Method, device, and computer program for the operation of a vehicle operation system

Abstract

A method for operating a vehicle operating system, wherein a navigation system provides map information, and a monitoring system monitors driver assistance information, which are displayed on a display device, wherein the navigation system, the monitoring system, the display device, and an operating device are coupled to a control device for data transfer, to display the map information and/or driver assistance information on the display, wherein an operating action is carried out by the operating device in order to change a display scale and/or a display angle in relation to a road surface between a first perspective and a second perspective, wherein the display scale and/or angle are adjusted continuously and/or discretely in at least two steps located within the two perspectives on a virtual visualization path, and wherein the first perspective is substantially perpendicular to the road surface and the second perspective is substantially parallel to the road surface.

Claims

1. A method for operating a vehicle operating system for a vehicle, the method comprising: providing, by a navigation system, map information; monitoring, by a monitoring system, driver assistance information; displaying the map information and the driver assistance information on a display device, wherein the navigation system, the monitoring system, the display device, and an operating device configured to be actuated by a driver are coupled to a control device for data transfer in order to display the map information and the driver assistance information on the display device; receiving, by the operating device, an operating actuation; changing, by the control device in response to receiving by the operating device the operating actuation, a display of size and angle of a street map view in relation to a road surface between a first perspective and a second perspective; and adjusting, by the control device, the display of size and angle of the street map view continuously between the first perspective and the second perspective; wherein the first perspective is substantially perpendicular to the road surface and comprises a virtual animated global perspective, and wherein the second perspective is substantially parallel to the road surface and comprises real image recordings of the environment lying in the driving direction of the vehicle.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: obtaining, by a camera system that has at least one camera, the camera system coupled to the control device, the real image recordings of the environment lying in the driving direction of the vehicle.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: abstracting, by the control device, the real image recordings; and displaying, by the display device, the abstracted real image recordings.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: depicting a vehicle graphic object on the display device in order to indicate a position of the vehicle in relation to the map information.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising: adjusting, by the operating device, the display of size of the street map view and a size of the vehicle graphic object on the display device depending on the speed of the vehicle.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: adjusting the display of size of the street map view automatically depending on a driving situation.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the display device comprises an instrument cluster with which at least a speed of the vehicle and one further vehicle-relevant information are displayed.

8. The method according to claim 2, further comprising: switching, by the display device based on the operating action, between at least the perspective display of the map information, a vehicle interior view, an instrument cluster, and the real image recordings, wherein the vehicle interior view and the map information are moving animations.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: changing automatically, in critical situations, from the display of the map information to the display of the driver assistance information.

10. A vehicle operating system for a vehicle, comprising: a navigation system configured to provide map information; a monitoring system configured to provide driver assistance information; a display device configured to display the map information and the driver assistance information at least one of separately or together; an operating device configured to receive an operating actuation from a user; and a control device coupled to the navigation system, the monitoring system, the display device, and the operating device, the control device comprising a control logic configured to: depict the map information and the driver assistance information on the display device: adjust a display of size and angle of a street map view on the display device in relation to a road surface between a first perspective and a second perspective in response to the operating device receiving the operating actuation; and adjust the display of size and angle of the street map view continuously on a predefined virtual visualization path between the first perspective and the second perspective, wherein the first perspective is substantially perpendicular to the road surface and comprises a virtual animated global perspective, and the second perspective is substantially parallel to the road surface and comprises real image recordings of the environment lying in the driving direction of the vehicle.

11. The vehicle operating system according to claim 10, wherein the control device is also coupled to a camera system comprising at least one camera, the camera system configured to provide the real image recordings of the environment lying in the driving direction of the vehicle.

12. The vehicle operating system according to claim 10, wherein the control logic is configured to abstract the real image recordings, and wherein the display device is configured to display the abstracted real image recordings.

13. The vehicle operating system according to claim 11, wherein the at least one camera is located on the front of the vehicle in order to display the real image recordings on the display device.

14. The vehicle operating system according to claim 11, wherein the camera system comprises a plurality of cameras configured to generate the real image recordings of an environment of the vehicle located at least on the sides of the vehicle and on the front of the vehicle.

15. The vehicle operating system according to claim 10, wherein the display device displays an instrument cluster for displaying at least the speed and further vehicle-relevant information.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing machine-readable instructions that, when executed by at least one computing device of a vehicle, cause the at least one computing device to perform a method comprising: providing, by a navigation system, map information; monitoring, by a monitoring system, driver assistance information; displaying the map information and the driver assistance information on a display device, wherein the navigation system, the monitoring system, the display device, and an operating device configured to be actuated by a driver are coupled to a control device for data transfer in order to display the map information and the driver assistance information on the display device; receiving, by the operating device, an operating actuation; changing, by the control device in response to receiving by the operating device the operating actuation, a display of size and angle of a street map view in relation to a road surface between a first perspective and a second perspective; and adjusting, by the control device, the display of size and angle of the street map view continuously between the first perspective and the second perspective; wherein the first perspective is substantially perpendicular to the road surface and comprises a virtual animated global perspective, and wherein the second perspective is substantially parallel to the road surface and comprises real image recordings of the environment lying in the driving direction of the vehicle.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) Exemplary embodiments of the invention shall be explained below in greater detail with reference to the two figures, wherein identical or similar elements are provided with the same reference symbols. Therein:

(2) FIG. 1 shows a simplified schematic illustration of a vehicle that has a vehicle operating system according to the invention; and

(3) FIG. 2 shows a highly simplified illustration of a preferred embodiment of a method for operating the vehicle operating system according to the invention shown in FIG. 1.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

(4) According to FIG. 1, a vehicle 1 in the form of a motor vehicle has a vehicle operating system 14 according to the invention. The vehicle operating system 14 comprises a navigation system 2 that provides map information and a monitoring system 3 that provides driver assistance information. The driver assistance information is obtained by means of a sensor element 16 in the present case, wherein the sensor element 16 is configured to measure tire pressure on a wheel 12 of the vehicle 1. There can also be further sensor elements for detecting, e.g. the environment of the vehicle 1. The vehicle operating system 14 also comprises a display device 4 for displaying the map information and/or driver assistance information separately or together, an operating device 5 for determining an operating action, and a control device 6, which is coupled to the navigation system 2, the monitoring system 3, the display device 4, and the operating device 5, in order to depict the map information and/or driver assistance information on the display device 4 by means of a control logic. The control device 6 is also coupled to a camera 11 in a camera system 10 for providing real image recordings of an environment lying in a driving direction 17 of the vehicle, in order to display the real image recordings on the display device 4 by means of the control logic. The camera 11 in the camera system 10 is located on the front 18 of the vehicle 1, and is designed as a fisheye camera. As a result, it is possible to detect objects 15 in the environment of the vehicle 1 within a recording range 19. The camera system 10 can also comprise more cameras 11, which are placed on the sides and/or front of the vehicle 1 for recording the environment at the side and/or in the driving direction 17 of the vehicle 1.

(5) FIG. 2 shows a preferred embodiment of a method for operating the vehicle operating system 14 of the invention according to FIG. 1, in a highly simplified illustration. This is a depiction of the method when executing an operating action in which a virtual camera 13 can be moved on a defined virtual visualization path 9, and describes a change in the display scale dependent on a display angle 8 of the virtual camera 13 in relation to the road surface 7. This change is depicted by a moving animation on the display device 4, and is therefore not realistic.

(6) The virtual visualization path 9 corresponds to an exponential function, the starting and end points of which are limited by the first perspective and second perspective in the map information. The first perspective is defined by a virtual camera 13 substantially oriented perpendicular to the road surface 7. The second perspective is described by a virtual camera 13 substantially oriented parallel to the road surface 7 and in the driving direction 17 of the 1.

(7) The display scale for the map information and/or the display angle 8 to the perspective display of the map information is continuously adjusted smoothly between the two perspectives by means of the operating action on the operating device 5 in the form of a rotating knob, for example. The vehicle operating system 14 is configured in the present case such that the display angle 8 and the display scale for the map information are adjusted analogously to one another. This means that for each desired display scale, a defined display angle 8 of the virtual camera is set. The display scale is described via the distance A1 of the virtual camera 13 to the road surface 7. In the present case, the display scale and the display angle 8 are continuously adjusted. This means that each arbitrary display scale, or each arbitrary display angle 8 of the virtual camera 13 can be adjusted by means of an operating action, wherein the change to the perception perspective or the perception position takes place continuously, in a smooth manner. Alternatively or in combination therewith, the display scale and the display angle 8 can be adjusted discretely in at least two steps within the two perspectives. As a result, the perspective display of the map information on the display device 4 changes continuously in a smooth manner, wherein predefined positions of the virtual camera 13 can be set with a predefined display angle 8 and display scale.

REFERENCE SYMBOLS

(8) 1 vehicle 2 navigation system 3 monitoring system 4 display device 5 operating device 6 control device 7 road surface 8 display angle 9 visualization path 10 camera system 11 camera 12 wheel 13 virtual camera 14 vehicle operating system 15 object 16 sensor element 17 driving direction 18 front 19 recording region A1 distance