Automotive Display Screen Layout for Clear Function Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current automotive displays lack enhanced user convenience in navigating between different function groups and screens, making it difficult for users to distinguish and recognize the configuration of the home screen from the individual screen.
Innovation Solution
The automotive display features a home screen with a first button group for primary functions and a second button group for secondary functions, with switching buttons to transition to individual screens, where buttons are aligned along the sides, and the home button is prominently displayed for easy navigation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple button groups are displayed on the same screen, then more functions are accessible, but the screen layout becomes complex and difficult to recognize
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the button groups into two separate sides of the screen. The first button group is displayed along one side (e.g., left side) and the second button group is displayed along the other side (e.g., right side). This spatial segmentation allows multiple function groups to be accessible simultaneously while maintaining a clear, recognizable screen layout that does not become overly complex.
2Productivity
If buttons are aligned along the sides of the display, then navigation efficiency is improved, but the central display area is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by positioning buttons specifically along the side edges of the display rather than uniformly across the screen. This allows the buttons to be strategically placed in areas that do not interfere with the central display content, maintaining both efficient navigation and adequate central display area for primary information presentation.
3Ease of operation
If the home button is prominently displayed, then ease of return to home screen is improved, but the overall button density increases
Solution Approach 1:
The home button is positioned in a prominent, easily accessible location (such as at the bottom center or along a side edge) before the user needs to navigate back. This preliminary positioning ensures that the home function is always readily available without requiring the user to search through dense button arrangements, and the home button's strategic placement minimizes its contribution to overall button density.
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AI summary
[Problem to be Solved] To provide an automotive display apparatus with enhanced user convenience. [Solution] An automotive display 1 has a plurality of available functions and is able to perform switching between a home screen and an individual screen, the plurality of functions include a first function group and a second function group, a first button group including a plurality of buttons respectively corresponding to a plurality of functions included in the first function group is displayed on the home screen, a plurality of simple display regions respectively corresponding to a plurality of functions included in the second function group are further displayed on the home screen, and a switching button for performing switching to the individual screen including a detailed display region of the function is displayed in each of the plurality of simple display regions, and the detailed display region, the first button group, and a second button group including a plurality of buttons respectively corresponding to a plurality of functions included in the second function group are displayed on the individual screen.