EP1425555A1 - Instrumententafel - Google Patents
InstrumententafelInfo
- Publication number
- EP1425555A1 EP1425555A1 EP02767199A EP02767199A EP1425555A1 EP 1425555 A1 EP1425555 A1 EP 1425555A1 EP 02767199 A EP02767199 A EP 02767199A EP 02767199 A EP02767199 A EP 02767199A EP 1425555 A1 EP1425555 A1 EP 1425555A1
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- EP
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- Prior art keywords
- instrument panel
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Classifications
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01C—MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY
- G01C23/00—Combined instruments indicating more than one navigational value, e.g. for aircraft; Combined measuring devices for measuring two or more variables of movement, e.g. distance, speed or acceleration
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60K—ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
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Definitions
- the invention relates to an instrument panel for the control station of a land, air or water vehicle, in particular for the cockpit of an aircraft, of the type defined in the preamble of claim 1.
- instrument panels information which is indispensable for the driver or pilot for driving or driving the aircraft is displayed by means of individual instruments or devices built into the instrument panel, in the display fields of which current operating and navigation data, such as water and oil temperature, malfunctions, Speed, flight horizon, weather data and the like, can be read by the driver or pilot.
- the instruments are usually purchased separately from different manufacturers and have different interfaces via which they must be integrated into the overall system of the vehicle or aircraft.
- actuators such as potentiometers and / or switches, are also present in the instrument panel, which are used at least in part for switching on and switching over and presetting the instruments.
- Such instrument panels are not only used in vehicles or aircraft, but also in simulators Learn how to drive a vehicle or fly an aircraft, in which the driver's cabin or cockpit is modeled as realistically as possible for the trainee.
- the different makes of display instruments with quite different interfaces supplied by different manufacturers represent a cost factor which has a not inconsiderable effect on the production costs of the simulator.
- the invention has for its object to provide an instrument panel of the type mentioned, in particular for use in driving or flight simulators, which is realistic, is inexpensive to manufacture and maintain by avoiding many individual instruments and can be modified with relatively little production effort in order to adapt them to expanded or changed requirements of the instrumentation of the driver's cab or the cockpit.
- the instrument panel according to the invention has the advantage that all the desired combinations of instrument displays can be realistically represented in the instrument panel with appropriate dimensions of the transmitted light lens and mask.
- one or more image projectors are used for this purpose, which are controlled by an image generator in which the various display fields with their information are digitally generated.
- the translucent lens can easily be provided with openings so that both depth actuators for presetting and switching the display fields in association with these can be passed through the translucent lens, and, if desired, independent, real instruments can also be used in the instrument panel.
- the instrument panel according to the invention can be adapted quickly and cost-effectively to changes in the instrumentation of the driver's cabin and cockpit, since the graphics can be changed easily by software changes and the production of the mask and transmission lens with changes in the arrangement of cutouts and of openings and openings for the receptacle of associated actuators requires only relatively low manufacturing costs.
- the instrument panel according to the invention avoids the hitherto usual variety of instruments from different manufacturers with different interfaces and the necessity to use different service services as well as the problem of procuring spare parts. Errors in the display fields rarely occur and can easily be remedied by tampering with the software.
- the instrument panel according to the invention is preferably used in simulators for realistic instrumentation of a driver's cabin for a vehicle, a cockpit for an aircraft, a control station for a locomotive or tram, and the like. ⁇ . used with advantage, since the image generators, which are present anyway, can be used to generate a simulated view for the driver or pilot to generate the display fields.
- the instrument panel according to the invention can also be used in real driving or aircraft.
- the cutouts which expose the various display fields on the transmitted-light pane are lined with a peripheral frame in the mask lying directly on the transmitted-light pane.
- Appropriate designs of the frames can give the impression of a real display instrument in each display field, so that the "virtual" instrument panel with regard to the instruments shown cannot be distinguished from its real counterpart.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an instrument panel without a housing in an exploded view and partially schematic
- FIG. 2 shows a section along the line II-II of the instrument panel in FIG. 1 completed with a housing.
- the partially schematized in FIG. 1 in exploded view and in FIG. 2 in longitudinal section for the cockpit of an aircraft, in particular a helicopter, has a variety of instruments for navigation and for monitoring proper flight operations as well as a number of actuators for one - and switching and presetting the instruments.
- the instrument arrangement is realized in that the display fields 13 of the individual instruments are displayed by means of image projection on a transmitted-light pane 11 made of transparent plastic or glass and a mask 12 made of sheet metal or plastic is placed directly on the transmitted-light pane 11 and has cutouts 14 congruent with the display fields 13 ,
- the individual display fields shown are identified by 131-134.
- the congruent recesses 14 in the mask 1-2 are marked with the reference numerals 141-144.
- the cutouts 14 are each lined with a circumferential frame 15 (FIG. 2), which is adapted in each case to the border of a real instrument shown “virtually” in the instrument panel.
- FIG. 2 the mask 12 lying directly on the transmitted-light pane 11 is shown in FIG.
- the individual display fields 131-134 are congruent with the individual recesses 141-144 assigned to them, that is, recess 141 with display field 131, recess 142 with display field 132, etc.
- the display fields 13 are imaged on the back of the transmitted-light lens 11 facing away from the mask 12 by means of an image projector 15.
- an image projector 15 With larger instrument panels, two or more image projectors 15 can also be used to image the display fields 13.
- the image projector 15 is connected to an image generator 16 in which the display fields 13 are digitally generated together with the current information shown in the display fields 13.
- Image projector 15 and image generator 16 are enclosed in a housing 17, the front of which is adapted to the shape of the instrument panel to be reproduced and is covered by the mask 12 resting on the transmitted-light lens 11.
- the actuators 18 usually present in the instrument panel serve at least partially to switch on and switch over and preset the display instruments individualized by the display fields 13 with recesses 14 and are correspondingly assigned to the display indicators 13. These actuators 18 are, for example, potentiometers or switches which can be actuated by means of manual control elements 19 designed as rotary knobs or shift levers. Two such actuators 18 with control element 19 are shown in FIG. 2.
- the structural actuators 18 are mechanically fixed in the mask 12 and protrude through openings 20 made in the translucent lens 11. For the mechanical fixing of the actuators 18 in the mask 12, holes 21 are provided which are introduced into the mask 12 coaxially with the openings 20 in the transmitted-light lens 11.
- the actuators 18 are inserted with a fastening pin through the openings 21 and clamped to the mask 12 by means of a counter element fixed on the fastening pin.
- each mounting pin carries an external thread and the counter element is designed as a nut 23 which is screwed onto the mounting pin until it is firmly seated.
- the controls 19 protrude from the mask 12 at right angles.
- Fig. 1 there is no representation of the actuators 18, so that only the holes 21 for the passage of corresponding fastening pins formed on the actuators 18 can be seen in the mask 12.
- the holes 21 have a circular, square or rectangular cross section.
- the electrical actuator outputs 25 are connected to the image generator 16 via corresponding electrical signal lines 26 in order to transmit the corresponding information about the adjustment of the actuators 18 to the image generator 16.
- the image generation for the display fields 13 and the information currently contained therein is then modified in accordance with these specifications.
Abstract
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Applications Claiming Priority (3)
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DE10145294A DE10145294B4 (de) | 2001-09-14 | 2001-09-14 | Instrumententafel |
DE10145294 | 2001-09-14 | ||
PCT/EP2002/007766 WO2003025511A1 (de) | 2001-09-14 | 2002-07-12 | Instrumententafel |
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EP (1) | EP1425555A1 (de) |
DE (1) | DE10145294B4 (de) |
WO (1) | WO2003025511A1 (de) |
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US20060160049A1 (en) * | 2005-01-14 | 2006-07-20 | Faiek Zora | Flight simulator panel with active graphic display instrumentation |
US7347574B2 (en) | 2005-05-31 | 2008-03-25 | Visteon Global Technologies, Inc. | Decorative lens |
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US8142030B2 (en) | 2008-04-28 | 2012-03-27 | Visteon Global Technologies, Inc. | Reconfigurable center stack with touch sensing |
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US9165414B2 (en) * | 2010-02-16 | 2015-10-20 | Honeywell International Inc. | Method and system for predicting performance of an aircraft |
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US9902265B2 (en) * | 2011-05-13 | 2018-02-27 | Volkswagen Ag | Display device for a vehicle, and vehicle |
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