Method for representing items of information in a means of transportation and instrument cluster for a motor vehicle

US11091036B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

• Heino Wengelnik · Wolfsburg, DE
• Will Specks · Munich, DE
• Mathias Kuhn · Eckental, DE
• Rainer Dehmann · Berlin, DE
• Heiner Bartoszewski · Gifhorn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 11, 2006
• Grant date: Aug 17, 2021
• Expiry date: Oct 19, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60K2360/11
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a method for displaying items of information in a transportation device, the items of information are displayed in the form of hierarchical menu structures. A device for displaying items of information includes a control unit and a display unit for the stereoscopic and/or autostereoscopic display of items of information. In the method, the display is implemented stereoscopically, at least two different menus or menu items being displayed to the viewer at different distances. The instrument cluster includes the placement of a mask in front of the display of a display unit, the mask modifying the light emission of the light emitted by the display so as to result in a display of autostereoscopic images.