Flexible notifications via an instrument cluster

US11858350B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• PACCAR Inc · US

Inventors

• Steven Karl Jahns · Bellingham, US
• Ryan Anthony Reed · Kenmore, US
• Jonathan Duncan · Seattle, US
• Jon Forrest Acton · Dallas, US
• Jacob Michael White · Flower Mound, US
• Raeef Hesham Wahib Barsoum · Bellingham, US
• Brett Grant Kellerstedt · McKinney, US
• Ian Ramsay Hunt · Denton, US
• Hervé Cecchi · Santa Clara, US
• Anna-Magdalena Schatz · Bensheim, DE
• Christina Nenke · Zwingenberg, DE
• Marc George Wilczak · Sylvia Park, US
• Nicole Johnson · Dallas, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 9, 2020
• Grant date: Jan 2, 2024
• Expiry date: Jul 9, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60Y2200/1422
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Systems, methods and computer readable storage media provide flexible vehicle status notifications via an instrument cluster displayed on an in-vehicle screen. In some examples, when a non-displayed gauge goes into an out-of-parameter or warning range, the gauge may be dynamically shown in the out-of-parameter or warning state in a container position assigned to the gauge in another display or in a dynamic container position in the instrument cluster. In some examples, a popup notification may be provided to inform the driver of a condition. When there are multiple notifications, they may be grouped into definable severity classifications and prioritized so that a notification determined to be a most important message at the time is presented to the driver in a notification zone central to a driver's field of vision on the instrument cluster that allows for reusing screen space for providing warning and information from a range of data sources.