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Method and device for displaying operating states of units of a vehicle

US9530259B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

Frank Hauschild · Berlin, DE
Mathias Kuhn · Eckental, DE
Sönke Petersen · Karlsruhe, DE
Jian Lou · San Diego, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 9, 2012
Grant date	Dec 27, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 12, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60K2360/186
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for displaying operating states of units of a vehicle wherein a control device generates graphics data which control a display device so that a first graphics object is displayed with a representation of the vehicle in a first state, and that a second graphics object is generated with a graphical representation of the vehicle unit which is displayed in the changed graphical representation of the vehicle so that the arrangement of the second graphics object of the vehicle unit in the first graphics object of the vehicle substantially corresponds to the real arrangement of the vehicle unit in the vehicle. Also disclosed is a corresponding device for carrying out this method and to a vehicle with such a device.

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