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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2012
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Björn Giesler, Ingolstadt, DE;
Patrick Heinemann, Kösching, DE;
Michael Schadeck, Ingolstadt, DE;
Stefan Stümper, Eichstätt, DE;
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Abstract
In a method for controlling a display device of a motor vehicle for displaying an environmental information relating to an environment of the motor vehicle, the environmental information is assigned at least one directional information which describes a detection direction of a detection device used for determining the environmental information or a direction to an object described by the environmental information based on a reference point, in particular a sitting position of the driver inside the motor vehicle, wherein the display device for displaying the environmental information which covers at least one angular range which lies in a horizontal plane is activated in a sub-range of the angular range which is assigned to the directional information.