Display device of a motor vehicle and method for operating a display device of this type

摘要

A display apparatus in a motor vehicle has at least one display element, which can be used to display at least one value and which has at least one light-emitting element for adjusting a display brightness for the display element. A sensing device has, a sensing element for sensing an ambient brightness for surroundings of the display element. The display brightness can be adjusted by the light-emitting element on the basis of the sensed ambient brightness. The sensing device is designed to prompt at least one function of the motor vehicle that is different than the adjustment of the display brightness when a change in the ambient brightness is sensed. A method operates such a display apparatus.

主权项

1. A display apparatus in a motor vehicle, comprising:
a display element to display an informational item value, the display element having a light-emitting element to illuminate the display element; and a sensing device comprising:
a sensing element to sense an ambient brightness of surroundings of the display element; anda control unit:to adjust a brightness of the display element by adjusting a display brightness of the light-emitting element based on the ambient brightness sensed by the sensing element, andto actuate a different function of the motor vehicle that is different from adjusting the brightness of the display element, when a decrease in the ambient brightness is sensed by the sensing element, which is equal to or greater than a prescribed decrease in the ambient brightness, wherein when the sensing element senses a decrease in the ambient brightness which is equal to or greater than the prescribed decrease in the ambient brightness because a driver of the motor vehicle has at least partially covered the sensing element, the different function of the motor vehicle is actuated without adjusting the brightness of the display element.