Patent ID: 9637002
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: B60K,G06F,G06K,H04N

Claim:
1. An adaptive, automatically-reconfigurable, vehicle instrument display method performed within a vehicle having multiple sensors located within the vehicle that monitor various aspects of a vehicle's operation and health, the method comprising: displaying in an instrument panel display of the vehicle, using at least one processor, at least some of multiple widgets representing at least some analog gauges, the displayed widgets each being positioned within the instrument panel display, wherein each displayed widget has associated therewith an importance value establishing its position within the instrument panel display; receiving, using the at least one processor coupled to the sensors, first information from the sensors, while the vehicle is being driven by a driver, to be analyzed by the at least one processor; determining, using the at least one processor, that the first information reflects a change representing using the processor, modifying the importance value of at least a first of the multiple widgets to a new importance value based upon a result of the determining; storing the importance value as an other importance value in storage linked to the first of the multiple widgets, and using the processor, automatically, dynamically, modifying at least a position of the first widget to a specific position in the instrument panel display to reflect the change, based upon the new importance value and irrespective of any previously established widget positioning, without any action by the driver of the vehicle.