IP Library Granted Patent US 9,446,665
Granted Patent B2
US 9,446,665 · App. 14/343,326 · Granted Sep 20, 2016

Display and operating system for a motor vehicle

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Patent No.
US 9,446,665
App. No.
14/343,326
Granted
Sep 20, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display and operator control system for a motor vehicle includes: an instrument cluster configured to display operating parameters of the motor vehicle, the instrument cluster having a plurality of displays adhesively bonded under a common covering pane, the plurality of displays including: (i) a first display configured to display the speed of the motor vehicle, and (ii) a second display embodied as a touchscreen for representing and activating operator control functions; and an operator control system configured to control devices of the motor vehicle.

Claims (18)

1. A display and operator control system for a motor vehicle, comprising:

an instrument cluster configured to display operating parameters of the motor vehicle, the instrument cluster having a plurality of displays adhesively bonded under a common covering pane ( 1 ), the plurality of displays, each display being illuminated by one or more light sources 8 ), including:

(i) a first display ( 2 ) configured to display the speed of the motor vehicle,

(ii) a second display ( 3 ) embodied as a touchscreen for representing and activating operator control functions,

(iii) a third display ( 4 ) configured to display entertainment information, and

(iv) a warning light display ( 5 ), configured to display warnings and/or indications, the warning light display ( 5 ) being arranged separately from said first, second and third displays ( 2 , 3 , 4 ), wherein the one or more light sources ( 8 ) assigned to the warning light display ( 5 ) and the one or more light sources assigned to the first display ( 2 ) are arranged on a common printed circuit board ( 9 ); and

an operator control system configured to control devices of the motor vehicle,

wherein the entertainment information of the third display ( 4 ) is displayable on the first display ( 2 ) only in a case in which the motor vehicle is in a stationary state, and image content is interchangeable between the second and third displays.

2. The display and operator control system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of displays are bonded visually to the common covering pane ( 1 ).

3. The display and operator control system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the third display ( 4 ) is a touchscreen display.

4. The display and operator control system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of displays are configured such that miscellaneous information or entertainment contents can be represented on one or more of the first, second and third displays ( 2 , 3 , 4 ).

5. The display and operator control system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of displays are configured such that image contents of the first, second and third displays ( 2 , 3 , 4 ) can be reconfigured.

6. The display and operator control system as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the plurality of displays are configured such that the position of the image contents can be changed by an operator pulling with one or more fingers, and the image contents can be shifted between the first, second and third displays ( 2 , 3 , 4 ).

7. The display and operator control system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the common covering pane ( 1 ) is colored.

8. The display and operator control system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the common covering pane ( 1 ) comprises an anti reflection layer ( 7 ).

9. The display and operator control system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein one or more of the first, second and third displays include touchscreens providing haptic feedback.

10. The display and operator control system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an edge of the common covering pane ( 1 ) comprises a decorative element.

11. The display and operator control system as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the edge of the common covering pane ( 1 ) comprises a light ring.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2025
From: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 070441/0899 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2014
From: ABEL, HEINZ-BERNHARD; URLAUB, GUNTER
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
Reel/Frame 032371/0175 →