Method for synchronizing display devices in a motor vehicle

US9649938B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• AUDI AG · DE
• VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

• Michael Schlittenbauer · Ingolstadt, DE
• Martin Roehder · Ingolstadt, DE
• Heiko Maiwand · Foster City, US
• Nathaniel Coser · Palo Alto, US
• Lorenz Bohrer · San Francisco, US
• Alexander Strauch · Siegen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 23, 2013
• Grant date: May 16, 2017
• Expiry date: Nov 23, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60K2360/785
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method synchronizes two display devices in a motor vehicle. The first display device already displays a first data set which comprises a first display content relating to a predetermined thematic context. A sensor device, in particular a PMD camera, detects as a control gesture of a user, a free movement in the chamber of a body part of the user. A signal which is then generated by the sensor device and which describes the control gesture, is transmitted to a gesture recognition device which generates a control signal in accordance with the determined control gesture. In accordance with the control signal, a control device determines the predetermined thematic context of the determined data set. Using the defined predetermined thematic context, an additional data set which includes a second display content of the predetermined thematic context is provided. This additional data set is displayed on the second display device.