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US 9,073,568 · App. 13/581,013 · Granted Jul 7, 2015

Display and operating system of a motor vehicle including an outer left-hand display device and an outer right-hand display device

Inventors: Lutz Krauss (Karlsruhe, DE); Timo Seehaus (Steinheim, DE); Rolf Hartmann (Stuttgart, DE); Albrecht Boettiger (Grafenau-Doeffingen, DE); Thomas Mim (Leonberg, DE)
Assignee: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
B62D1/046B60K35/00B60K37/02B60K37/06B60Q3/046B60K2350/1008B60K2350/106B60K2350/1064B60K2350/925B60K2350/928B60K2350/965
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Patent No.
US 9,073,568
App. No.
13/581,013
Granted
Jul 7, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display and operating system of a motor vehicle includes an instrument cluster that is formed by a plurality of display devices and has an outer left-hand display device and an outer right hand display device. A steering wheel of the system includes an outer left-hand operating device configured exclusively for driver interaction with the outer left-hand display device of the instrument cluster and an outer right-hand operating device configured exclusively for driver interaction with the outer right-hand display device of the instrument cluster. Further devices, including at least one of a display device or an operating device, are disposed laterally adjacent to the instrument cluster.

Claims (20)

1. A display and operating system of a motor vehicle, the display and operating system comprising:

an instrument cluster formed by a plurality of display devices and including an outer left-hand display device and an outer right hand display device;

a steering wheel including:

an outer left-hand operating device configured exclusively for driver interaction with the outer left-hand display device of the instrument cluster and an outer right-hand operating device configured exclusively for driver interaction with the outer right-hand display device of the instrument cluster, each of the outer left-hand operating device and the outer right-hand operating device having two input devices including:

one rotary-barrel-like input device configured for selecting and confirming a display mode of the respective outer display device of the instrument cluster, and

one button-like input device configured for returning to a display mode of the respective outer display device of the instrument cluster that is superordinate to

the respectively selected display mode; and

an operating mode selecting device configured to select at least one operating mode from the group including purely electric-motor-powered driving, purely combustion-engine-powered driving, combined electric-motor-powered and combustion-engine-powered driving, and electric-motor-powered boosting as a special case of combined electric-motor-powered and combustion-engine-powered driving, the operating mode selecting device including:

a rotatable selecting element configured for driver selection of at least one of the operating modes including purely electric-motor-powered driving combined electric-motor-powered and combustion-engine-powered driving, and

a button-like boost selecting element configured for driver selection of the electric-motor-powered boosting; and

further devices including at least one of a display device or an operating device disposed laterally adjacent to the instrument cluster.

2. The display and operating system recited in claim 1 , wherein the further devices are disposed in a region of or as an extension of a central console.

3. The display and operating system recited in claim 1 , wherein a backlighting of at least one of the display devices or operating devices is configured to change as a function of an operating mode selected using the operating mode selecting device.

4. The display and operating system recited in claim 3 , wherein the change in the backlighting is a change in color.

5. The display and operating system recited in claim 1 , wherein the button-like boost selecting element is disposed in a center of the rotatable selecting element.

6. The display and operating system recited in claim 1 , wherein at least one display device of the instrument cluster includes a first display area for quantitative power display and a second display area for qualitative power display.

7. The display and operating system recited in claim 6 , wherein a central display device of the instrument cluster includes a first display area for quantitative power display and a second display area for qualitative power display.

8. The display and operating system recited in claim 6 , wherein the first display area is configured to alphanumerically display a total power acting in a drivetrain of the motor vehicle for the quantitative power display.

9. The display and operating system recited in claim 6 , wherein the second display area is configured to display at least one of electric motor power and combustion engine power acting in a drivetrain of the motor vehicle for qualitative power display.

10. The display and operating system recited in claim 1 , wherein at least one display device of the instrument cluster includes a circular LCD display.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2012
From: KRAUSS, LUTZ; SEEHAUS, TIMO; HARTMANN, ROLF; BOETTIGER, ALBRECHT; MIM, THOMAS
To: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
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Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2010 010 446 · Feb 25, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120319828A1 · Dec 20, 2012