US 11,858,350 B2
Flexible notifications via an instrument cluster
Steven Karl Jahns, Bellingham, WA (US); Ryan Anthony Reed, Kenmore, WA (US); Jonathan Scott Duncan, Seattle, WA (US); Jon Forrest Acton, Ft. Worth, TX (US); Jacob Michael White, Flower Mound, TX (US); Raeef Hesham Wahib Barsoum, Bellingham, WA (US); Brett Grant Kellerstedt, McKinney, TX (US); Ian Ramsay Hunt, Denton, TX (US); Hervé Jen Raymond Cecchi, Santa Clara, CA (US); Anna-Magdalena Schatz, Bensheim (DE); Christina Nenke, Muehlheim (DE); Marc George Wilczak, Lake Balboa, CA (US); and Nicole Johnson, West Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to PACCAR Inc., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed by PACCAR Inc, Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed on Oct. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/067,371.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/978,691, filed on Feb. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/978,698, filed on Feb. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/970,490, filed on Feb. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0237576 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. B60K 37/02 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60R 16/023 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01)
CPC B60K 37/02 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 2370/111 (2019.05); B60K 2370/152 (2019.05); B60K 2370/155 (2019.05); B60K 2370/171 (2019.05); B60K 2370/178 (2019.05); B60K 2370/186 (2019.05); B60K 2370/188 (2019.05); B60K 2370/191 (2019.05); B60K 2370/193 (2019.05); B60K 2370/195 (2019.05); B60K 2370/52 (2019.05); B60R 16/0232 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/14 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/141 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/1422 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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9. A system for providing flexible vehicle status notifications via an instrument cluster displayed on an in-vehicle screen; the system comprising:
at least one processor;
a memory storage device including instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:
receive information associated with a gauge measurement of a gauge that is outside a normal operating range;
determine a gauge state based on the received information;
determine whether the gauge is currently displayed on-screen or hidden from display;
when the gauge is currently displayed on-screen, update the instrument cluster to change the gauge from a current display state to a display state associated with the gauge state, wherein the display state includes presentation attributes of a salience level corresponding to the gauge state;
when the gauge is currently hidden from display, update the instrument cluster to show the gauge in the display state associated with the gauge state; and
wherein when the gauge is currently hidden from display, in updating the instrument cluster to show the gauge, the system is configured to:
determine whether the gauge has an assigned position in the instrument cluster;
when the gauge has an assigned position in the instrument cluster, show the gauge in the assigned position; and
when the gauge does not have an assigned position in the instrument cluster, show the gauge in a dynamic container, wherein the dynamic container has an assigned position in the instrument cluster and is assignable to display any of a plurality of hidden gauges including the gauge.