US 11,718,177 B2
Instrument cluster with a contextual view
Steven Karl Jahns, Bellingham, WA (US); Ryan Anthony Reed, Kenmore, WA (US); Jonathan Scott Duncan, Seattle, WA (US); Josef Lotz, Pune (IN); Kevin James Allen, Bow, WA (US); Jerrold Adam Regan, Sedro-Woolley, WA (US); 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. 17/67,408.
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 62/970,512, filed on Feb. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/970,470, filed on Feb. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0237573 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. B60K 35/00 (2006.01); G09G 5/14 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 35/00 (2013.01) [G09G 5/14 (2013.01); B60K 2370/1523 (2019.05); B60K 2370/166 (2019.05); B60K 2370/167 (2019.05); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01); G09G 2370/20 (2013.01); G09G 2380/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for providing context-relevant information in an instrument cluster for display on a screen in a vehicle, comprising:
displaying the instrument cluster in a first content view of a set of content views;
receiving an indication of a user selection to change the displayed first content view to a contextual content view;
receiving signaling data from a plurality of data sources, the signaling data including data about physical conditions experienced by the vehicle derived from sensor readings from sensors included on the vehicle;
evaluating the signaling data to determine whether one of a plurality of predefined contextual states is associated with at least part of the signaling data,
wherein each predefined contextual state has associated with it one or more signaling data values of the signaling data, each signaling data value being associated with a condition being experienced by the vehicle,
wherein each predefined contextual state is associated with context-relevant information, the context relevant information including one or more gauges;
in response to inferentially determining that at least part of the signaling data is associated with one of the plurality of predefined contextual states, displaying the instrument cluster in the contextual view, wherein displaying the instrument cluster in the contextual view comprises displaying a set of driving-context-relevant information in the displayed instrument cluster based on the contextual state, the driving-context-relevant information including the context relevant information associated with the determined predefined contextual state; and
displaying a message indicating the determined predefined contextual state.