IP Library Granted Patent US 12,466,331
Granted Patent B2
US 12,466,331 · App. 17/764,648 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Method for identifying a target position of a display- and/or control unit in a holding device, and corresponding display- and/or control unit

Inventors: Carsten Lindstedt (Frankfurt am Main, DE); Francesco Carello (Frankfurt am Main, DE); Heiko Michael Schweickhardt (Maintal, DE)
Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
B60R11/0229B62J50/22B62J50/225H04M1/724098H04M1/72412B60R2011/008B62J45/20
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Patent No.
US 12,466,331
App. No.
17/764,648
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method, and a device that carries out the method, in which the proper holding and/or orientation of the display and/or control unit in the holding device for the carrying out of the further functions is provided.

Claims (34)

1 . A method for recognizing a target position of a display and/or control unit of a mobile terminal device, in a holding device, the method comprising:

acquiring at least one measurement variable of a sensor of the display and/or control unit;

acquiring a second measurement variable of a transmit signal of a wireless signal transmission module of the holding device, the signal transmission module being of a Bluetooth module;

producing an item of information about a reaching of the target position of the display and/or control unit in the holding device, the target position being a locking position, the item of information being produced as a function of:

a comparison of the first measurement variable with a first comparison variable, and

an exceeding of a second comparison variable by the second measurement variable; and

determining whether the display and/or control unit is properly positioned or locked into place in the holding device, based on the item of information produced,

wherein the first measurement variable represents a location coordinate of the display and/or control unit.

2 . The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein:

the first comparison variable represents a start position, the start position being a first specified orientation of the display and/or control unit in relation to a receptacle of the holding device.

3 . The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein:

the first measurement variable acquires a change in position of the display and/or control unit, in the form of an acceleration value or a yaw rate; and

the first comparison variable represents a temporal curve of the first measurement variable and/or a movement of the display and/or control unit.

4 . The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the second comparison variable represents a signal threshold value, it being provided that the signal threshold value is specified as a function of a nearing of the wireless signal transmission module.

5 . The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the target position of the mobile terminal device in the holding device is recognized as a function of a detection of an electrical contact between the display and/or control unit and the holding device.

6 . The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first and/or second comparison variable is transmitted by a transmission from the holding device to the display and/or control unit, via the transmit signal of the wireless signal transmission module.

7 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium on which is stored a computer program for recognizing a target position of a display and/or control unit of a mobile terminal device, in a holding device, the computer program, when executed by a computer, causing the computer to perform the following steps:

acquiring at least one first measurement variable of a sensor of the display and/or control unit;

acquiring a second measurement variable of a transmit signal of a wireless signal transmission module of the holding device, the signal module being a Bluetooth module, and the second measurement variable of the transmit signal being a signal strength;

producing an item of information about a reaching of the target position of the display and/or control unit in the holding device, the target position being a locking position, the item of information being produced as a function of:

a comparison of the first measurement variable with a first comparison variable, and

an exceeding of a second comparison variable by the second measurement variable; and

determining whether the display and/or control unit is properly positioned or locked into place in the holding device, based on the item of information produced,

wherein the first measurement variable represents a location coordinate of the display and/or control unit.

8 . The computer program as recited in claim 7 , wherein the computer program acquires the first and/or second comparison variable by a transmission from the holding device, via the transmit signal of the wireless signal transmission module.

9 . A display and/or control unit of a mobile terminal device configured to recognize a target position of a display and/or control unit of a mobile terminal device, in a holding device, the display and/or control unit configured to:

acquire a first measurement variable of a sensor of the display and/or control unit, the first measurement variable being a location variable;

use a receive module to acquire a second measurement variable of a transmit signal of a wireless signal transmission module of the holding device, the signal transmission module being of a Bluetooth module, the second measurement value being a signal strength;

produce an item of information about a reaching of the target position of the display and/or control unit in the holding device, the target position being a locking position, the item of information being produced as a function of:

a comparison of the first measurement variable with a first comparison variable, and

an exceeding of a second comparison variable by the second measurement variable; and

determining whether the display and/or control unit is properly positioned or locked into place in the holding device, based on the item of information produced,

wherein the location variable includes a location coordinate of the display and/or control unit.

10 . The display and/or control unit as recited in claim 9 , wherein the display and/or control unit acquires the first and/or second comparison variable via a transmission from the holding device, via the transmit signal of the wireless signal transmission module.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 28, 2022
From: LINDSTEDT, CARSTEN; CARELLO, FRANCESCO; SCHWEICKHARDT, HEIKO MICHAEL
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
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Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2019 215 537.5 · Oct 10, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220332260A1 · Oct 20, 2022
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