Interchangeable display of information panels on a dashboard

摘要

Interchangeable display of information panels on a LCD screen of a dashboard in a transportation apparatus is disclosed. The information panels may be graphically displayed at respective positions on the LCD screen such that they are separate and independent from each other. In some examples, the display position of a given information panel may be swapped with the display position of another given information panel on the LCD screen. In some examples, the display the given information panel may be duplicated at another display position on the LCD screen. In some examples, the display the given information panel may be moved to a new display position on the LCD screen.

主权项

1. An information display system in a transportation apparatus, the information display system comprises:
a liquid crystal display (LCD) screen that occupies at least a portion of a dashboard of the transportation apparatus, wherein the LCD screen is capable of graphically displaying multiple information panels at respective positions on the LCD screen, the information panels being displayed separate and independent from each other on the LCD screen, wherein the information panels include a first information panel and a second information panel; and a processor configured to:
display the first information panel at a first position on the LCD screen and display the second information panel at a second position on the LCD screen;receive a user signal indicating a request to switch the display positions of the first and second information panels on the LCD screen;generate a switch instruction to switch the display of first and second information panels in accordance with the received user signal;display the first information panel at the second position on the LCD screen and display the second information panel at the first position on the LCD screen in accordance with the generated switch instruction;generate a switch-back instruction to switch back the display positions of the first information panel and second information panel to their previous display positions prior to the switching after a predetermined time period.