IP Library Granted Patent US 10,627,913
Granted Patent B2
US 10,627,913 · App. 15/593,653 · Granted Apr 21, 2020

Method for the contactless shifting of visual information

Inventors: Alexander van Laack (Aachen, DE); Stephan Preussler (Alfter, DE); Tina Friedrich (Cologne, DE); Jennifer Fay Wendt (Harsewinkel, DE)
Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 10,627,913
App. No.
15/593,653
Granted
Apr 21, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for the contactless shifting of visual information includes detecting at least one viewing direction to detect visual information in a first display area, and a movement of a hand and/or a movement of a head of a user toward a second display area. After the detection of the visual information in the first display area, and after the detected motion indicating a shift, the visual information is shown in the second display area upon the completion of the pivoting movement or movements.

Claims (35)

1. A method for the contactless shifting of visual information, comprising:

associating a combination of a pivoting movement of a user and a viewing direction of the user directed at a first display with a control command for shifting visual information displayed in the first display inside a motor vehicle to a second display spatially decoupled from the first display in the motor vehicle;

reporting a successful detection of the visual information to the user with one or more of a visual signal, an acoustic signal or a haptic signal; and

initiating movement of the visual information from the first display to the second display in response to the combination of the viewing direction of the user directed at the first display and the pivoting movement of the user, wherein the visual information is removed from the first display and shown in the second display upon the completion of the pivoting movement of the user.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein during the shifting of the visual information, operating rights coupled to the visual information are associated with at least one other user.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein graphical information representing the second display is represented in the first display, and wherein the visual information is shifted into the second display when the look and/or a finger of the user is directed toward the graphical information representing the second display.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the pivoting movement of the user is one of a pivoting movement of a hand of the user, a pivoting movement of a finger of the user, or a pivoting movement of a head of the user.

5. A system comprising:

a first display inside a motor vehicle and operational to display visual information;

a second display spatially decoupled from the first display in the motor vehicle; and

a device operational to:

associate a combination of a pivoting movement of a user and a viewing direction of the user directed at the first display with a control command for shifting the visual information displayed in the first display to the second display;

report a successful detection of the visual information to the user with one or more of a visual signal, an acoustic signal or a haptic signal; and

initiate movement of the visual information from the first display to the second display in response to the combination of the viewing direction of the user directed at the first display and the pivoting movement of the user, wherein the visual information is removed from the first display and shown in the second display upon the completion of the pivoting movement of the user.

6. The system according to claim 5 , wherein the visual information is shifted into a display to which a look and a finger of the user is directed.

7. The system according to claim 5 , wherein a successful shifting of the visual information is reported acoustically, haptically and/or visually.

8. The system according to claim 5 , wherein during the shifting of the visual information, operating rights or user rights coupled to the visual information are transferred.

9. The system according to claim 5 , wherein the visual information is transmitted to a display bound to a seat if another user on the seat is registered.

10. The system according to claim 5 , wherein the control command for shifting the visual information is combined with acoustic information of the user.

11. The system according to claim 5 , wherein the visual information is shifted into a display of a mobile device.

12. The system according to claim 5 , wherein graphical information representing the second display is represented in the first display, and wherein the visual information is shifted into the second display when a look and/or a finger of the user is directed toward the graphical information representing the second display.

13. An instrument cluster of a motor vehicle comprising:

a first display inside the motor vehicle and operational to display visual information; and

a second display spatially decoupled from the first display in the motor vehicle; wherein:

a combination of a pivoting movement of a user and a viewing direction of the user directed at the first display is associated with a control command for shifting the visual information displayed in the first display to the second display;

a successful detection of the visual information is reported to the user with one or more of a visual signal, an acoustic signal or a haptic signal;

movement of the visual information from the first display to the second display is initiated in response to the combination of the viewing direction of the user directed at the first display and the pivoting movement of the user; and

the visual information is removed from the first display and shown in the second display upon the completion of the pivoting movement of the user.

14. The instrument cluster according to claim 13 , wherein during the shifting of the visual information, operating rights coupled to the visual information are associated with at least one other user.

15. The instrument cluster according to claim 13 , wherein the visual information is shifted into a display localized outside of the motor vehicle.

16. The instrument cluster according to claim 13 , wherein during the shifting of the visual information, data representing the visual information is transferred via a wireless network.

17. The instrument cluster according to claim 13 , wherein the pivoting movement of the user is one of a pivoting movement of a hand of the user, a pivoting movement of a finger of the user, or a pivoting movement of a head of the user.

18. The instrument cluster according to claim 13 , wherein the pivoting movement of the user includes a starting point and an ending point.

19. The instrument cluster according to claim 18 , wherein the starting point includes one of the viewing direction and a pointing direction directed at the visual information in the first display.

20. The instrument cluster according to claim 18 , wherein the ending point includes one of the viewing direction and a pointing direction directed at the second display.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY AGREEMENT (SUPPLEMENT) Recorded Mar 22, 2023
From: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: CITIBANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 063263/0969 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 20, 2019
From: VAN LAACK, ALEXANDER; FRIEDRICH, TINA; PREUSSLER, STEPHAN K.; WENDT, JENNIFER F.
To: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 050095/0302 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2016 108 885 · May 13, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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