Method for displaying a two-sided two-dimensional object on a display in a motor vehicle and display device for a motor vehicle

Abstract

In a method for displaying information in a motor vehicle, at least one two-dimensional object is displayed graphically in a first representation which shows one side of the object, and in a second representation which shows the other side of the object, with the aid of a display mounted in the motor vehicle, different information being shown on the respective sides of the two-dimensional graphical object, and the graphical object extending substantially over the entire size of the display in at least one direction in the first and / or second representation. The representation of the graphical object is altered as a function of a control signal such that the graphical object rotates from one side to the other side in a perspective representation on the display, the two-dimensional graphical object always being fully displayed, at least perspectively, during the rotation. A corresponding display device for a motor vehicle is provided for performing the method.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13 / 055,694 filed on Apr. 20, 2011, which is a national phase of International Application No. PCT / EP2009 / 059085 filed on Jul. 15, 2009, which claims priority to German Patent Application No. 10 2008 034 507.5 filed on Jul. 24, 2008, each of which is expressly incorporated herein in its entirety by reference thereto.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to a method for displaying information in a motor vehicle, in which at least one two-dimensional object is displayed graphically in a first representation which shows one side of the object and in a second representation which shows the other side of the object, with the aid of a display mounted in the motor vehicle. Different information is shown on the respective sides of the two-dimensional graphical object. Moreover, in the first and / or second representation, the graphical object extends substanti...

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Benefits of technology

[0010]Example embodiments of the present invention provide a method and a display device, in which the displayed information is able to be comprehended as quickly and intuitively as possible, and which permit a rapid, intuitive and simple operator control of vehicle devices whose information is displayed.

[0012]Customarily, the rotation of a graphical object is represented such that the display area which is taken up by the object within the display during the rotation includes areas of the display which are not included by the end positions at the beginning of the rotation and at the end of the rotation. Therefore, such a rotation cannot be represented if, in the starting position, the graphical object substantially fully occupies the size of the display, at least in one direction. Thus, in the case of the method according to example embodiments of the present invention, it is possible for the graphical object to completely fill the display in at least one direction, so that the information represented by the object is able to be shown to as to be very large and therefore very quickly and easily comprehensible for the observer, and at the same time, a rotation of the graphical object from one side to the other side is completely visually displayed.

[0024]According to example embodiments of the present invention, the speed of the motor vehicle is measured, and the duration of the total rotation or the duration of the rotation of the first and / or second phase is ascertained as a function of the speed of the motor vehicle. By preference, the higher the speed of the motor vehicle, the longer the duration of the rotation. Namely, at higher speeds, the driver can only direct his eye toward the display for shorter time intervals. Moreover, the spacing of the time intervals in which the driver directs his eye toward the display is greater, since at higher speeds, the driver must focus greater attention on the driving process. The coupling of the rotational duration of the two-dimensional object to the speed of the motor vehicle therefore ensures that at higher speeds, the driver retains his orientation in the information display, and in this manner, is able to comprehend the information contents easily, quickly and intuitively.

Problems solved by technology

If such menu structures are used in a motor vehicle, the problem arises that navigation within these menu structures and the absorption of the information indicated by the display claim the attention of the driver such that at least in the case of some applications, such as entering a destination for the navigation system, the simultaneous safe driving of the motor vehicle by the driver is impaired.

However, such drawbacks for the user operation are undesirable.

Therefore, such a rotation cannot be represented if, in the starting position, the graphical object substantially fully occupies the size of the display, at least in one direction.

In this context, many animation techniques which are used outside of the motor vehicle for the variable graphic display of objects are unsuitable for use in the motor vehicle, since in the vehicle, the observer only looks at the display for brief moments.

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