nach einer Darstellung der Verkehrsinformation auf der Anzeigeeinrichtung und einem entsprechenden Befehl des Nutzers zur Anpassung der Fahrroute erfolgt.
• 3. Ferner hat der Nutzer die Möglichkeit, das Popup zurückzustellen, so dass es von der Anzeigeeinrichtung entfernt wird und zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt wieder erscheint bzw. wieder aufgerufen werden kann. Das konkrete Ereignis, welches das Popup hervorgerufen hat, wird durch die Zurückstellung des Popups somit nicht gelöscht, es bleibt vielmehr im Hintergrund aktiv. Die in Verbindung mit dem Popup angebotene Funktion (z. B. Stauumfahrung oder Herstellung der Telefonverbindung) kann somit auch später ausgewählt bzw. eingestellt werden. Die Zurückstellung des jeweiligen Popups kann zu einer Rückkehr zu dem zuletzt auf der Anzeigeeinrichtung dargestellten Menü bzw. zu dem dort zuletzt dargestellten Bild oder zu einem Menüwechsel führen.

The user of the device according to the invention now has the following options:

• 1. He can abort the popup, for example, if he does not care about the "populated up" information. The abort of the pop-up leads to the return to the last menu displayed on the display device or to the picture last shown there. The concrete event that caused the popup, eg. As a specific traffic jam message or a particular phone call, but then not shown again by a corresponding pop-up.
• 2. He can confirm the popup by selecting or setting a function offered at the same time. Thus, the navigation system may for example be designed so that a traffic message-dependent adjustment of the calculated route does not automatically, but only after a presentation of the traffic information on the display device and a corresponding command of the user to adjust the route takes place.
• 3. Furthermore, the user has the option to reset the popup, so that it is removed from the display device and at a later time can appear again or be retrieved. The concrete event that caused the popup is thus not deleted by resetting the popup, it rather remains active in the background. The function offered in connection with the popup (eg congestion avoidance or establishment of the telephone connection) can thus also be selected or set later. The deferral of the respective pop-up can lead to a return to the last menu displayed on the display device or to the last image displayed there or to a menu change.

Further advantageous embodiments of the device according to the invention arise from the dependent claims.

According to one Further development of the invention is provided that the Wiederaufruf a deferred Presentation of information or a changed presentation of information, for example, through the change a traffic jam can be caused automatically after the expiration of a predetermined Time duration, which preferably also programmable by the user can be.

A Another embodiment of the invention provides that the deferred Presentation of information and / or altered information presentation manually callable again.

Farther can be provided that the recall automatically after at least a significant change the information shown, for example, an extension the traffic jam, he follows. In this case, preferably the changed information and / or the change of Information shown.

A another possibility of the recall is that the deferred information representation or a changed one Information display manually after calling a menu, in its context the event underlying the presentation of information is is retrievable.

following the invention will be described with reference to an exemplary embodiment Drawing closer explained.

The sole figure of the drawing shows an exemplary representation of traffic information on a display device 1 ,

The display device 1 consists of a color touch screen monitor, on the center of which is a display panel 2 is arranged. Above the display panel 2 there is a display line 3 on which temperature data of areas of the vehicle interior and the frequency of a set radio station are displayed. Sideways next to the display panel 2 or the display line 3 are two columns each with four touchscreen buttons 4 educated.

The display device is part of a not fully illustrated multifunction control element, which includes, inter alia, a navigation system, a car phone and a radio or audio system. The input of a destination in the navigation system is done in a conventional manner and will therefore not be further explained here. The route guidance of the navigation system takes place by means of the display device 1 as a screen display and additionally by a voice guide. The navigation system is equipped with means for receiving RDS-TMC traffic information. Traffic information such as congestion, congested traffic or a full closure is displayed in the form of a pop-up on the display 1 shown. In the embodiment shown is on the display panel 2 the display device 1 presented a traffic jam message. The presentation includes a pictogram 5 which shows a stylized highway with two departures and a traffic sign between the departures indicating a traffic jam. The presentation further includes alphanumeric information 6 that the pictogram 5 assigned. The alphanumeric information 6 include the name of the road, place names and detailed information, namely the length of the traffic jam. From the pictogram 5 and the associated alphanumeric information 6 Thus, the motor vehicle driver removes that on the A7 motorway from Hanover to Hamburg between the junctions and departures Hannover East and Großburgwedel a 15 km long traffic jam.

Below the pictogram 5 and the associated alphanumeric information 6 are two functions 7 . 8th on the display 2 illustrated, the abort of the pop-up shown or the selection of a function offered in connection with the popup, namely the calculation of an alternative route to bypass the congestion, by the operation of the associated controls 4 enable.

Canceling the popup will return to the last one on the display 2 displayed menu or to the last shown map display. The concrete traffic jam message which caused the pop-up shown is deleted when the pop-up is aborted, so that a corresponding popup is only displayed again when the navigation system again receives a corresponding traffic jam message from a TMC traffic message sender.

In contrast, the popup is confirmed by the control 8th is pressed, a menu jump takes place to the corresponding context menu. In this menu, the calculation of an alternative route to bypass the congestion is then carried out, so that the route guidance is adapted accordingly.

On the other hand, the user of the device according to the invention also has the option to reset the popup. The reset causes the pop-up to be removed, but after a certain amount of time has elapsed and / or the information displayed has changed 5 . 6 automatically back on the display 2 appears or can be manually recalled. The resetting of the popup can be done in different ways. On the one hand, the popup can be activated by pressing any control element 4 (Softkey), with the display field 2 returns to the last menu. On the other hand, the popup can also be reset by pressing any main menu button, which is associated with a change in the selected menu or the call of the last selected menu page. Furthermore, the popup can also be done by operating other controls in the form of so-called hardkeys (not shown), which cause a Aufpoppen a status line. This reset of the pop-up results in a return to the last menu and a pop up of a status line.

There are also several options for recalling a deferred popup. One possibility is that the recall of the deferred pop-ups occurs automatically upon expiration of a predetermined amount of time and / or a change in the event that caused the deferred pop-ups. This type of recall is useful for important messages, for example, when reporting a on his own lane oncoming wrong-way driver. Alternatively, the recall of a deferred pop-up may also be done manually by a general function for recalling messages and / or events. Another way to recall a deferred pop-up is to manually invoke the menu, which has the context of the popup event. For example, a pop-up related to a call may be accessed by pressing a menu key "Phone" or a traffic information, e.g. B. congestion information related pop-up by pressing a menu button "Traffic" be called.

The Invention is not on the embodiment described above limited. Rather, a number of variants are conceivable, even with fundamentally different Embodiment of the idea of the invention are included. So that can be a traffic jam information or another traffic information Popup also a include graphical map display. Furthermore, the popup can also a telephone information, such as a call information with pertaining to the number of the calling telephone. Besides, it is also possible that the popup information about vehicle conditions, for example, errors, Notes or operating states, having. This pop-up is as a result of a change in an operating state generated by the vehicle or the vehicle environment.

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Claims (15)

Device for displaying information, in particular traffic information and / or telephone information, in a motor vehicle, having a display device ( 1 ) on which various displays, in particular menus for selecting and / or setting functions, can be displayed, the information ( 5 . 6 . 7 . 8th ) on the display device ( 1 ) are displayed automatically as a function of at least one associated event, in such a way that a displayed image, at least partially, of the information representation ( 5 . 6 . 7 . 8th ) is superimposed, characterized by operating elements ( 4 ) whose operation optionally i) an abort of the overlapping information representation ( 5 . 6 . 7 . 8th ) without the possibility of recalling the aborted information representation ( 5 . 6 . 7 . 8th ), ii) a selection and / or setting of a function offered in connection with the presentation of information ( 7 . 8th ) or iii) a deferral of the overlapping information representation ( 5 . 6 . 7 . 8th ), the deferred information representation ( 5 . 6 . 7 . 8th ) and / or changed information representation ( 5 . 6 . 7 . 8th ), so that the function offered in connection with the presentation of information ( 7 . 8th ) is again selectable and / or adjustable. Device according to Claim 1, characterized in that the recall of the restored information representation ( 5 . 6 . 7 . 8th ) and / or a changed information representation ( 5 . 6 . 7 . 8th ) automatically after a predetermined period of time. Apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the deferred information representation ( 5 . 6 . 7 . 8th ) and / or a changed information representation ( 5 . 6 . 7 . 8th ) manually by operating a control element ( 4 ) is invocable for recall of messages and / or events. Device according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the recall automatically after at least one change of the displayed information ( 5 . 6 ), whereby at least the changed information ( 5 . 6 ) and / or the change of information ( 5 . 6 ) is pictured. Device according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the deferred information representation ( 5 . 6 . 7 . 8th ) manually by calling a menu, in the context of which the information underlying event is retrievable. Device according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the overlapping information representation ( 5 . 6 . 7 . 8th ) by actuating one or more specific touch-screen buttons and / or controls designed as softkeys ( 4 ) is repositionable. Device according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the overlapping information representation ( 5 . 6 . 7 . 8th ) is reset by operating one or more main menu controls. Device according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the overlapping information representation ( 5 . 6 . 7 . 8th ) is reset by actuation of one or more controls that cause or a superposition of status information. Method for presenting information ( 5 . 6 . 7 . 8th ), in particular traffic information and / or telephone information, in a motor vehicle, in which on a display device ( 1 ) for displaying various display images, in particular menus for selecting and / or setting of Functions, the information ( 5 . 6 . 7 . 8th ) are displayed automatically as a function of at least one associated result in such a way that a displayed display image, at least partially from the information representation ( 5 . 6 . 7 . 8th ) is superimposed, characterized in that via at least one operating function optionally a termination of the overlapping information representation ( 5 . 6 . 7 . 8th ) or a selection and / or setting of one in connection with the information representation ( 5 . 6 . 7 . 8th ) is performed, the recall automatically after at least one change of the displayed information ( 5 . 6 ) he follows. Method according to Claim 9, characterized in that an abort of the overlapping information representation ( 5 . 6 . 7 . 8th ) with and / or without recalling the aborted information representation ( 5 . 6 . 7 . 8th ) is feasible. Method according to claim 10, characterized in that the recall of the restored information representation ( 5 . 6 . 7 . 8th ) or a changed information representation ( 5 . 6 . 7 . 8th ) automatically after a predetermined period of time. Method according to claim 11, characterized in that that the duration is programmable. Method according to one of claims 9 to 12, characterized in that the deferred information representation ( 5 . 6 . 7 . 8th ) and / or a changed information representation ( 5 . 6 . 7 . 8th ) is manually recallable. Method according to one of claims 9 to 13, characterized in that at least the changed information ( 5 . 6 ) and / or the change of information ( 5 . 6 ) is pictured. Method according to one of claims 9 to 14, characterized in that the deferred information representation ( 5 . 6 . 7 . 8th ) or a changed information representation ( 5 . 6 . 7 . 8th ) manually after calling a menu, in the context of which the information representation ( 5 . 6 . 7 . 8th ) underlying event is called again.