US 12,065,074 B2
Apparatus and method for displaying vehicle information
Myung Bin Choi, Seoul (KR); Sung Joon Ahn, Seongnam-si (KR); Tae Hun Kim, Seongnam-si (KR); and Kyung Hoon Kim, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/487,153.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0126296 (KR), filed on Sep. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0097524 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/54 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2024.01); B60K 35/23 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/29 (2024.01); B60K 35/60 (2024.01); B60Q 1/38 (2006.01); B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60Q 1/54 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 35/60 (2024.01); B60Q 1/38 (2013.01); B60Q 1/50 (2013.01); B60Q 1/5037 (2022.05); B60Q 1/507 (2022.05); B60Q 1/508 (2022.05); B60Q 1/525 (2013.01); B60Q 1/543 (2022.05); B60Q 1/547 (2022.05); G02B 27/0101 (2013.01); G08G 1/22 (2013.01); B60K 35/23 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 35/29 (2024.01); B60K 2360/167 (2024.01); B60K 2360/172 (2024.01); B60K 2360/175 (2024.01); B60K 2360/178 (2024.01); B60K 2360/182 (2024.01); B60K 2360/1868 (2024.01); B60K 2360/27 (2024.01); B60K 2360/785 (2024.01); B60Q 2400/50 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0141 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for controlling a plurality of displays of a vehicle, the system comprising:
an input unit configured to receive driving environment information indicative of a driving environment around a first vehicle, the first vehicle comprising a plurality of displays including an interior display and an exterior display;
a processor;
a computer-readable medium in communication with the processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to control the system to perform:
selecting, based on the received driving environment information, at least one of the interior and exterior displays of the first vehicle for displaying an image; and
controlling the selected at least one of the interior and exterior displays to display the image,
wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the processor to control the system to perform:
determining whether a driver has occupied the first vehicle;
in response to determining that the driver has not occupied the first vehicle, controlling the exterior display to display a first image showing vehicle reservation information; and
in response to determining that the driver has occupied the vehicle, controlling the interior display to display a second image showing driving-related information,
wherein the first vehicle is one of a vehicle platoon comprising a plurality of vehicles travelling together as a group, the plurality of vehicles including a leader vehicle, and each vehicle of the vehicle platoon includes interior and exterior displays, and
wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the processor to control the system to perform:
determining whether the first vehicle is the leading vehicle of the vehicle platoon;
in response to determining that the first vehicle is the leading vehicle of the vehicle platoon, controlling the exterior display to display a first image showing vehicle platoon information; and
in response to determining that the first vehicle is not the leading vehicle of the vehicle platoon, controlling the interior display to display a second image showing destination information or entertainment information.