Patent application EP20167270A (EP), filed 2020-03-31
Publication number: EP3734502A2
Title: DISPLAY METHOD
Abstract: [0001]    A method (100) includes detecting, with a sensor (16), a gaze (18) of an occupant (10) of a vehicle. The gaze (18) is directed to at least one vehicle displays (14). The method (100) also includes determining, with a controller circuit (20) in communication with the sensor (16), whether one or more features (22) presented on the at vehicle displays (14) are partially obstructed from a view of the occupant (10). When the one or more features (22) presented on vehicle displays (14) are partially obstructed from the view of the occupant (10), the controller circuit (20) adjusts a presentation of at least one partially obstructed features (22A) to be viewable by the occupant (10).
IPC codes: G06K   9/    00            A I
B60K  35/    00            A I
G06F   3/    01            A I
G06F   3/    14            A I
G06V  20/    59            A I
G06V  40/    18            A I
G09G   5/    38            A I
Claims: number: 1
text: A display method (100), said method (100) comprising:
number: 2
text: The method (100) of claim 1, wherein the sensor (16) is a camera.
number: 3
text: The method (100) of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one vehicle displays (14) are located on one of an instrument panel, a console, a dashboard, a windshield (14C), a window, and a mirror (14D).
number: 4
text: The method (100) of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the step of adjusting the presentation includes adjusting, with the controller circuit (20), a position of the at least one partially obstructed features (22A) on the at least one vehicle displays (14).
number: 5
text: The method (100) of claim 4, further including the step of adjusting, with the controller circuit (20), the position of all features (22) on the at least one vehicle displays (14).
number: 6
text: The method (100) of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the step of adjusting the presentation includes moving, with the controller circuit (20), the at least one partially obstructed features (22A) to another of the at least one vehicle displays (14).
number: 7
text: The method (100) of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the step of adjusting the presentation includes adjusting, with the controller circuit (20), a dimension of the at least one partially obstructed features (22A) on the at least one vehicle displays (14).
number: 8
text: The method (100) of claim 7, further including the step of adjusting, with the controller circuit (20), the dimension of all features (22) presented on the at least one vehicle displays (14).
number: 9
text: The method (100) of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one partially obstructed features (22A) include one of a gage, an icon, an infotainment feature (22), and a camera image.
number: 10
text: The method (100) of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the system further includes a memory, further including the step of storing, with the controller circuit (20), the adjusted presentation of the at least one vehicle displays (14) in the memory.
number: 11
text: A display method (200), said method (200) comprising:
number: 12
text: The method (200) of claim 11, wherein the at least one feature (22) is presented at a first location on the one or more vehicle displays (14);
wherein a first user input indicates that the user seeks to modify a location of the at least one feature (22) presented on the one or more vehicle displays (14); and further comprising the steps of:
number: 13
text: The method (200) of claim 12, wherein the first location and the second (10) location are on a same vehicle display (14).
number: 14
text: The method (200) of any one of claims 12 to 13, wherein the first location and the second (10) location are on a different vehicle display (14).
number: 15
text: The method (200) of any one of claims 12 to 14, wherein the system further includes a memory, further including the step of storing, with the controller circuit (20), the location of the adjusted feature (22) in the memory.
Office action: search_report, dated 2020-11-04
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Final disposition: pending (2020-11-04)