Patent ID: 7237203
Filing Date: 2007-06-26
Classification: B60K

Abstract:
1. Process for visual display of information with a bar graph performed in a motor vehicle with an electronically controllable display, where the display is controlled in such a manner that at least two sets of information, having an interrelated effect, are displayed at the same place alternating with the same type of graphics, but with different labels, wherein a graphical comparison difference between said at least two sets of information is representative of a third set of information, and wherein said at least two sets of information are selected from the set that includes: a distance range said motor vehicle can travel before exhausting an amount of fuel in said motor vehicle, a distance said motor vehicle has to travel to reach an entered destination, an average fuel consumption of said motor vehicle, a current fuel consumption of said motor vehicle, an amount of fuel in said motor vehicle, and a distance range said motor vehicle can travel before exhausting said amount of fuel, a total travel time and a time traveled.