Vehicle display

DRIVE December 21, 2011
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A method (800) of displaying information to a person viewing a configurable display (12) in a vehicle (10). The method displays one of a plurality of page formats (200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700) at a time. Each page format includes one or more images (201, 202, 212, 214, 222, 224, 226, 228, 238a, 238b, 238c), including a first image (314, 440, 550, 660, 770) in a distinct region of the display. The first image is positioned in an upper region (310, 410, 510, 610, 710) of the display when information conveyed by the first image originates from outside the vehicle, and the first image is positioned in a lower region (320, 420, 520, 620, 720) of the display when information conveyed by the first image originates from within the vehicle. The arrangement of images and the organization of the page formats are configured to convey a mental model of the environment about the vehicle, and displaying multiple pages arranged in a hierarchical order to further convey a mental model of how information is arranged on the various pages is provided.

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