Patent ID: 9620016
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: B60K,G08G

Claim:
1. A distance display system for a motor vehicle having a body, a powertrain, and a passenger compartment enclosed by the body for accommodating at least one occupant, the display system comprising: at least one distance sensor configured to register a distance of the motor vehicle from an object adjacent the body; an optical display device arranged inside the motor vehicle in a roof liner, the optical display device having a plurality of lighting elements arranged in the form of a curved notional line, the optical display device configured to display the distance registered by the distance sensor in a first operating mode and a second operating mode; a control unit configured to control the plurality of lighting elements individually in both the first and second operating modes; wherein the control unit, in the first operating mode, is configured to illuminate at least one of the plurality of lighting elements such that the optical display device displays the distance registered by the distance sensor as a function of the illuminated length of the notional line; and wherein the control unit, in the second operating mode, is configured to disable at least one of the plurality of lighting elements such that the optical display device displays the distance registered by the distance sensor as a function of the disabled length of the notional line.