Display Assembly for a Means of Transport

Abstract

A display assembly for a means of transport and a correspondingly equipped means of transport are disclosed. The display assembly includes a display unit, a bus subscriber and a housing comprising a data interface arranged at its outside, and a mechanical interface for fixing the housing in the means of transport, wherein the display unit and the bus subscriber are arranged in the housing and the bus subscriber is configured to be connected by information technology to a bus of the means of transport via the data interface.

Claims

1. A display assembly for a means of transport, comprising: a display unit, a bus subscriber, and a housing comprising: a data interface arranged at its outside, and a mechanical interface for fixing the housing in the means of transport, wherein the display unit and the a bus subscriber are arranged in the housing and the bus subscriber is configured to be connected by information technology to a bus of the means of transport via the data interface.

2. The display assembly according to claim 1, wherein the data interface comprises an Ethernet interface.

3. The display assembly according to claim 1, wherein a CAN and/or a MOST interface are not included in the data interface.

4. The display assembly according to claim 1, wherein a first part of the housing and a second part of the housing are configured to be displaceable and/or pivotable relative to one another, wherein the mechanical interface is arranged in the first part of the housing and the data interface is arranged in the second part of the housing.

5. The display assembly according to claim 1, wherein a first part of the housing and a second part of the housing are configured to be displaceable and/or pivotable relative to one another, wherein the mechanical interface is arranged in the first part and the data interface is also arranged in the first part of the housing.

6. The display assembly according to claim 1, the mechanical interface comprising a clip connection, and/or a screw connection, and/or a snap/latch connection.

7. The display assembly according to claim 1, further comprising an evaluation unit configured to receive data concerning an operating state of the means of transport via the data interface and to render same for display on the display unit.

8. The display assembly according to claim 7, wherein the evaluation unit is arranged in the housing.

9. The display assembly according to claim 1, wherein the mechanical interface is provided for fixing the display assembly in: a headlining, and/or a steering wheel, and/or a headrest.

10. A vehicle comprising a display assembly according to claim 1.

Description

[0020] Further details, features and advantages of the invention result from the following description and figures, in which:

[0021] FIG. 1 shows a schematic side view of an embodiment of a means of transport according to the invention;

[0022] FIG. 2 shows a first embodiment of a display assembly according to the invention with a compact, one-part housing;

[0023] FIG. 3 shows a second embodiment of a display assembly according to the invention having a two-part housing; and

[0024] FIG. 4 shows a third embodiment of a display assembly according to the invention with a two-part housing.

[0025] FIG. 1 shows a car 10 as an embodiment of a means of transport according to the invention, which illustrates different positions for display assemblies 1 according to the invention. A first display assembly 1 is integrated in the headrest of the driver's seat. A second display assembly 1 is integrated into the steering wheel 12. A third display assembly 1 is integrated into the headlining 11 of the means of transport 10 and has a swing-out display unit. Possible configurations of display assemblies 1 are described in detail in connection with the following figures.

[0026] FIG. 2 shows a cut-out side view of a first embodiment of a display assembly 1 according to the invention. The housing 2 is configured to be compact and rigid. The mechanical fixing of the display assembly 1 is done by eyelets 6a, 6b as an embodiment of a mechanical interface. The eyelets 6a, 6b may be used to fix the housing 2 for example in the steering wheel 12 or in the headrest of the means of transport. An Ethernet connector 13, as a vehicle-side interface, is connected to the housing 2 of the display assembly 1 via a wire harness 14, wherein the same is received by a data interface 4 at its outside. From the data interface 4, the information is transmitted to a bus subscriber 5, which also comprises an evaluation unit (not shown separately) for generating displayable contents. The rendered contents are transferred from the evaluation unit to the display unit in the form of a matrix display 3. The matrix display 3 may comprise a (non-illustrated) touch-sensitive and/or capacitive surface for receiving user inputs, which reach the wire harness 14 in reverse order.

[0027] FIG. 3 shows a second embodiment of a display assembly 1 according to the invention, in which the housing is divided into a first part 2a and a second part 2b. The housing parts 2a, 2b may be swiveled relative to each other via a hinge 7. The data interface 4 is arranged in the first housing part 2a to accommodate the Ethernet connector 13. In addition, the eyelets 6a, 6b for fixing the display assembly in the headlining 11 of the means of transport 10 are arranged on the outside of the first housing part 2a. The bus subscriber 5, the evaluation unit and the display unit 3 are arranged in the second housing part 2b, so that the display unit 3 may be either brought out or stowed away.

[0028] FIG. 4 shows a third embodiment of a display assembly 1 according to the invention, in which any electronic components are arranged in the second housing part 2b. In other words, the Ethernet connector 13 is plugged into a data interface 4 arranged on the outside of the second housing part 2b, so that any lines are arranged in the second housing part 2b and no mechanical stress caused by the movement of the two housing parts 2a, 2b relative to each other is to be expected.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMERALS

[0029] 1 display assembly [0030] 2 housing [0031] 2a first housing part [0032] 2b second housing part [0033] 3 matrix display [0034] 4 data interface [0035] 5 bus subscriber with evaluation unit [0036] 6a, 6b eyelet [0037] 7 hinge [0038] 10 car [0039] 11 headlining [0040] 12 steering wheel [0041] 13 Ethernet connector [0042] 14 wire harness