The invention relates to a display device of a motor vehicle, on which a map corresponding to a current vehicle position can be displayed in a display mode under the control of a navigation device.
In practice, display devices of a motor vehicle, on which a map corresponding to a current vehicle position and the position of the motor vehicle on this map can be displayed under the control of a navigation device, are already known.
Taking this as a starting point, the present invention provides a novel display device of a motor vehicle with an extended functionality.
According to a first aspect of the invention, a display device of a motor vehicle, on which a map corresponding to a current vehicle position can be displayed in a display mode under the control of a navigation device, wherein a racetrack on which the motor vehicle is operated can be displayed on said display device in a further display mode. According to the above, the display device, according to aspects of the invention, displays, in a further display mode, a racetrack on which the motor vehicle is operated. According to the first aspect of the present invention here, it is possible for the first time that when a motor vehicle is operated on a racetrack the respective racetrack is displayed in a defined display mode of the display device. This display mode is preferably activated by means of a timing device by means of which lap times and/or lap section times can be acquired, wherein lap times and/or lap section times can then also preferably be displayed on the display device in addition to the racetrack.
According to a second aspect of the invention, the display device of a motor vehicle, on which a map corresponding to a current vehicle position can be displayed in a display mode under the control of a navigation device, wherein in a further display mode a quansi-spatial or perspective image of the surroundings, which is generated from a plurality of camera images, can be displayed on said display device. According to the above, the display device according to aspects of the invention displays, in a further display mode, a quasi-spatial or perspective image of the surroundings of the motor vehicle, which is generated from a plurality of camera images. According to the second aspect of the present invention here, on the display device it is possible to display, in a defined display mode, a quasi-spatial image of the surroundings which is generated or made up from images from a plurality of cameras which are installed in or on the motor vehicle. This image can either be an image of the surroundings in front of the motor vehicle or an image of the surroundings behind the motor vehicle.
Exemplary embodiments of the invention are explained in more detail with reference to the drawing without being restricted thereto. In said drawing:
The present invention here relates to a display device of a motor vehicle.
The present invention here relates to display device of a motor vehicle. On such a display device, a map corresponding to a current vehicle position can be displayed in a display mode under the control of a navigation device, and the position of the motor vehicle can likewise be displayed on this map. Then, when a route is activated in the navigation device, the route can also be displayed on the map.
In order to increase the functionality of such a display device, according to a first aspect of the invention there is provision that a racetrack on which the motor vehicle is operated can be displayed on the display device in a further display mode.
In this context, the current position of the motor vehicle on the racetrack is preferably also displayed under the control of the navigation device. The racetrack is preferably displayed in a quasi-spatial or perspective fashion.
For example,
The further display mode in which the display device 10 displays the racetrack 11 is preferably activated at the driver's end by means of a timing device 13 which serves to acquire lap times and/or lap section times of the motor vehicle which is operated on the racetrack.
Such a timing device 13 is also referred to as a sport chrono, wherein according to one advantageous development of the invention, in the display mode of the display device 10 in which the display device 10 is used to display the racetrack 11, data of the timing device 13, for example a lap section time according to
The timing device 13 is preferably a component of a display device 15 of a combination instrument. Here, according to
According to a second aspect of the invention, the display device 10 according to aspects of the invention can display, in a further display mode, a quasi-spatial image of the surroundings of the motor vehicle, which image is generated or made up from a plurality of camera images.
The quasi-spatial or perspective image, specifically the quasi-spatial or perspective image of the surroundings 16 or 17, which is displayed on the display device 10 according to the second aspect of the invention, is generated by means of a control device (not shown) which is assigned to the display device 10 and which generates the quasi-spatial or perspective image of the surroundings from images of at least two cameras.
The control device preferably uses images of three cameras to generate the quasi-spatial or perspective image of the surroundings. These cameras are, of course, installed at different positions in the motor vehicle or on the motor vehicle.
It is therefore possible for a first camera to be installed in the region of a license plate position of the motor vehicle and further cameras to be installed in the region of rear view mirror positions of the motor vehicle.
The two aspects according to aspects of the invention can also be used in combination with one another on a display device 10, wherein said display device is then used to display a map in a first display mode, to display a racetrack and to display data of a timing device in a second display mode, and to display an image of the surroundings of the motor vehicle in a third display mode.
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10 2010 010 442.6 | Feb 2010 | DE | national |
This is a U.S. National Phase Patent Application of PCT International Patent Application Number PCT/EP2010/007776, filed Dec. 18, 2010, which claims priority benefit of DE 10 2010 010 442.6, filed Feb. 25, 2010, each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
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PCT/EP2010/007776 | 12/18/2010 | WO | 00 | 7/3/2012 |