Display device for a motor vehicle, method for displaying display content on an extendable screen and motor vehicle having a display device

Abstract

The examples may relate to a method for displaying display content on an extendable screen and to a display device for a motor vehicle. The display device may include at least a first and a second screen, configured to present respective display contents. The extendable screen may be arranged in a housing of the display device and configured to able to be shifted by an adjustment device between an extended position, in which the extendable screen is extended out of the housing, and a retracted position, in which the extendable screen is recessed in the housing. The display device may include a control unit configured to activate the adjustment device to shift the extendable screen into the extended position, and to display the display content on the extendable screen, when a user action for moving display content from the second screen onto the first screen is detected.

Claims

1. A display device for a motor vehicle, comprising: at least a first screen and a second screen, configured to present at least one display content; an extendable screen arranged in a housing of the display device, the extendable screen shiftable by an adjustment device between an extended position, in which the extendable screen is extended out of the housing, and a retracted position, in which the extendable screen is substantially recessed in the housing; and a control unit configured to activate the adjustment device to shift the extendable screen into the extended position, and to display a first display content of the at least one display content on the extendable screen, when a user action to move the first display content from the second screen onto the first screen is detected, wherein, the control unit is configured, when the user action is detected, to determine a size of the first display content moved and to activate the adjustment device to adjust the extendable screen into an extension height dependent on a determined size of the first display content, the extendable screen and the first screen are formed integrally with a contiguous display surface, the control unit is configured to present a second display content of the at least one display content, which is displayed on the first screen, unchanged at an original display position after extension of the extendable screen.

2. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the contiguous display surface is formed from a display area of the first screen, which is visible both in the retracted position and in the extended position, and a display area of the extendable screen, which is visible in the extended position and is recessed in the retracted position in the housing.

3. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the first screen, the second screen and a third screen are configured as touch-sensitive screens and/or wherein an operator control element is provided, which is configured to control the display device, including to wirelessly control the display device.

4. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the display device has a camera device, which is configured to carry out gesture detection, and the user action for moving the first display content is a gesture detected by the camera device and/or wherein the display device has a microphone device, which is configured to carry out voice control of the display device, and the user action for moving the first display content is a voice command detected by the microphone device.

5. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the display device has a third screen, which is configured for presenting a display content, wherein the control unit is configured to activate the adjustment device to shift the extendable screen into the extended position, and to display the display content of the third screen on the extendable screen, when the user action to move the display content from the third screen onto the first screen is detected.

6. The display device according to claim 5, wherein the control unit is configured to activate the adjustment device to shift the extendable screen into the retracted position, and to display the display content on the second screen or the third screen, when a further user action to move the display content back from the extendable screen, which is in the extended position, onto the second screen or third screen is detected.

7. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the extended position is formed in multiple steps, wherein the control unit is configured to activate the adjustment device (24) for extension of a further step for a respective further display content to be displayed on the extendable screen.

8. The display device according to claim 1, wherein displaying of the first display content on the extendable screen in the extended position is provided when a payment criterion is present.

9. A method of displaying at least one display content, comprising: displaying at least one display content on a display device, which has at least a first screen, a second screen, and an extendable screen, wherein the extendable screen and the first screen are formed integrally with a contiguous display surface; checking, by a controller, whether a movement, by a user action, of a first display content of the at least one display content from the second screen onto the first screen is detected and, in response to the movement, activating an adjustment device to shift the extendable screen from a retracted position into an extended position, in which the extendable screen is extended out of a housing, with the first display content being displayed on the extendable screen; determining, by the controller, a size of the first display content moved and to activate the adjustment device to adjust the extendable screen into an extension height dependent on a determined size of the first display content when the user action is detected; and presenting a second display content of the at least one display content, which is displayed on the first screen, unchanged at an original display position after extension of the extendable screen.

10. A motor vehicle, comprising: a display device including, at least a first screen and a second screen, configured display at least one display content; an extendable screen arranged in a housing of the display device, the extendable screen and the first screen formed integrally with a contiguous display surface, the extendable screen shiftable by an adjustment device between an extended position, in which the extendable screen is extended out of the housing, and a retracted position, in which the extendable screen is substantially recessed in the housing; and a control unit configured to: activate the adjustment device to shift the extendable screen into the extended position, display a first display content of the at least one display content on the extendable screen, when a user action to move the first display content from the second screen onto the first screen is detected, when the user action is detected, determine a size of the first display content moved and to activate the adjustment device to adjust the extendable screen into an extension height dependent on a determined size of the first display content, present a second display content of the at least one display content, which is displayed on the first screen, unchanged at an original display position after extension of the extendable screen.

11. The motor vehicle according to claim 10, wherein the contiguous display surface is formed from a display area of the first screen, which is visible both in the retracted position and in the extended position, and a display area of the extendable screen, which is visible in the extended position and is recessed in the retracted position in the housing.

12. The motor vehicle according to claim 10, wherein the first screen, the second screen and a third screen are configured as touch-sensitive screens and/or wherein an operator control element is provided, which is configured to control the display device, including to wirelessly control the display device.

13. The motor vehicle according to claim 10, wherein the display device has a camera device, which is configured to carry out gesture detection, and the user action for moving the first display content is a gesture detected by the camera device and/or wherein the display device has a microphone device, which is configured to carry out voice control of the display device, and the user action for moving the first display content is a voice command detected by the microphone device.

14. The motor vehicle according to claim 10, wherein the display device has a third screen, which is configured for presenting a display content, wherein the control unit is configured to activate the adjustment device to shift the extendable screen into the extended position, and to display the display content of the third screen on the extendable screen, when the user action to move the display content from the third screen onto the first screen is detected.

15. The motor vehicle according to claim 14, wherein the control unit is configured to activate the adjustment device to shift the extendable screen into the retracted position, and to display the display content on the second screen or the third screen, when a further user action to move the display content back from the extendable screen, which is in the extended position, onto the second screen or third screen is detected.

16. The motor vehicle according to claim 10, wherein the extended position is formed in multiple steps, wherein the control unit is configured to activate the adjustment device for extension of a further step for a respective further display content to be displayed on the extendable screen.

17. The motor vehicle according to claim 10, wherein displaying a display content, from among the at least one display content, on the extendable screen in the extended position is provided when a payment criterion is present.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

(1) Examples of the invention will be described below. In this regard:

(2) FIG. 1 shows a motor vehicle with a display device according to an example;

(3) FIG. 2 shows the motor vehicle with the display device and an extendable screen in an extended position.

DESCRIPTION

(4) The examples discussed below are examples of the invention. In the examples, the described components each may represent individual features that should be considered independently of one another and also develop the examples in each case independently of one another. The disclosure is therefore also intended to comprise combinations of the features of the examples other than those illustrated. Furthermore, the described examples may also be supplemented by further features of the examples that have already been described.

(5) In the figures, identical reference signs each denote elements of identical function.

(6) FIG. 1 shows a schematically illustrated motor vehicle 10 with a display device 12 according to an example. The display device 12 comprises a first screen 14, which may be, for example, a center display in a center console of the motor vehicle 10, and a second screen 16, which may be, for example, a front passenger display. In addition, the display device 12 may also have a third screen 18, which may be, for example, a display of a combination instrument.

(7) The screens 14, 16, 18 may be arranged adjacent to each other on a dashboard of the motor vehicle 10. In the situation shown, for example, a navigation display can be presented on the center display 14 and a music application on the front passenger display as display content, which is to be moved from the front passenger display 16 onto the center display 14 for display.

(8) For moving the display content, the screens 14, 16, 18 can be configured as touch-sensitive screens, with the display content being able to be carried out by touching and drawing of the display content to that edge of the front passenger display 16, which is closest to the center display 14. Alternatively or additionally, the display device 12 may have a camera device 20, which is designed to detect gestures and to carry out the movement of the display content onto the center display 14 by a predefined gesture. Alternatively or additionally, an operator control element (not shown) may be provided, such as a rotary knob, touchpad or cursor keys, by which the display device 12 can be controlled. Furthermore, a microphone device (not shown) may be provided, which is designed to control the display device 12 via a voice control. For example, a predefined voice command may be provided for this purpose, such as: push music into the center display.

(9) The movement of the display content from the front passenger display 16 onto the center display 14 is detected by a control unit 22 of the display device 12, wherein the control unit 22 can be, for example, a processor, in particular a microprocessor, of the display device 12. The control unit 22 can determine, for example, a touch action on the touch-sensitive front passenger display 16 and thus the movement shown to the center display 14.

(10) So that the navigation display in the center display 14 is not superimposed by the music application or the presented navigation display is not reduced in size, provision is made that the control unit 22 activates an adjustment device 24, which is designed to extend an extendable screen (not shown in this figure), which is located in a retracted position in a housing of the display device 12, for example, in a housing of the center display 14, out of the housing into an extended position such that a display surface of the extendable screen 26 becomes visible.

(11) The adjustment device 24 may, for example, have actuators, in particular electric motors, and guide elements, by which the extendable screen can be shifted into the extended position, wherein the display device 12 is shown with the extendable screen 26 in the extended position according to an example in FIG. 2.

(12) In FIG. 2, the user action for moving the display content from the front passenger display 16 onto the center display 14 has already been detected by the control unit 22, and the adjustment device 24 has been activated by the control unit 22 to bring the extendable screen 26 into the extended position. Here, the extendable screen 26 may be extended out of the housing, in particular may be extended upward, such that an additional display surface is produced. In an example, the first screen 14 and the extendable screen 26 may be formed integrally, and therefore a contiguous display surface is produced, wherein, in the extended position, the entire contiguous display surface may be visible. In the retracted position, as previously described, only the display surface of the extendable screen 26 can be recessed in the housing, with the display surface of the first screen 14 continuing to be visible.

(13) The moved display content, that is, the music application, can then be displayed on the additionally generated display surface of the extendable screen 26, which for example may be a flexible screen. Thus, the navigation display of the center display is not superimposed or reduced in size, and a driver can, for example, more quickly recognize which content the front passenger has moved onto the center display 14 or the extendable screen 26.

(14) In the same manner, for example, the driver can also bring for display a display content onto the center display 14, in particular the extendable screen 26, from the display of the combination instrument 18. For example, the extendable screen 26 can be brought into multi-step extended positions, in particular two extended positions, such that, for example, if display content has already been moved from the front passenger display 16 for display on the extendable screen 26, and the driver wants to present further display content on the extendable screen 26 from the display of the combination instrument 18, the extendable screen 26 can be extended by a further step such that an enlarged display surface is created and then the display content of the display of the combination instrument 18 is presented on the additionally created display surface.

(15) To remove the display content from the extendable screen 26, for example, another user action for pushing back the display content by the control unit 22 can be detected, wherein, depending on the pushing back direction, the display content can be pushed onto the front passenger display 16 or the display of the combination instrument 18. If this has been detected by the control unit 22, the latter can activate the adjustment device 24, which shifts the extendable screen 26 back into the retracted position or retracts it by one step.

(16) In an example, the previously described provision of the extendable screen 26 can be provided by shifting from the retracted position into the extended position or back only when a payment criterion is present. This means that the extendable screen 26 can be display on demand, which is provided only if this function has been previously enabled by payment.

(17) All in all, the examples show how an extendable screen 26 can be provided by the invention by sliding display content from the front passenger display 16 or the display of the combination instrument 18 onto the center display 14.

(18) A description has been provided with particular reference to examples, but it will be understood that variations and modifications can be effected within the spirit and scope of the claims, which may include the phrase at least one of A, B and C as an alternative expression that refers to one or more of A, B or C, contrary to the holding in Superguide v. DIRECTV, 358 F3d 870, 69 USPQ2d 1865 (Fed. Cir. 2004).