Patent ID: 9530259
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: B60K,G07C

Claim Text:
1. A method for displaying operating states of vehicle components of a vehicle, the method comprising: generating, using a control device, graphics data which actuate a display device such that a first graphics object is displayed including a representation of the vehicle in a first state; detecting and transmitting the operating states of the vehicle components to the control device; determining, using the control device, whether additional information pertaining to at least one vehicle component operating state should be output via the display device; determining, in response to a determination that additional information should be output, a viewing angle that enables the representation of the vehicle in the first graphics object as to be represented in a second state in such a way that the at least one vehicle component with the operating state requiring additional information output is arranged at the front of the representation of the vehicle so as to appear most proximate to a user via the display device; generating and displaying a second graphics object including a graphics representation of the vehicle component; and changing the first graphics object to represent the vehicle in a second state based on the viewing angle so as to display the second graphics object so as to appear most proximate to the user in the representation of the vehicle on the display device, wherein the arrangement of the second graphics object of the vehicle component in the first graphics object of the vehicle corresponds to a present arrangement of the vehicle component in the vehicle.