CH711641A2

CH711641A2 - Vehicle with at least one display device with at least one attachable in different positions display surface.

Info

Publication number: CH711641A2
Application number: CH01471/15A
Authority: CH
Inventors: M Rinderknecht Frank; Kägi Peter
Original assignee: Rinspeed Ag
Priority date: 2015-10-09
Filing date: 2015-10-09
Publication date: 2017-04-13
Also published as: CH711641B1; DE102016011461A1

Abstract

The present invention relates to a vehicle or aircraft which comprises at least one driver or pilot seat station (18) and at least one display device (12, 14, 24), wherein the display device (12, 14, 24) (18), which can be mounted in different positions. (DE). WIPO Home services World Intellectual Property Organization The display device (12, 14, 24) is designed in such a way that the display surface can be moved and moved back towards the driver's or pilot's seat (18). In this case, the entire display surface moves closer to the driver's or pilot's seat (18) or moves away from the driver's or pilot's seat (18).

Description

Description: FIELD OF THE INVENTION The invention relates to a land vehicle or a watercraft or an amphibian vehicle or an aircraft, in short a "vehicle" comprising at least one driver or pilot seat and at least one display device Which is directed towards the driver's or pilot's seat and can be mounted in different positions.

PRIOR ART [0002] A vehicle of this type is known, for example, from EP 2 055 522 A1. A user interface is shown with a device for selecting and activating functions as well as a display device, the display device being only partially visible to the driver in a first position, and in a second position Is fully visible to the driver. In the position in which the display device is only partially visible, the driving safety is to be increased since the driver is less deflected.

[0003] Another vehicle is known from WO 2006/076 959 A1. This document shows a display device ("display"), which can be extended and pivoted upwards from an instrument panel. The extendability of the display device is restricted during travel in order not to limit the driver's field of view for the purpose of increased driving safety.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0004] The present invention is based on the object of improving display devices ("displays") of land, water, amphibian or aircraft (hereinafter collectively referred to as vehicles) as opposed to the prior art, in particular With regard to increased driving safety and flight safety and with regard to a simple and safe use for different driving or flight modes or operating conditions.

This object is achieved by a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a display device is configured in such a way that the display surface can be displaced and moved back again towards the driver's or pilot's seat. In this case, the entire display surface moves closer to the driver's or pilot's seat or moves back away from the driver's or pilot's seat.

The advantages of the solution according to the invention result in particular from the fact that the display device can be moved away from a driver / pilot seat seat as a function of an operating state of the vehicle as a whole or can be moved thereon. If one or more display devices are positioned closer to the driver / pilot seat, they can be ergonomically optimally aligned and clearly readable or interactively, depending on the design. In the reverse case, ie if one or more display devices are positioned further away from the driver / pilot seat, additional space gain with corresponding comfort and corresponding utilization possibilities results.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the display device has at least two presettable positions, wherein it is positioned in a first position closer to the driver's or pilot's seat, and is positioned in a second position farther away from the driver's or pilot's seat.

[0008] The ergonomic optimum arrangement of the at least one display device is made possible by the ability to install and store one or more predefined positions of the display device (s), preferably by means of a "memory function". The position of one or more display devices can, for example, be aligned to the size of a driver / pilot and his / her individual needs and wishes, but depending on the embodiment also with regard to additional passengers, for example, directed to a passenger / co-driver or a passenger.

[0009] In another advantageous embodiment, the display device can be positioned automatically or in response to a driving or flight situation in the first position or in the second position or in an intermediate position, depending on an input command.

[0010] In a further advantageous embodiment, a travel path of the display device runs translatoryly and / or curvedly. A translatory, ie, linear, travel path of the display device is advantageous, for example, if a shortest possible path (without obstacles) is usable. On the other hand, a curved travel path is, for example, advantageous if the display device is to be guided around an obstacle, depending on the vehicle, for example a steering wheel, a joystick, a switch or a lever. The curvature of the travel path is preferably adjustable, so that the travel distance can be optimized as a function of the size and / or shape of the obstacle, eg, as short as possible.

[0011] In yet another advantageous embodiment, the adjustment of one display device or of a plurality of display devices takes place by hand or by motor, along the travel path. This advantageous embodiment helps to increase the operating convenience depending on the purpose of the display device, or to reduce production costs and / or the vehicle / aircraft weight.

In a yet another advantageous embodiment, the vehicle comprises more than one display device, these or at least a part of them being coupled to one another or being controllable and / or viewable / operable independently of one another. This embodiment allows a plurality of display devices to be assembled into a larger display device. The individual display devices preferably show different, coordinated display sections. These then form an enlarged overall view or overall display in the combination of the individual display devices.

In a further advantageous embodiment, at least one display device is longitudinally adjustable and / or rotatably and / or height-adjustable relative to the driver's or pilot's seat or to a co-driver's seat or a co-driver's seat or a co-pilot's seat. In this way, all combinations of the individual display positions of display device connections are preferably optimal with regard to their operability and / or with regard to driving or flight modes or operating conditions of the vehicle and / or with regard to the physiognomic needs and wishes of the driver / pilot and / or the passenger / Co-driver or passengers.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the display areas of a plurality of display devices are displaceable with respect to one another with their mutually opposite sides in such a way that they together substantially form a display surface.

Furthermore, in a further embodiment, at least two display devices together form a (total) display surface which is planar or curved relative to one another, or a plurality of individual display surfaces lie on a plane which are at an angle to each other. In this way, a (total) display surface formed by a plurality of display devices, which are coupled to one another and / or from one another, can be arranged in an ideal manner, for example around a driver / pilot.

[0016] Such an arrangement is, for example, advantageous in order to provide ambient data and / or environmental information, which is determined by means of one or more processors or actuators, by means of corresponding devices (eg cameras, sensors, preferably ultrasonic and / or radar sensors, etc.) Computer as a visual environment with all driving rules and obstacles, and in real time. This is particularly advantageous, for example, when visibility is poor, ie at night, during fog, rain and / or snowfall, and increases operating safety in the driving and flight modes.

In a further, advantageous embodiment, at least one display device is configured with at least one touch-sensitive display surface ("touch screen"). This makes interactive operation possible via a display device, which can be used, for example, in a driving / flight mode for control or in the idle state for working / communicating.

A further different advantageous embodiment consists in that a vehicle also comprises a steering device, wherein the steering device comprises a steering wheel, which is rotatable around a steering axis, of at least two steering wheel segments and / or steering wheel levers. In this case, at least one steering wheel segment or at least one steering wheel lever can be folded over from a first position in which the steering wheel segments or steering wheel levers form the steering wheel in the direction of a front lying in the direction of travel or flight and can be brought into a second position in which the steering wheel segment or the steering wheel segment, Steering wheel lever is substantially parallel to the steering axis.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the vehicle is designed such that all steering wheel segments or all steering wheel levers can be folded over from the first position into the second position, wherein all steering wheel segments and / or all steering wheel levers lie essentially parallel to the steering axis.

[0020] In a first position, the steering wheel segments or levers thus initially form a steering wheel with which the vehicle can be controlled manually or conventionally in a first driving or flight mode or operating state. According to the embodiment, the steering wheel comprises mechanical and / or electronic control and / or communication means and / or display devices, the latter also being able to be touch-sensitive.

Depending on the embodiment, mechanical and / or electronic unlocking / unlocking, followed by a simple (simultaneous or successive) folding of the steering wheel segments or steering wheel levers in the direction of the vehicle front located in the direction of travel or direction of travel, now together form an exceptionally compact one steering device. This is no longer in the first operating state (manual control), but can still be controlled manually / conventionally, depending on the embodiment. The advantages are, for example, in a safe, simple and efficient operation, which is made possible by fast, uncomplicated and easy handling while at the same time exceptionally compact design of the steering device with folded-over steering segments / levers.

In a yet another advantageous embodiment, the at least one display device and the steering device are designed such that the at least one display device is provided for taking the position nearer to the driver's or pilot's seat position when the steering wheel segments or steering wheel levers are in the second position And the at least one display device is provided for taking the position remote from the driver's or pilot's seat position when the steering wheel segments or steering wheel levers form the steering wheel.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the steering wheel can be moved in the direction of the front in the second position of the steering wheel segments or of the steering wheel levers, in particular into a recess in an instrument panel or under a valve cover.

[0024] In a further advantageous embodiment, the land, water or amphibious vehicle is, in particular, autonomously self-propelled or the aircraft is self-propelled, in particular by means of an autopilot.

The advantages result, for example, in that one or more display devices can be used or positioned in combination with the steering device in such a way that, on the one hand, a manual or conventional operation of the steering device in the driving position is ensured unhindered; Wish is ergonomically positioned in the best possible way or is operable in the background or laterally to the steering device; On the other hand, the steering device is arranged in autonomous or self-propelled operation or in the case of a stationary vehicle in the space-saving, ie folded-in, position which is folded away from the driver's or pilot's seat and the vehicle is independently guided or standing by the driver / In this case, however, the at least one display device in the foreground is positioned closer to the driver / pilot in such a way that it is usable by the driver / pilot, independent of the responsibility resulting from driving / piloting, eg for the guiding of video conferences, The individual working on a computer and / or the reading of newspapers, answering e-mail etc .; And that it is also possible, if required, that, even in autonomous or self-propelled operation, the at least one display device is positioned so as to save space in the background or laterally to the steering device in such a way that the additional arrangement of the steering device remote from the driver / Interior remains free, eg

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0026] Further preferred embodiments and advantages of the invention result from the dependent claims as well as from the following description of preferred exemplary embodiments with reference to the figures. In this connection:

1 shows a cockpit of a vehicle or aircraft with display devices in different display positions, and a steering device whose steering wheel segments can be folded over an axis of rotation towards a front;

FIG. 2 shows a cockpit according to FIG. 1, wherein the display devices are positioned differently and the steering device is inserted in a recess in a dashboard in front of a driver's seat or pilot seat;

FIG. 3 shows a cockpit according to FIG. 1 with again differently positioned indicating devices.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows a cockpit 10 of a vehicle or aircraft with display devices 12, 14, which as a whole move translatively in the direction of the arrow 16 to a driver / pilote seating position 18 or passenger / co-pilot seat 20 or Can again be displaced translatively in the direction of the arrow 22. In the representation shown in FIG. 1, therefore, both display devices 12, are positioned in a display position remote from the driver / pilot seat station 18 or passenger / co-driver seat 20. In this display position, the operating mode of the vehicle / aircraft is such that it is to be operated manually or to be driven / fly without the display devices 12, 14 lying in the field of view of the driver / pilot or co-driver / copilot.

1 shows a further display device 24 positioned centrally between the display devices 12, 14. This central display device 24 is also shown positioned in a display position remote from the seating positions 18, 20. [0028] FIG. In the embodiment shown, the display device 24 is rotatable about an axis XX and can be adjusted along this axis XX and can be adjusted by an angle a (alpha) to a vertical. Furthermore, the display device 24 is embodied translatively in the direction of the arrow 26 further into the cockpit 10 or in the direction of the arrow 28 again translatively out of the cockpit 10. All positional displacements of the display devices 12, 14, 24 are motor-driven, storeable and retrievable in the variant embodiment shown.

Furthermore, the cockpit 10 of FIG. 1 shows a steering device 30 with a steering wheel 32, which is rotatable about a steering axis YY and which is essentially formed by two steering wheel segments 34. In this case, the two steering wheel segments 34 can be folded over from the shown first position, in which the steering wheel segments 34 form the steering wheel 32, along the steering axis YY in the direction of a front 36 located in the direction of travel / direction of flight and can be moved into a position (not shown in FIG. Second position. In this second position, the steering wheel segments 34 lie essentially parallel to the steering axis YY, the steering device 30 being insertable or retractable in a recess 38 of the dashboard 40 along the steering axis YY in front of a driver or pilot seat 18, FIG.

Claims

In the first position, the steering wheel segments 34 thus initially form a steering wheel 32 with which a vehicle can be controlled manually or conventionally in a first driving or flight mode or operating state. In the second position, on the other hand, the vehicle is autonomously self-propelled or advantageously self-propelled by way of an autopilot or in a park or rest position. 2 shows a cockpit 10 of a vehicle according to FIG. 1, wherein the indicating devices 12, 14 are positioned translatively closer to the seating positions 18, 20. In the exemplary embodiment shown in FIG. In addition, the middle display device 24 is also positioned translatively in the direction 26 in the vicinity of the seats 18, 20, Wherein it is also slightly oriented towards the driver / pilot seat 18. The display device 24 is also designed with a touch-sensitive display surface ("touch screen"). FIG. 3 shows a cockpit 10 of a vehicle according to FIG. 1, wherein the display devices 12, 24, as shown in FIG. 2, are closer to the seats 18, 20 and the display devices 14, as shown in FIG Away. Of course, all positional combinations and orientations of the display devices 12, 14, 24 are adjustable / adjustable, but this is omitted for the sake of clarity. In an embodiment variant (not shown), the steering device 30, 42 with respect to the driving A steering device 30, 42 is arranged on the left-hand side and at the same time on the right-hand side in a further different embodiment variant (not shown). claims

1. A land vehicle or craft or amphibian vehicle or aircraft, in short "vehicle", comprising at least one driver or pilot seat station (18) and at least one display device (12, 14, 24), the display device (12, , 24) comprises at least one display surface which is directed towards the driver's or pilot's seat (18) and can be mounted in different positions, characterized in that the display device (12, 14, 24) is designed such that the display surface faces the driver's or pilot's seat (18 ) And can be moved back again such that the entire display surface moves closer to the driver's or pilot's seat (18) or moves back away from the driver's or pilot's seat (18).

2. Vehicle according to claim 1, characterized in that the display device (12, 14, 24) has at least two presettable positions, wherein it is positioned in a first position closer to the driver's or pilot's seat (18), and in a second Position further away from the driver's or pilot's seat.

3. The vehicle as claimed in claim 2, wherein the display device can be positioned automatically or on an input command in the first position or in the second position or in an intermediate position as a function of a driving or flight situation is.

4. Vehicle according to claim 1, characterized in that a travel path of the display device (12, 14, 24) runs translatively and / or curved.

5. The vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the adjustment of a display device (12, 14, 24) or a plurality of display devices (12, 14, 24) takes place by hand or by motor along the travel path.

6. Vehicle according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises more than one display device (12, 14, 24), these or at least a part thereof being coupled to one another or being controllable and / or viewable / operable independently of one another.

7. The vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one display device (12, 14, 24) is arranged relative to the driver's or pilot's seat (18) or to a co-driver's seat or a co-driver's seat or a co-driver's seat (20 ) Is longitudinally adjustable and / or rotatable and / or height-adjustable.

8. Vehicle according to claim 7, characterized in that the display surfaces of a plurality of display devices (12, 14, 24), which are coupled or can be displaced independently of one another, are displaceable with respect to one another with their mutually opposite sides in such a way that they together form essentially a single display surface.

9. The vehicle as claimed in claim 8, wherein a display surface formed from at least two display devices is flat or bent or that several display surfaces form planes at an angle to one another.

10. Vehicle according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one display device (12, 14, 24) is designed with at least one touch-sensitive display surface ("touch screen").

11. The vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the steering device further comprises a steering device with a steering wheel, which is rotatable about a steering axis, comprising at least two steering wheel segments and / or steering wheel levers, Wherein at least one steering wheel segment (34) or at least one steering wheel lever can be folded over from a first position, in which the steering wheel segments (34) or steering wheel levers form the steering wheel (32), towards a front (36) lying in the direction of travel or flight A second position in which the steering wheel segment (34) or the steering wheel lever is substantially parallel to the steering axis (YY).

12. Vehicle according to claim 11, characterized in that all steering wheel segments (34) or all steering wheel levers can be folded over from the first position into the second position, wherein all steering wheel segments. (34) and / or all steering wheel levers lie essentially parallel to the steering axis (YY).

13. The vehicle as claimed in claim 11, wherein the at least one display device is configured such that the at least one display device, Is provided for taking the position closer to the driver's or pilot's seat (18) when the steering wheel segments (34) or steering wheel levers are in the second position, andthe at least one display device (12, 14, 24) (18) is provided when the steering wheel segments (34) or steering wheel levers form the steering wheel (32).

14. The vehicle as claimed in claim 11, wherein the steering wheel (32) can be moved in the direction of the front (36) in the second position of the steering wheel segments (34) or of the steering wheel levers, in particular into a recess (38) In a dashboard (40) or under a valve cover.

15. The vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the land, water or amphibious vehicle is, in particular, autonomously self-propelled or the aircraft is self-propelled, in particular by means of an autopilot.