Patent · US Expired

System for assisting the operator of a technical appliance

US6876307B1 · kind B1 · utility

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5References

15Claims

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Assignee

Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

Manfred Spitzer · Ulm, DE
Stefan Hahn · Ulm, DE
Markus Hess · Annaberg-Buchholz, DE
Ulrich Kressel · Ulm, DE
Siegfried Rothe · Köngen, DE
Walter Ziegler · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 18, 2000
Grant date	Apr 5, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 28, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60K35/28
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention concerns a system for assisting an operator of a technical appliance, with a image display device (2), of which the image is in the normal field of vision of the operator, for display of operationally relevant information in the form of images or symbols (1). According to the invention, a respective image or symbol is displayed at least once for a brief period of time, of which the duration is below the threshold of conscious recognition and above the threshold of subconscious recognition of the operator.

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