DE102013201131A1 - Method of displaying operating parameters of motor car in user interface for electronic controller, involves representing first operating parameter by physical effect and second operating parameter by physical effect of different type - Google Patents

Abstract

The method involves providing an output medium in a user interface (2) with which operating parameters are displayed. The first operating parameter is represented by a physical effect and the second operating parameter is represented by a physical effect of different type with respect to first physical effect. The first operating parameter is represented by effect of light color and audio-frequency effect and the second operating parameter is represented by the effect of light intensity and sound volume effect. An independent claim is included for a user interface.

Description

The invention relates to a user interface for motor vehicles. It relates in particular to a method and a device and control components such. B. computer program modules with which the input and / or output of control information can be done.

As user interfaces for electronic controls, a variety of devices are known, such as mechanical devices such as knobs, sliders or buttons. In electronic devices, graphical user interfaces (GUI) are mostly used, which can be designed as a screen in conjunction with mechanical keys or as so-called touch screens with a touch-sensitive screen surface.

The output or the display of parameter values in motor vehicles is often with analog or digital display devices such. As temperature displays, Tachonadeln, LEDs, monitors, etc. From the DE 10 2005 060 605 A1 is a graphical control and display device for motor vehicles with a touch-sensitive surface known.

It is important for vehicle drivers to be distracted as little as possible from driving the vehicle when reading and setting parameter values in the vehicle. For example, averting the gaze from the direction of travel or inclining the body towards controls may counteract this goal.

It is an object of the invention to provide a user interface for controls in motor vehicles, with which the reading of displayed vehicle parameters can be as simple and fast as possible with the least possible distraction.

This object is achieved by the invention specified in the independent claims. Advantageous embodiments of the invention are indicated in the dependent claims.

According to a first aspect of the invention, a user interface is provided for displaying values for at least two operating parameters of a motor vehicle. It has an output medium with which the values for both operating parameters can be displayed at the same time. The first value is represented by a first physical effect. The second value is represented by a second physical effect different from the first effect.

In a first advantageous embodiment of the invention, the output medium is lichtdarstellend. The first operating parameter is represented by the effect of a light color and the second operating parameter is represented by the effect of a light intensity or amount of light. The two effects are optical.

In a second advantageous embodiment of the invention, the output medium is sound-bearing. The first operating parameter is represented by a tone frequency effect and the second operating parameter is represented by a tone volume effect. The two effects are acoustic in nature.

• – Lichtintensität
• – Lichtmenge
• – Lichtstreuung
• – Lichtfarbe
• – Transmission
• – Tonlautstärke
• – Tonfrequenz bzw. Tonfrequenzmischung
• – mechanische Vibrationsfrequenz
• – Vibrationsintensität
• – Lufttemperatur
• – Luftströmungsgeschwindigkeit
• – Luftströmungsleistung.

Combinations of different physical effects can be provided for the invention, for. B. Combinations of optical, acoustic, thermal and mechanical effects, in particular combinations of the effects

• - Light intensity
• - amount of light
• - Light scattering
• - Light color
• - Transmission
• - Sound volume
• - Audio frequency or audio frequency mixing
• - mechanical vibration frequency
• - vibration intensity
• - air temperature
• - Air flow velocity
• - Air flow performance.

In a second aspect of the invention, which can be used in combination or independently of the first aspect of the invention, for representing values of several operating parameters of a motor vehicle in a user interface, the user interface is provided with respect to its color as well as brightness, transmission and / or light scattering having variably adjustable display unit. The value of a first operating parameter is displayed by means of the set color, and the value of a second operating parameter is displayed by means of the set brightness, transmission or light scattering level.

According to the second aspect of the invention, it is provided in particular to use the light color as the first physical effect and the brightness, transmission and / or light scattering as the second physical effect that differs from the first effect.

With the invention, an intuitive user interface for motor vehicles can be created by which the user can immediately recognize the displayed values of several vehicle parameters in one go. This will be particular by a combined display of the parameters in a display unit by means of an illuminated, variably light-scattering output medium possible. As light-scattering output medium is particularly suitable at least partially gaseous medium, such as smoke or a controllable in terms of its transparency or brightness or luminance screen such. As an LCD or LED screen.

In an advantageous exemplary embodiment of the invention, the display unit has a lighting unit which can be set with regard to the color of the light emitted by it and a display element which is illuminated by the lighting unit and comprises smoke. The degree of light scattering is adjusted by adjusting the smoke density and / or a Rauchverwirbelungsgrades to represent the value of the second operating parameter. The display unit may comprise an at least partially transparent body, for example a wholly or partly spherical glass body or acrylic glass body. In order to indicate the value of the second operating parameter, smoke can be introduced into or generated in the transparent body, the density of the smoke and / or the degree of turbulence of the smoke being adjusted as a function of the value of the second operating parameter.

The smoke may be an aerosol produced by a combustion process or another chemical process in finely divided, in particular colloidal form. It can exhaust gases, dust particles such. As soot, fly ash or other unburned components. He can also in the form of mist droplets such. B. as water vapor or oil vapor. It can also be generated by atomization of liquid. It may in particular be a mixture of one or more substances in a solid or liquid with a gaseous phase. A smoke density can be adjusted, for example, via the amount of smoke introduced into a body. It can also be set by the smoke temperature.

For example, as the first operating parameter, the air temperature in the interior of the motor vehicle can be provided for the invention, and the second operating parameter can be the blower stage of a blower unit for the interior.

With the invention, several parameters can advantageously be read or perceived by the driver in a motor vehicle at the same time without distraction of the driver. According to the invention, a corresponding user interface and a corresponding motor vehicle are also provided.

In the following, embodiments of the invention will be explained in more detail with reference to a figure. The figure shows schematically a in a motor vehicle 1 (Automotive) user interface 2 (BST), as well as one of its control 3 (CTRL) connected fan 4 (GEBL), with the air in the interior of the motor vehicle 1 can be blown. At the user interface 2 is still a temperature sensor 5 (SENS), which measures the temperature in the interior. In the user interface 2 is still an input unit 9 (EING), for example, a control knob assembly or a touch screen provided on the operator commands in the controller 3 (CTRL) can be entered for driving actuators of the motor vehicle 1 such as the blower 4 , From the blower 4 can also provide sensor values or other messages to the controller 3 be reported back. To the driver of the motor vehicle 1 Information about in the blower 4 set blower level and over that of the sensor 5 It is intuitive to display the measured internal temperature in the user interface 2 a vitreous body 6 (GLK) provided by a smoke generator 7 (RERZ) generated smoke can be blown. This is still in the glass body 6 a light-emitting diode arrangement 8th (LED), which includes red, blue and green LEDs. The control unit controls the measured internal temperature 3 the light-emitting diode arrangement 8th accordingly. In this case, each color temperature value is assigned a color value, wherein preferably lower temperatures are associated with more blue components and higher temperatures with more red components. Thus, the interior temperature is displayed to the driver based on the light color. At the same time the controller controls 3 the smoke generator 7 according to the set blower level. In this case, the more smoke is generated and blown into the glass body, the higher the set blower level. The visualization of the blower stage can also be done by the smoke in the glass body 6 For example, with a fan located therein or on it, the more swirled, the higher the fan speed is set. When the blower stage is reduced, the swirling becomes, for example, by reducing the performance of the fan of the glass body 6 reduced and / or smoke from the vitreous body 6 in the smoke generator 7 sucked back. That of the LED arrangement 8th Light generated by the in the glass body 6 introduced smoke scattered. The smoke thus represents that of the light emitting diode array 8th The denser the smoke, the stronger the scattering effect and the more intense the amount of light that appears for the driver. With the amount of light visible to him the driver is shown the strength of the blower stage. Instead of smoke, for example, an optoelectronic with respect to the transmission or scattering adjustable Element such as As an LCD display for displaying the light generated by the LED can be used.

In an embodiment in which the representation of the measured internal temperature and the set blower stage takes place by means of an acoustic effect instead of the optical effect described, would be at the locations of the optically active elements of the glass body 6 , the light-emitting diode arrangement 8th and the smoke generator 7 corresponding acoustically effective elements occur, for example, a sound-bearing sound box and a corresponding sound generator.

The described devices and system components can in particular be controlled by computer programs and can have other known per se elements of computers and digital control devices such as a microprocessor, volatile and non-volatile memory, interfaces, etc. Therefore, the invention can also be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product which, when loaded and executed on a computer, completely or partially effects a sequence according to the invention. It can be provided, for example, in the form of a data carrier such as a CD / DVD, or else in the form of one or more files on a server from which the computer program can be downloaded.

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• DE 102005060605 A1 [0003]

Claims (11)

Method for displaying values for at least two operating parameters of a motor vehicle ( 1 ) in a user interface ( 2 ), in which in the user interface ( 2 ) an output medium acts with which the values for both operating parameters can be displayed at the same time, wherein the first value is displayed with a first physical effect and the second value is displayed with a second physical effect different from the first effect. The method of claim 1 wherein the output medium is light-emitting and the first operating parameter is represented by the effect of a light color and the second operating parameter is represented by the effect of a light intensity. The method of claim 1, wherein the output medium is sound-bearing and the first operating parameter is represented by an audio frequency effect and the second operating parameter is represented by a sound volume effect. Method for displaying values of several operating parameters of a motor vehicle ( 1 ) in a user interface ( 2 ), in particular according to claim 1 or 2, in which the user interface ( 2 ) display unit which can be variably adjusted with regard to its color and brightness, transmission and / or light scattering ( 6 . 7 . 8th ), wherein the value of a first operating parameter is represented by means of the set color and the value of a second operating parameter is represented by means of the set brightness, transmission or light scattering level. Method according to claim 4, characterized in that the display unit ( 6 . 7 . 8th ) adjustable in terms of the color of the light emitted by her lighting unit ( 8th ), and one of the lighting unit ( 8th ) illuminated display element that includes smoke, and that the light scattering level is adjusted by adjusting the smoke density and / or the degree of turbulence of the smoke to represent the value of the second operating parameter. Method according to one of claims 4 or 5, characterized in that the display unit ( 6 . 7 . 8th ) an at least partially transparent body ( 6 ) and that in order to display the value of the second operating parameter, smoke is injected into the body ( 6 ) is introduced or generated, wherein the density of the smoke and / or the degree of turbulence of the smoke is adjusted in dependence on the value of the second operating parameter. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the first operating parameter, the air temperature in the interior of the motor vehicle ( 1 ) and the second operating parameter is the blower level of a blower unit ( 4 ) is for the interior. User interface for a motor vehicle ( 1 ) for displaying values of a plurality of operating parameters of the motor vehicle ( 1 ), comprising a visual display unit which is variably adjustable with respect to its color and brightness, transmission and / or light scattering ( 6 . 7 . 8th ), wherein the value of a first operating parameter is displayed with the color and the value of a second operating parameter is represented with the brightness, transmission or light scattering level respectively set. A user interface according to claim 8, comprising lighting ( 8th ), with which a with regard to its transmission and / or light scattering variably adjustable display medium is illuminated, the color of the lighting ( 8th ) is variable, is represented with the color of the value of a first operating parameter and the value of a second operating parameter is represented with the respectively set transmission or spreading. User interface according to claim 8 or 9, comprising a controller ( 3 ) for carrying out a method according to one of claims 1 to 7. Motor vehicle comprising a user interface according to one of claims 8 to 10.

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