Ian D Hunt

US Patent:

20210237576, Aug 5, 2021

Filed:

Oct 9, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/067371

Inventors:

- Bellevue 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
Nicole JOHNSON - West Los Angeles CA, US

Assignee:

PACCAR Inc - Bellevue WA

International Classification:

B60K 37/02
B60K 35/00

Abstract:

Systems, methods and computer readable storage media provide flexible vehicle status notifications via an instrument cluster displayed on an in-vehicle screen. In some examples, when a non-displayed gauge goes into an out-of-parameter or warning range, the gauge may be dynamically shown in the out-of-parameter or warning state in a container position assigned to the gauge in another display or in a dynamic container position in the instrument cluster. In some examples, a popup notification may be provided to inform the driver of a condition. When there are multiple notifications, they may be grouped into definable severity classifications and prioritized so that a notification determined to be a most important message at the time is presented to the driver in a notification zone central to a driver's field of vision on the instrument cluster that allows for reusing screen space for providing warning and information from a range of data sources.