IP Library Granted Patent US 8,711,212
Granted Patent B2
US 8,711,212 · App. 12/745,310 · Granted Apr 29, 2014

Monitoring device for monitoring a display device

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,711,212
App. No.
12/745,310
Granted
Apr 29, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A monitoring device for monitoring a display device, displaying target values. The values being predetermined by a target value specification device. The monitoring device has an image acquisition device, an analysis device, and a comparison device. The image acquisition device generates a recording of said display. The analysis device generates an analysis of said the recording. The comparison device compares the analysis and the target value. A signal can be generated if the analysis and the target value are different.

Claims (21)

1. A monitoring device configured to monitor a display that displays desired values that are prescribed by a desired value stipulation device, comprising:

an image acquisition device configured to generate a recording of an information content of the display;

an evaluation device configured to generate an evaluation value of the recording;

a comparison device configured to compare the evaluation value and the desired value;

a generator configured to generate a signal at least when the evaluation value and the desired value are different;

a mirror arranged in the beam path between the display and the image acquisition device; and

a printed circuit board on which the display and the image acquisition device are arranged.

2. The monitoring device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a further mirror arranged in the beam path between the display and the image acquisition device.

3. The monitoring device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the display is arranged in a combination instrument of a motor vehicle.

4. The monitoring device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the desired value stipulation device prescribes a gear position of a motor vehicle to be displayed.

5. The monitoring device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the monitoring device is designed to monitor a plurality of desired values to be displayed.

6. The monitoring device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the display and a device that supplies the desired values is blocked based at least in part on the signal.

7. The monitoring device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the desired value stipulation device prescribes a gear position of a motor vehicle to be displayed.

8. A monitoring device configured to monitor a display that displays desired values that are prescribed by a desired value stipulation device, comprising:

an image acquisition device configured to generate a recording of an information content of the display;

an evaluation device configured to generate an evaluation value of the recording;

a comparison device configured to compare the evaluation value and the desired value;

a generator configured to generate a signal at least when the evaluation value and the desired value are different;

a mirror arranged in a beam path between the display and the image acquisition device, wherein the mirror is semi-transparent; and

a printed circuit board on which the display and the image acquisition device are arranged.

9. The monitoring device as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising a further mirror arranged in the beam path between the display and the image acquisition device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2025
From: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
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