US 12,430,016 B2
Adjusting and/or customising a user interface of a vehicle
Alvaro Rodrigo Alonso, Gothenburg (SE); Tor Guttormsen, Gothenburg (SE); Niclas Lind, Gothenburg (SE); and Timur Kondrakov, Gothenburg (SE)
Assigned to Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed by Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed on Apr. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/732,794.
Prior Publication US 2023/0350555 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B60K 35/00 (2024.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/23 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 3/04847 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.02); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/23 (2024.01); B60K 35/28 (2024.01); B60K 2360/122 (2024.01); B60K 2360/167 (2024.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for adjusting and customizing a user interface of a vehicle, comprising:
providing, by the vehicle, user interface data of the vehicle to a computing unit separate from the vehicle, comprising at least information about visualization parameters of at least one user interface;
providing, by the vehicle, vehicle data comprising information about vehicle parameters, wherein the vehicle data comprises at least one of a vehicle speed of the vehicle or a vehicle gear level of the vehicle;
providing, by the computing unit, user interface control data for the at least one user interface responsive to the provided user interface data, wherein the user interface control data comprises information about a selection of vehicle parameters for displaying by the at least one user interface and user interface input associated with an element of the at least one user interface;
transmitting the user interface control data to the vehicle;
adjusting, by the vehicle, the at least one user interface based on the user interface control data in real time to reconfigure a function of the element of the at least one user interface based on an availability of a specific vehicle function, as indicated by the user interface control data;
customizing, by the vehicle, the at least one user interface based on the user interface control data and at least one of the vehicle speed of the vehicle or the vehicle gear level of the vehicle in real time in order to indicate at least one of a new or updated function utilizing the element of the user interface reconfigured based on the availability of the specific vehicle function, wherein real time is defined as within a time frame having a predetermined lower limit and a predetermined upper limit, such that the at least one user interface is suitable for use in a prototyping platform;
and using the at least one user interface in the prototyping platform.