Dashboard Ambient Light Coordination for Forward-Gaze Reporting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Drivers have difficulty recognizing ambient light reports due to the linear ambient light being divided or covered by the display in the dashboard, making it less visible during forward-facing gaze.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle control system that coordinates ambient light and display emission in designated zones, using processors to control ambient light and display units to provide cooperative light emission, ensuring the display mimics the ambient light's emission mode to enhance visibility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If the display is disposed to divide or cover the linear ambient light, then the dashboard information display function is improved, but the driver's ability to recognize ambient light reports deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The display unit creates a visual copy of the ambient light emission state by displaying light emission information that corresponds to the ambient light's emission pattern, color, and intensity. This allows the driver to see the ambient light report both as actual light and as a visual representation on the display, ensuring the information is not lost despite the display physically blocking part of the ambient light.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the ambient light linear portion is covered by the display, then the dashboard layout flexibility is improved, but the visibility of ambient light during forward-facing gaze deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The solution transitions the ambient light information from a single-dimensional physical light source to a multi-dimensional presentation that includes both the physical ambient light and its digital representation on the display. This allows the information to be accessible from multiple 'dimensions' or perspectives, maintaining visibility even when the physical light path is blocked.
3Device complexity
If the display covers part of the ambient light, then the integration of display and ambient light is improved, but the cooperative recognition of light emission reports deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The display provides visual feedback about the ambient light emission state by showing light emission information that reflects the ambient light's current state. This feedback mechanism ensures that even when the display physically blocks part of the ambient light, the driver receives confirmed information about the ambient light's emission through the display's visual representation, maintaining recognition reliability.
Data Source
AI summary
A vehicle control system includes one or more processors and a storage medium storing a program configured to be executed by the one or more processors. The program includes one or more instructions that are configured to cause the one or more processors to perform: a designating process of designating a light-emission reporting zone in a vehicle interior of a vehicle according to a direction or a position related to reporting; and a control process of causing an ambient light and a display of the vehicle to perform cooperative light emission in the light-emission reporting zone designated by the designating process. The ambient light has a linear portion extending at least in a vehicle transverse direction in the vehicle interior, and the display is disposed in a dashboard of the vehicle so as to divide or cover a part of the linear portion of the ambient light.