Patent ID: 11858350
Assignee: PACCAR INC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method for providing flexible vehicle status notifications via an instrument cluster displayed on an in-vehicle screen, comprising:
receiving information associated with a gauge measurement of a gauge that is outside of a normal operating range;
determining a gauge state based on the received information;
determining whether the gauge is currently displayed on-screen or hidden from display;
when the gauge is currently displayed on-screen, updating the instrument cluster to change the gauge from a current display state to a display state associated with the gauge state, wherein the display state includes presentation attributes of a salience level corresponding to the gauge state;
when the gauge is currently hidden from display, updating the instrument cluster to show the gauge in the display state associated with the gauge state, and
wherein when the gauge is currently hidden from display, updating the instrument cluster to show the gauge further comprises:
determining whether the gauge has an assigned position in the instrument cluster;
when the gauge has an assigned position in the instrument cluster, showing the gauge in the assigned position; and
when the gauge does not have an assigned position in the instrument cluster, showing the gauge in a dynamic container, wherein the dynamic container has an assigned position in the instrument cluster and is assignable to display any of a plurality of hidden gauges including the gauge.