IP Library Granted Patent US 9,944,181
Granted Patent B2
US 9,944,181 · App. 14/652,668 · Granted Apr 17, 2018

Display unit with overlapping three-dimensionally shaped OLED display for a vehicle

Inventors: Lutz Diederichs (Kosching, DE); Matthias Wunderlich (Ingolstadt, DE)
Assignee: Audi AG
B60K35/00B60Q3/10B60K2350/941
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Patent No.
US 9,944,181
App. No.
14/652,668
Granted
Apr 17, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided herein is a display unit for a vehicle which is designed for representing information and for arrangement in an interior space of the vehicle with respect to a viewing direction of the driver of the vehicle. The display unit may include: a display device which can be connected to a device for operating the display device, in particular for operating as a function of a measured value for a state of the vehicle; an OLED display having three-dimensional geometry, in particular for a flat emission of light, where the OLED display, seen in the viewing direction, seen in particular in the forward direction, is arranged so that it overlaps with the display device and, in the overlap area, it includes a passage through which the display device can be connected to the device.

Claims (16)

1. A display unit for a vehicle, which is designed for representing information and for arrangement in an interior space of the vehicle with respect to a viewing direction of a driver of the vehicle, with:

a display device which can be connected to a device for operating the display device;

an OLED display having a three-dimensional geometry for emitting light, wherein the OLED display, seen in the viewing direction, is arranged so that it overlaps with the display device and, in the overlapping area, it comprises a passage through which the display device can be connected to the device for operating the display device;

a support frame which is designed for the arrangement of the OLED display;

wherein in a coupling area, the OLED display is coupled to the support frame and, in a display area, it is geometrically shaped so that, regarding the three-dimensional shape of the OLED display, it is arranged at least partially detached from the support frame, in that the OLED display in a partial section assumes the geometry of the support frame and in another main section it is arranged freely in space forming a three-dimensional curvature in which the OLED display does not conform with the geometry of the support frame.

2. The Display unit according to claim 1 , characterized in that, in the viewing direction, the OLED display has a concave curvature which is arranged in the viewing direction to the side of the overlapping area, wherein the OLED display is coupled in the overlapping area to the support frame.

3. The display unit according to claim 1 , characterized in that, in the overlapping area, the OLED display is arranged so that it is in contact with the inner margin of the support frame.

4. The display unit according to claim 1 , characterized in that, with respect to the viewing direction, the OLED display is arranged completely behind the display device and forms a backlighting of the display device.

5. The display unit according to claim 1 , characterized in that the display device comprises a dial, and the OLED display is arranged in front of the dial with respect to the viewing direction.

6. The display unit according to claim 1 , characterized in that the OLED display is arranged so that it overlaps with an additional display device and comprises an additional passage.

7. The display unit according to claim 1 , characterized in that the OLED display in an area adjoining the overlapping area is designed with a convex curvature seen in a forward direction.

8. The display unit according to claim 1 , characterized in that the display unit moreover comprises a touch-sensitive operating section and is designed as a display and operating unit, wherein the touch-sensitive operating section is within at least a portion of the main section arranged freely in space forming a three-dimensional curvature that does not conform with the geometry of the support frame.

9. The display unit according to claim 1 , characterized in that the OLED display comprises a control matrix which has a structure that is led around the passage.

10. The display unit according to claim 1 , characterized in that the display unit comprises a control device for operating the OLED display.

11. A Vehicle with a display unit according to claim 1 .

12. The Vehicle according to claim 11 , characterized in that the display unit is arranged behind a steering wheel of the vehicle seen in the forward direction and coupled to a device for operating the display device.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE EXECUTION DATE OF BOTH ASSIGNORS FROM 07/07/2015 TO 07/01/2015 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 036783 FRAME 0262. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT AS FILED IS CORRECT. Recorded May 11, 2016
From: DIEDERICHS, LUTZ; WUNDERLICH, MATTHIAS
To: AUDI AG
Reel/Frame 038676/0235 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2015
From: DIEDERICHS, LUTZ; WUNDERLICH, MATTHIAS
To: AUDI AG
Reel/Frame 036783/0262 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2012 024 949 · Dec 19, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160059698A1 · Mar 3, 2016