WO2008080448A1

WO2008080448A1 - Control system for a vehicle

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Publication number: WO2008080448A1
Application number: PCT/EP2007/009720
Authority: WO
Inventors: Birgit Mogilka; Peter Brenner
Original assignee: Daimler Ag
Priority date: 2007-01-02
Filing date: 2007-11-09
Publication date: 2008-07-10
Also published as: DE102007001317A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a control system for a vehicle, having at least one control element (11 to 18) for selecting and/or activating at least one entry in a menu structure with multiple menu levels, and a display screen (30) arranged in the field of view of the driver with at least one display region for displaying the menu structure, wherein the at least one display region displays at least one entry of a main menu and/or a submenu. According to the invention, a first display region which displays the at least one main menu entry can be activated and displayed on the display screen (30) in response to the activation of a first control element, and the activated first display region can be deactivated and removed from the display screen (30) after a predefined time period has elapsed and/or in response to the activation of a second control element, wherein the activation function is permanently and/or temporarily assigned to the first control element, according to the menu level, and wherein the deactivation function is permanently and/or temporarily assigned to the second control element, according to the menu level.

Description

Operating system for a vehicle

The invention relates to an operating system for a vehicle according to the preamble of patent claim 1.

In modern vehicles, there are numerous vehicle and infotainment systems, i. Information and entertainment systems operated by the driver and whose information is displayed to the driver. As a rule, a display instrument integrated in the instrument cluster is used for the visual information output. In order to ensure safe operation while driving, as many functions as possible should be operable via steering wheel buttons, so that the driver can leave his hands on the steering wheel during the operating procedure.

In DE 197 52 056 Al an operating system, in particular for a motor vehicle is described. In this operating system, two display areas are displayed on a screen display in a menu structure with several menu levels. A first display area is arranged as a frame around the second display area. In a first menu level, the first display area displays eight fields with entries that correspond to executable applications and are arranged vertically and horizontally. The Selection of an entry is made by a sliding or tilting movement of the manual actuating means with several Verstellfreiheitsgraden in the direction of the position of the corresponding entry in the first display area. Pressing the manual control activates a selected entry. After activation, in a second menu level in the second display area, a plurality of vertically arranged entries are displayed, which are assigned to the activated entry in the first menu level. The entries displayed in the second display area are selected by a rotary movement of the manual actuating means and activated by pressing the manual actuating means. The activated second display area and the second menu level are left by the sliding or tilting movement of the manual actuating means in the direction of a position of one of the entries in the first display area. The operating system is then again in the first display area in the first menu level.

In the published patent application DE 103 60 657 A1, an operating system for a motor vehicle is described, which has a manual actuating means with several

Freedom of adjustment for selecting and / or activating entries from a menu structure with multiple menu levels and a screen display with multiple display areas for displaying the menu structure. The

Display areas each comprise at least one field for displaying one of the entries. In at least one menu level, a first and / or a second of the plurality of degrees of freedom of the manual actuation means for selecting and / or activating one of the entries in an activated viewport corresponds to an alignment of the displayed entries, and a third and / or a fourth The degree of freedom of the manual actuator for exiting the active display area is orthogonal to the orientation of each of the displayed entries. In addition, in the described operating system, a display area for displaying a main menu line is permanently displayed on the screen display, wherein all possible entries of the main menu line are permanently displayed.

The object of the invention is to provide an operating system for a vehicle, which allows a space-saving display of information and intuitive operation.

The invention achieves this object by providing an operating system having the features of patent claim 1.

Advantageous developments of the invention are specified in the dependent claims.

The invention is based on the idea of activating and displaying on the screen display a first display area of a screen display arranged in the field of vision of the driver, which displays at least one entry of a main menu in response to an actuation of a first operating element, the activated first display area after expiration of a disabled and / or in response to actuation of a second control element and removed from the screen display. That means the first one

Display area for displaying the main menu is only temporarily activated, so that an entry of the main menu can be selected and activated. The first control element, the activation function can be assigned permanently and / or temporarily depending on the menu level, and the second Control element, the deactivation function permanently and / or temporarily assigned depending on the menu level. Since the first display area is displayed with the entries of the main menu only when needed, the display area of the first display area can also be used to display other menu levels, representing, for example, various submenus respectively associated with the entries of the main menu, so that advantageously for a second display area more display area is available. If the entries of the main menu are to be displayed again at a later time, the first display area for displaying the entries of the main menu can be reactivated by a corresponding actuation of a first operating element and displayed on the screen display. The operating system according to the invention for a vehicle is used to select and / or activate at least one entry in a menu structure having a plurality of menu levels, wherein the display areas each display at least one entry of the main menu and / or a submenu.

In an embodiment of the operating system according to the invention, the second display area, which displays the at least one entry of a submenu, is activated after the deactivation of the first display area and displayed on the screen display. The submenu displayed in the activated second display area is in each case assigned to a selected and / or activated entry of the main menu. By way of example, the first and second display areas are designed in such a way that the activated first display area at least partially overlaps the second display area. The total number of entries in the main menu depends on the vehicle equipment, with the first Viewing area displayed entries of the main menu, for example, a travel application and / or a navigation application and / or a Funplplikation and / or a telephone application and / or an assistant application and / or a service application and / or a settings application are assigned. The total number of entries of the activated submenu depends, for example, on current system states and / or on a current menu level and / or on a currently activated application.

In a further embodiment of the operating system according to the invention, the entries of the activated main menu in the first display area can be arranged with a vertical orientation in a y-direction and / or in a horizontal orientation in an x-direction. The maximum number of simultaneously displayed entries of the main menu depends on the dimensions of the first display area. The entries of the activated submenu can be arranged in the second display area as a list with a vertical orientation in the y direction. The maximum number of simultaneously displayed entries of the activated submenu depends on the dimensions of the second display area. In addition, the lists can have a ring structure, so that it is possible to switch directly from a first list entry to a last list entry and vice versa by means of a corresponding actuation process.

In a further embodiment of the operating system according to the invention, a first control element, to which the activation function is permanently assigned, can be used, for example, as a first one in a horizontal arrangement of the entries of the main menu Directional control element, which is associated with a first adjustment of a cursor, and / or executed as a second directional control element, which is associated with a second adjustment of the cursor. The first and / or the second adjustment direction of the cursor correspond to an alignment of the activated in the first

Display area of displayed entries of the main menu. A second control element, to which the deactivation function is temporarily assigned as a function of the menu level, can be carried out in the horizontal arrangement of the entries of the main menu as a third directional control element associated with a third adjustment direction of the cursor, and / or as a fourth directional control element associated with a fourth adjustment of the cursor. The third and / or the fourth adjustment direction of the cursor are orthogonal to the orientation of the entries displayed in the activated first display area.

Alternatively, a first control element, to which the activation function is temporarily assigned as a function of the menu level, can be set as a third one if the main menu entries are arranged vertically

Directional control element, which is associated with the third adjustment of the cursor, and / or executed as a fourth directional control element, which is associated with the fourth adjustment of the cursor. The third and / or the fourth adjustment direction of the cursor correspond to the alignment of the entries displayed in the activated first display area.

Additionally or alternatively, a first operating element, to which the activation function is temporarily assigned as a function of the menu level, may be used as a first Functional control that restores a previous menu state and / or executed as a second function control that activates and / or deactivates the main menu. That is, in response to an operation, the first function control activates the first viewport indicating the entries of the main menu, the current menu state representing an activated submenu, and the previous menu state corresponding to the main menu being activated, or disabling the first viewport and the screen display removed if the current menu state represents the activated main menu and the previous menu state corresponds to an activated submenu. In addition, in response to an operation, the second function control activates the deactivated first viewport and displays the entries of the main menu on the

Screen, or deactivates the activated first display area and removes the entries of the main menu from the on-screen display. Thus, depending on the menu level, the first and / or the second functional operating element can act both as a first operating element for activating the first display area and as a second operating element for deactivating the first display area. In addition, a second control to which the deactivation function is permanently assigned may be executed as a third functional control activating a sub-menu associated with a currently selected entry of the main menu.

In a further refinement of the operating system according to the invention, the cursor can be used to select at least one entry represented on the screen display by the operating elements designed as directional control elements via the Display screen, wherein the cursor is graphically represented by a change in the graphical representation of a field of the currently selected entry. The cursor changes, for example, the color representation and / or shape and / or size of the selected field and / or the associated entry. In the case of a horizontal arrangement of the entries of the main menu and with a deactivated first display area, the first directional control element and / or the second one activate

Directional control in response to an operation, the first display area, and the entries of the main menu are displayed on the screen. The cursor can be set, for example, to a fixed entry or to an entry specified depending on the menu level. When an activated first

In the display area, the first directional control element, in response to an operation, renews the activation of the main menu and moves the cursor in a positive x-direction so that a horizontally arranged list can be scrolled to the right. The second directional control element, in response to an operation, renews the activation of the main menu and moves the cursor in a negative x-direction so that the horizontally arranged list can be scrolled to the left. The third and / or the fourth directional control element respectively deactivate the first display area in response to an actuation and activate the second display area, wherein the cursor in the second display area can be set to a fixed entry or to an entry predetermined in dependence on the menu level. Alternatively, in a vertical arrangement of the entries of the main menu and an activated first display area in response to an actuation, the third directional control element renews the activation of the main menu and moves the cursor in a positive y-direction so that a vertically arranged list can be scrolled upwards , The fourth directional control also renews the activation of the main menu in response to an operation and moves the cursor in a negative y direction so that the vertically arranged list can be scrolled down.

In a further embodiment of the operating system according to the invention, the controls can be designed as a push button and arranged on the impact pot of a steering wheel. The screen display can be integrated, for example, in a combination instrument.

Advantageous embodiments of the invention described below are shown in the drawings.

Showing:

2 is a schematic representation of a first exemplary embodiment of a display field of a screen display from FIG. 1 for displaying a main menu, FIGS. 4 and 5 each show a schematic representation of FIG

Display field of the screen display of FIG. 1 for

Displaying a submenu, and Fig. 6 and 7 are each a schematic representation of a second embodiment of the display panel of Screen display of Fig. 1 for displaying a main menu.

As can be seen from FIG. 1, an operating system according to the invention for a vehicle comprises a plurality of operating elements 11 to 18, for example designed as a push-button switch, which are arranged on the baffle 19 of a multifunction steering wheel 10 in the exemplary embodiment shown, an evaluation and control unit 20 and one in the driver's field of vision arranged display screen 30 with at least one display area 31, 31 ', 33. To control a menu structure with multiple menu levels evaluates the evaluation and control unit 20 operations of the controls 11 to 18 and information from not shown vehicle systems, which are operated with the operating system according to the invention, and represents the menu structure for selecting and / or activating at least one entry in two display areas 31, 31 ', 33 of the on-screen display 30, which will be described below with reference to FIGS. 2-7.

2 and 3 each show a schematic representation of a first embodiment of a display panel of the screen display 30 of FIG. 1 for displaying a main menu. As is apparent from FIGS. 2 and 3, the

Screen display 30 integrated in the illustrated embodiment in an instrument cluster of the vehicle and arranged for example in the range of a tachometer representation 39. In the depicted menu level, the screen display 30 simultaneously displays a first display area 31 and a second display area 33, the activated first display area 31 partially covering the second display area 33. In the first Display area 31 four entries Menü_l to Menü_4 of the main menu are displayed in the illustrated first embodiment, the total number of entries of the main menu depends on the vehicle equipment. The main menu comprises, for example, in each case an entry for a travel application, a navigation application, a radio application, a telephone application, an assistance application, a service application and / or a settings application.

2 and 3, the entries menu_l to menu_4 of the activated main menu displayed in the first display area 31 are arranged as a list 32 with a horizontal orientation in an x-direction, wherein the maximum number of simultaneously displayed entries is menu_l to menu_4 of the main menu are dependent on the dimensions of the first display area 31.

As can be further seen from FIG. 2, in the second display area 33, four Entries Entr_1 through Entr_4 of a submenu are displayed as a list 34 with a vertical orientation in the y direction, wherein the maximum number of simultaneously displayed entries Entr_l through Entr_4 of the submenu of the submenu Dimensions of the second display area 33 is dependent. The submenu displayed in the second display area 33 is assigned to a selected entry Menu_l of the main menu in the first display area 31, wherein the total number of entries Entry_l to Entry_4 of the assigned submenu is from current system states and / or from the current menu level and / or from the currently selected entry Menu_l depends on the main menu. The selected entry Menu_l is compared to the unselected entries Menu_2 to Menu_4 of the main menu highlighted by a bold representation. The two arrows 35 arranged in the first display area 31 at the left and right ends of the horizontal list 32 indicate that more than the four displayed entries menu_l to menu_4 can be selected.

As can also be seen from FIG. 3, in the second display area 33, two entries 'entry_l' and entry_2 'of a submenu are displayed as a list 34' with a vertical orientation in the y-direction. In contrast to FIG. 2, the submenu displayed in the second display area 33 is associated with another selected menu item_2 of the main menu, which is highlighted in the first display area 31 by a bold display in comparison with the non-selected entries Menu_l, Menu_3 and Menu_4 of the main menu.

4 and 5 each show a schematic representation of the display panel of the screen display 30 of FIG. 1 for displaying an activated submenu. As can be seen from FIGS. 4 and 5, in the depicted menu level, the screen display 30 displays only the activated second display area 33, which displays the four entries entry_l to entry_4 of the activated submenu as a list 34 with a vertical orientation in the y-direction. The submenu displayed in the second display area 33 is associated with an activated entry of the main menu, for example the first entry Menü_l of the main menu.

As can be further seen from FIG. 4, an entry entry_l of the vertical list 34 is selected, which compared to the unselected entries entry_2 to Entry_4 of the activated submenu is highlighted by a bold representation. The two arrows 36 arranged in the second display area 33 at the upper and lower end of the vertical list 34 indicate that more than the four entries shown, entry_l to entry_4, can be selected.

As can be further seen in FIG. 5, in contrast to FIG. 4, another entry_2 of the vertical list 34 is selected, which is highlighted by a bold representation in comparison with the non-selected entries entry_l, entry_3 and entry_4 of the activated submenu.

6 and 7 each show a schematic representation of a second embodiment of the display panel of the screen display 30 of FIG. 1 for displaying a main menu. As can be seen from FIGS. 6 and 7, the screen display 30 is also integrated into an instrument cluster of the vehicle in the illustrated second exemplary embodiment and is arranged, for example, in the area of the tachometer representation 39. In the illustrated menu level, the screen display 30 simultaneously displays a first display area 31 'and a second display area 33, the activated first display area 31' covering the second display area 33 almost completely. In the first display area 31 ', analogous to the first display area 31 from FIGS. 2 and 3, four entries Menü_l to Menü_4 of the main menu are displayed.

As can further be seen from FIGS. 6 and 7, the entries menu_l to menu 4 of the activated main menu displayed in the first display area 31 are shown as a list 32 'with a arranged vertically in a y-direction, wherein the maximum number of simultaneously displayed entries Menü_l to Menü_4 of the main menu on the dimensions of the first display area 31 'are dependent. Analogous to the first exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 2, the entry menu_l selected in FIG. 6 is highlighted by a bold representation in comparison to the non-selected entries menu_2 to menu_4 of the main menu. Analogous to the first exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 3, the entry menu_2 selected in FIG. 7 is highlighted by a bold representation in comparison with the non-selected entries menu_l, menu_3 and menu_4 of the main menu. The two arrows 36 arranged in the first display area 31 'at the upper and lower end of the vertical list 32' indicate that more than the four displayed entries Menu_l to Menu_4 can be selected. In contrast to the first exemplary embodiment according to FIGS. 2 and 3, in the second exemplary embodiment according to FIGS. 6 and 7 the second display area 33 is almost completely covered by the activated first display area 31 ', so that the entries are assigned to the selected menu_l or menu_2 menu item of the main menu Submenus are not visible.

Hereinafter, the operation of the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.

The first display area 31 shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 on the screen display 30, which displays four entries Menu_l to Menu_4 of the main menu as a horizontal list 32, is activated in response to an operation of a first operating element 12, 13, 16, 17 and on the Screen display 30 is displayed, wherein four of the baffle 19 arranged controls 11 to 18 act as a first control element can. After a predetermined period of time and / or in response to actuation of a second operating element 11, 14, 15, the first display area 31 is deactivated and removed from the screen display 30, wherein five of the baffle 19 arranged controls 11 to 18 act as a second control element can. A first control element, the activation function permanently and / or temporarily be assigned depending on the menu level. Similarly, the deactivation function can be assigned to a second operating element permanently and / or temporarily as a function of the menu level. The second display area 33, which displays the entries entry_l to entry_4, entry_l ', entry_2' of a submenu, can be activated after the deactivation of the first display area 31 and displayed on the screen display 30. As already explained above, the submenu displayed in the second display region 33 is in each case associated with a selected and / or activated entry menu_l or menu_2 of the main menu.

A first control element to which the activation function is permanently assigned, in the horizontal arrangement of the entries Menü_l to Menü_4 of the main menu in the first embodiment can be executed as a first directional control element 12, which is associated with a first adjustment direction of a cursor in the negative x-direction. A further first operating element can be designed as a second directional operating element 13, which is assigned to a second adjustment direction of the cursor in the positive x direction. Thus, the first and / or the second adjustment direction of the cursor correspond to the alignment of the entries displayed in the activated first display area 31 Entries Menu_l to Menü_4 of the main menu. A second control element, to which the deactivation function is temporarily assigned as a function of the menu level, can be executed as a third directional control element 11, which is assigned to a third adjustment direction of the cursor in the negative y direction. Another second control element may be implemented as a fourth directional control element 14 associated with a fourth adjustment direction of the cursor in the positive y-direction. Thus, the third and / or the fourth adjustment direction of the cursor are perpendicular to the alignment of the displayed in the activated first display area 31 Entries Menü_l to Menü_4 of the main menu.

In addition, a control element designed as the first functional control element 16 which, in response to an actuation, restores a previous menu state, temporarily acts both as the first control element and as the second control element depending on the current menu level and activates or deactivates the first display region 31. Analog can be a second

Function control element 17 executed control element, which activates the main menu in response to an operation and / or disabled, depending on the current menu level temporarily act both as a first control element and as a second control element and activate or deactivate the first display area 31.

Alternatively, the control element embodied as a second functional control element 17 can permanently act as a first control element and, in response to an actuation, activate the main menu and activate the first display area 31 and display it on the screen display 30. In this case a fourth function control 18 permanently acts as a second control, deactivates the main menu and the first view area 31 in response to an operation, and removes the first view area from the screen display 30.

In addition, a control element designed as a third functional control element 15 to which the deactivation function is permanently assigned can act as a second control element which activates a submenu associated with the currently selected entry menu_l or menu_2 of the main menu.

In order to select an entry Menü_l to Menü_4, Eintrag_l to Eintrag_4, Eintrag_l ', Eintrag_2' shown on the screen display 30, the cursor can be moved through the operating elements running as direction control elements 11 to 14 via the screen display 30. The cursor can be displayed graphically by changing the graphical representation of a field of the currently selected entry Menu_l, Menu_2, Entry_l or Entry_2. For example, the cursor can change the color representation and / or shape and / or size of the selected field and / or the associated entry Menü_l, Menü_2, Eintrag_l bzw. Eintrag_2. In the present drawings, a selected entry Menu_l, Menu_2, Entry_l or Entry_2 is bolded in comparison to the unselected entries. In addition, the lists 32, 34 have a ring structure, so that can be changed by a corresponding actuation process directly from a first list entry to a last list entry and vice versa.

Starting from the illustration according to FIG. 4 or FIG. 5 and a deactivated first display area 31 the first directional operating element 12, the second directional operating element 13, the first functional operating element 15 and / or the second functional operating element display the first display area 31 in response to an operation and display the entries Menu_l to Menu_4 of the main menu in the first display area 31 on the screen display 30. After activating the first display area 31 and the main menu, the cursor is on a fixed entry, here on the entry Menü_l in FIG. 2.

Starting from the illustration according to FIG. 2 and the activated first display area 31, the first directional control element 12 renews the activation of the main menu in response to an operation, continues to display the menu_l to menu_4 entries of the main menu in the first display area 31 on the screen display 30 and moves it Cursor from the first entry Menu_l in a positive x-direction to an adjacent entry Menu_2, so that the horizontally arranged list can be scrolled to the right. The current menu state after the operation of the first directional control element 12 starting from FIG. 2 is shown in FIG. Starting from the illustration according to FIG. 2 and the activated first display area 31, the second directional control element 13 renews the activation of the main menu in response to an operation, continues to display the menu_l to menu_4 entries of the main menu in the first display area 31 on the screen display 30 and moves it Cursor from the first entry Menü_l in a negative x-direction to an adjacent entry not shown, so that the horizontally arranged list can be browsed to the left. Starting from the illustration according to FIG. 2 or 3 and the activated first display area 31, the third and / or the fourth directional control element 11, 14 respectively deactivate the first display area 31 in response to an actuation and remove the first display area 31 from the screen display, simultaneously the second display area 33 is activated, wherein the cursor is set in the second display area 33 to a fixed predetermined entry or on a predetermined depending on the menu level entry. Thus, for example, starting from the representation according to FIG. 2, in response to an actuation of the third and / or the fourth directional control element 11, 14, the representation according to FIG. 4 is changed, the cursor being set to the first entry entry_1 in the second display area.

Analogously, starting from the illustration according to FIG. 2 or 3 and the activated first display area 31, the first functional operating element 15 and / or the second functional operating element 16 in response to an actuation deactivate the first display area 31 and display the entries of the activated submenu in the second display area 33 , Upon actuation of the first functional operating element 15, for example, starting from FIG. 2 or 3, a previous menu state can be restored which, for example, corresponds to the menu state according to FIG. 4 or 5. Upon actuation of the second function control element 16, starting from FIG. 2, the submenu associated with the first entry menu_l can be activated and displayed in the second display area 33, wherein the first display area 31 is simultaneously deactivated and removed from the screen display. Fig. 4 shows the menu state after the operation of the second function control element 16, starting from the representation according to FIG. 2, wherein the cursor in the second display area 33 is set to the first entry entry_l.

Starting from the illustration according to FIG. 4 and the deactivated first display area 31 and the activated second display area 33, the cursor is activated in response to an actuation of the third

Directional control element 14 from the first entry entry_l moves in a positive y-direction to an adjacent entry, not shown, so that the vertically arranged list can be scrolled upward. In response to an actuation of the fourth directional control element 11, the cursor is moved from the first entry entry_l in a negative y direction to an adjacent entry entry_l, so that the vertically arranged list can be scrolled down.

Hereinafter, the operation of the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 4 to 7.

The first display area 31 'shown on the screen display 30 in FIGS. 6 and 7, which displays four entries Menu_l to Menu_4 of the main menu as a vertical list 32', is activated in response to an operation of a first operating element and displayed on the screen display 30 two of the baffle 19 arranged controls 11 to 18 may act as the first control element. After a predetermined period of time and / or in response to actuation of a second operating element, the first display area 31 is deactivated and deactivated by the Screen display 30 is removed, wherein three or five of the baffle 19 arranged controls 11 to 18 may act as a second control element. The second display area 33, which displays the entries entry_l to entry_4, entry_l ', entry_2' of a submenu, can be activated after the deactivation of the first display area 31 'and displayed on the screen display 30. As already explained above, the submenu displayed in the second display region 33 is in each case associated with a selected and / or activated entry menu_l or menu_2 of the main menu.

Analogous to the first exemplary embodiment according to FIGS. 2 and 3, the operating element which is the first functional operating element 16 and which, in response to an actuation, restores a previous menu state, temporarily acts both as a first operating element and as a second operating element as a function of the current menu level activate or deactivate the first display area 31 '. Analog can be the second

Function control element 17 executed control that activates the main menu in response to an operation and / or disabled, depending on the current menu level temporarily act both as a first control element and as a second control and the first display area 31 'enable or disable. Starting from FIGS. 4 and 5, the activation of the first display area 31 'can take place in response to an actuation of the operating element designed as a first functional operating element 16 or of the operating element embodied as a second functional operating element 17. As a result, the entries Menu_l to Menu_4 of the main menu are displayed in the first display area 31 'on the screen display 30, with the cursor on a fixed entry, here on the entry Menü_l shown in FIG. 6.

Alternatively, the control element embodied as a second functional control element 17 can permanently act as a first control element and, in response to an actuation, activate the main menu and activate the first display region 31 'and display it on the screen display 30. In this case, a fourth function operating element 18 permanently acts as a second operating element, deactivates the main menu and the first display area 31 'in response to an operation, and removes the first display area 31' from the on-screen display 30.

Analogous to the first exemplary embodiment according to FIGS. 2 and 3, a control element designed as a third functional control element 15 to which the deactivation function is permanently assigned can act as a second control element which activates a submenu associated with the currently selected entry menu_l or menu_2 of the main menu. In addition, analogous to the first exemplary embodiment according to FIGS. 2 and 3, the deactivation of the first display area 31 'can take place starting from FIGS. 6 and 7 in response to an actuation of the operating element 16 configured as the first functional operating element 16 or of the operating element configured as a second functional operating element 17.

A second control element, to which the deactivation function is temporarily assigned as a function of the menu level, can be executed as a first directional control element 12, which is assigned to the first adjustment direction of the cursor in the positive x direction. Another second operating element may be designed as a second directional operating element 13 which is assigned to the second adjustment direction of the cursor in the negative x-direction. Thus, the first and / or the second adjustment direction of the cursor are perpendicular to the alignment of the displayed in the activated first display area 31 'entries Menü_l to Menü_4 of the main menu.

Starting from the illustration according to FIG. 6 and the activated first display area 31 ', the third directional control element 14 renews the activation of the main menu in response to an actuation, further displays the entries menu_l to menu_4 of the main menu in the first display area 31' on the display 30 moves the cursor from the first entry menu_l in a positive y-direction to an adjacent entry, not shown, so that the vertically arranged list 32 'can be scrolled upwards. Starting from the illustration according to FIG. 6 and the activated first display area 31 ', the fourth directional control element 11 renews the activation of the main menu in response to an actuation, further displays the entries menu_l to menu_4 of the main menu in the first display area 31' on the display 30 moves the cursor from the first entry menu_l in a negative y direction to an adjacent entry menu_2, so that the vertically arranged list can be scrolled down. The current menu state after the operation of the fourth directional control element 11 starting from FIG. 6 is shown in FIG.

Starting from the illustration according to FIG. 6 or 7 and the activated first display area 31 ', the first and / or the second directional control element 11, 14 can in each case deactivate the first display area 31' in response to an actuation and the first display area 31 'of FIG remove the screen display, at the same time the second display area 33 is activated, wherein the cursor is set in the second display area 33 on a fixed entry or on a predetermined entry depending on the menu level. Thus, for example, starting from the representation according to FIG. 6, in response to an actuation of the first and / or the second direction control element 12, 13, the representation according to FIG. 4 is changed, the cursor being set to the first entry entry_1 in the second presentation area 33.

Analogously, starting from the representation according to FIG. 6 or 7 and the activated first display area 31 ', the first functional operating element 16 and / or the second functional operating element 17 deactivate the first display area 31' in response to an actuation and show the entries of the activated submenu in the second display area 33 on. Upon actuation of the second function control element 17, starting from FIG. 6, the submenu associated with the first entry menu_l can be activated and displayed in the second display area 33, wherein the first display area 31 'is simultaneously deactivated and removed from the screen display 30. FIG. 4 shows the menu state after the operation of the second function control element 17 on the basis of the representation according to FIG. 6, wherein the cursor in the second display area 33 is set to the first entry entry_l.

Claims

claims

1. Operating system for a vehicle, with

at least one operating element (11 to 18) for selecting and / or activating at least one entry (menu_l to menu_4, entry_l to entry_4, entry_l ', entry_2') in a menu structure having a plurality of menu levels and

a screen display (30) arranged in the field of vision of the driver with at least one display area (31, 31 ', 33) for displaying the menu structure, the at least one display area (31, 31', 33) having at least one entry (menu_l to menu_4, entry_l until entry_4, entry_l ', entry_2') of a main menu and / or a submenu, characterized in that

a first display area (31, 31 ') displaying the at least one entry (Menu_l to Menu_4) of the main menu, activatable in response to an operation of a first operating element and displayable on the screen display (30), and

- the activated first display area (31, 31 ') after a predetermined period of time and / or in response to an actuation of a second Deactivatable and removable from the screen display (30),

- Wherein a first control element the

Activation function permanently and / or temporarily assigned, depending on the menu level, and

- Wherein a second control element, the deactivation function is assigned permanently and / or temporarily as a function of the menu level.

2. Operating system according to claim 1, characterized in that a second display area (33) which displays the at least one entry (entry_l to entry_4, entry_l ', entry_2') of a submenu, after the deactivation of the first display area (31, 31 ') can be activated and displayed on the screen display (30), the submenu displayed in the activated second display area (33) being respectively assigned to a selected and / or activated entry (Menu_l, Menu_2) of the main menu.

3. Operating system according to claim 2, characterized in that the activated first display area (31, 31 ') at least partially covers the second display area (33).

4. Operating system according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the total number of entries

(Menu_l to Menü_4) of the main menu depends on the vehicle equipment.

5. Operating system according to claim 4, characterized in that in the first display area (31, 31 ') displayed entries (Menü_l to Menü_4) of the main menu of a travel application and / or a navigation application and / or a Funplplikation and / or a telephone application and / / or an assistant application and / or a service application and / or a settings application are assigned.

6. Operating system according to one of claims 2 to 5, characterized in that the total number of entries

(Entry_l to entry_4, entry_l ', entry_2') of the activated submenu is dependent on current system states and / or on a current menu level and / or on a currently activated application.

7. Operating system according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the entries (Menü_l to Menü_4) of the activated main menu in the first display area

(31, 31 ') as a list (32, 32') are arranged with a vertical orientation in a y-direction and / or in a horizontal orientation in an x-direction, wherein the maximum number of simultaneously displayed entries (Menü_l to Menü_4 ) of the main menu is dependent on the dimensions of the first display area (31, 31 ').

8. Operating system according to one of claims 2 to 7, characterized in that the entries (entry_l to entry_4, entry_l ', entry_2') of the activated submenu in the second display area (33) as a list

(34, 34 ') are arranged with a vertical orientation in the y-direction, wherein the maximum number of simultaneously displayed entries (entry_l to entry_4, entry_l ', entry_2') of the activated submenu is dependent on the dimensions of the second display area (33).

9. Operating system according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that the lists (32, 32 ', 34, 34') have a ring structure, so that is directly exchangeable by a corresponding actuation process from a first list entry to a last list entry and vice versa.

10. Operating system according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that a first control element to which the activation function is permanently assigned, in a horizontal arrangement of the entries (Menü_l to Menü_4) of the main menu as a first directional control element

(12), which is assigned to a first adjustment direction of a cursor, and / or as a second direction control element (13) is assigned, which is associated with a second adjustment direction of the cursor, wherein the first and / or the second adjustment direction of the cursor of an alignment of the activated first display area (31) displayed entries (Menü_l to Menü_4) correspond.

11. Operating system according to one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that a second operating element to which the deactivation function is temporarily assigned as a function of the menu level, in a horizontal arrangement of the entries (Menü_l to Menü_4) of the main menu as a third direction control element (11 ), the third adjustment of the cursor is assigned, and / or as a fourth directional control element (14) is assigned, which is associated with a fourth adjustment of the cursor, wherein the third and / or the fourth adjustment of the cursor to the alignment of the displayed in the activated first display area (31) entries ( Menu_l to Menü_4) are vertical.

12. Operating system according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that a first control element to which the activation function is temporarily assigned as a function of the menu level, with a vertical arrangement of the entries (Menü_l to Menü_4) of the main menu as a third directional control element (11 ), which is associated with a third adjustment direction of the cursor, and / or as a fourth direction control element (14) is assigned, which is associated with a fourth adjustment direction of the cursor, wherein the third and / or the fourth adjustment direction of the orientation of the activated in the first Display area (31) displayed entries (Menü_l to Menü_4).

13. Operating system according to one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that a first control element to which the activation function is temporarily assigned as a function of the menu level, as a first function control element (16) is performed, which restores a previous menu state, and / or as a second functional control element (17) which activates and / or deactivates the main menu.

14. Operating system according to one of claims 1 to 13, characterized in that a second operating element, the Deactivation function is temporarily assigned as a function of the menu level, when a first function control element (16) is executed, which restores a previous menu state, and / or as a second function control element (17) is activated, which activates and / or deactivates the main menu.

15. Operating system according to one of claims 1 to 14, characterized in that a second control element to which the deactivation function is permanently assigned, as a third function control element (15) is executed, which activates a submenu that a currently selected entry (Menü_l to Menü_4 ) is assigned to the main menu.

16. Operating system according to one of claims 1 to 15, characterized in that for selecting at least one on the screen display (30) illustrated entry

(Menu_l to menu_4, entry_l to entry_4, entry_l ', entry_2') the cursor by the as directional control elements (11 to 14) running controls (11 to 18) on the screen display

(30) is movable, wherein the cursor by a change in the graphical representation of a field of the currently selected entry (Menü_l to Menü_4, Eintrag_l to Eintrag_4, Eintrag_l ', Eintrag_2') is graphically displayed.

17. Operating system according to claim 16, characterized in that the cursor changes the color representation and / or shape and / or size of the selected field and / or the associated entry (Menü_l to Menü_4, Eintrag_l to Eintrag_4, Eintrag_l ', Eintrag_2').

18. Operating system according to claim 16 or 17, characterized in that in a horizontal arrangement of the entries (Menü_l to Menü_4) of the main menu and at a disabled first display area (31)

the first directional control element (12) and / or the second directional control element (13) in response to an actuation activate the first display area and display the entries (Menu_l to Menu_4) of the main menu on the screen display (30), the cursor being fixed to one entry

(Menü_l to Menü_4) or set to an entry depending on the menu level (Menü_l to Menü_4) is set, or in an activated first display area (31)

the first directional control element (12), in response to an operation, renews the activation of the main menu and moves the cursor in a positive x-direction such that a horizontally arranged list is scrollable to the right,

the second directional control element (13), in response to an operation, renews the activation of the main menu and moves the cursor in a negative x-direction so that the horizontally arranged list is scrollable to the left, and

- The third and / or the fourth directional control element

(11, 14) in response to an operation in each case disable the first display area (31) and activate the second display area (33), wherein the cursor in the second display area (33) on a fixed entry or on a in Depending on the menu level predetermined entry is set.

19. Operating system according to claim 16 or 17, characterized in that in a vertical arrangement of the entries (Menü_l to Menü_4) of the main menu and at an activated first display area (31 ')

the third directional control element (14), in response to an operation, renews the activation of the main menu and moves the cursor in a positive y direction so that a vertically arranged list is scrollable upwards, and

the fourth directional control element (11), in response to an operation, renews the activation of the main menu and moves the cursor in a negative y-direction so that a vertically arranged list is scrollable downwards.

20. Operating system according to one of claims 1 to 19, characterized in that the operating elements (11 to 18) are designed as a push-button and the baffle pot (19) of a steering wheel (10) are arranged.

21. Operating system according to one of claims 1 to 20, characterized in that the screen display (30) is integrated in a combination instrument.