Bendable Automotive Display Frame for Flexible Interior Configurations
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing automotive display devices lack flexibility and user-friendly interaction methods, limiting their ability to adapt to different vehicle interior configurations and user preferences for image display and control.
Innovation Solution
An automotive display device featuring a bendable frame with a flexible display and a non-display frame that can be bent or unbent, allowing for multiple display configurations and touch/proximity touch sensing, enabling users to control image display and vehicle functions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a rigid frame structure is used for automotive display devices, then structural stability and ease of manufacture are improved, but flexibility and adaptability to different vehicle interior configurations deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by implementing a frame structure that can dynamically change its configuration between bent and unbent states. The frame includes movable joints and linkage mechanisms that allow it to transition between different shapes, enabling the display device to adapt to various mounting positions and vehicle interior layouts while maintaining structural integrity during operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The frame is divided into multiple segments or linkages that can move relative to each other. This segmentation allows the frame to achieve complex curved configurations through the coordinated movement of individual segments, providing flexibility for different display orientations while keeping each segment structurally simple and manufacturable.
2Ease of operation
If a fixed display configuration is used, then manufacturing precision and structural stability are improved, but user interaction flexibility and comfort deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The display configuration is made dynamic through the adjustable frame structure that can be positioned in multiple predetermined configurations. This allows the display to be optimized for different user positions (driver, passenger, rear seat) while maintaining precise alignment and viewing angles in each configuration through controlled joint positions and mechanical stops.
Solution Approach 2:
The frame structure is designed to support multiple display configurations and orientations, making a single display device universally applicable to different seating arrangements and user needs. The same frame can be adjusted to provide optimal viewing for front-seat drivers, front-seat passengers, or rear-seat occupants without requiring multiple specialized displays.
3Adaptability or versatility
If traditional non-flexible display devices are used, then structural stability is improved, but adaptability to different vehicle interior layouts and user preferences deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The frame structure incorporates dynamic elements that allow it to adapt to different vehicle interior layouts while maintaining structural stability during use. The frame can be adjusted to various configurations for different mounting locations (dashboard, door panels, rear entertainment) and then locked into place, providing both adaptability during installation and stability during operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The frame's geometric parameters (angles, lengths, curvature) can be changed to suit different vehicle interior configurations. By adjusting these parameters within designed ranges, the display device can accommodate various mounting positions and orientations while maintaining adequate structural strength and rigidity for each configuration.
Data Source
AI summary
An automotive display device on which an image may be displayed, the automotive display device being for a vehicle interior, the automotive display device including an automotive frame, at least part of the automotive frame being bendable; and a bending controller to control bending of the automotive frame.