Driver Display Content Layout Around Steering Wheel Blind Zones
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Solution Overview
Problem
The placement of digital displays in vehicles often obstructs drivers' views due to the steering wheel, leading to reduced visibility and comfort, as the anthropometric spread among humans results in some drivers having difficulty seeing all content in the display.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method that uses driver's eye position and steering wheel position data to determine non-visible regions of the display and rearranges content outside these obscured areas, utilizing interior camera, radar, and monitoring systems for precise positioning, ensuring relevant information remains visible.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If the display is placed behind the steering wheel to adapt to vehicle interior design, then the display can be integrated into the dashboard layout, but the steering wheel obscures certain portions of the display reducing driver visibility
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically determines the non-visible region of the display based on real-time steering wheel position data and driver's eye position data, and triggers rearrangement of content outside the non-visible region. This dynamic adaptation resolves the contradiction by allowing the display to remain in its fixed dashboard position while the visible content area adjusts based on the steering wheel's position, ensuring information remains accessible without requiring display relocation.
2Reliability
If the display contains driver information such as speed, telltales, and maps, then the driver receives necessary driving information, but the driver must make an effort to see this information due to steering wheel obstruction
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically performs content rearrangement based on detected steering wheel position and driver eye position, eliminating the need for manual driver adjustment. The display system serves itself by autonomously optimizing content visibility, resolving the contradiction between providing comprehensive driver information and maintaining viewing comfort without driver effort.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the driver's eye position and steering wheel position are considered to determine non-visible regions, then a specific configuration of the display with respect to the steering wheel position is provided, but the system complexity increases due to multiple sensors and data processing
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses a multi-functional approach where the same sensor system (cameras, radar, or monitoring systems) serves multiple purposes: detecting driver eye position, tracking steering wheel position, and providing input for content rearrangement decisions. This universal use of sensors reduces overall system complexity while maintaining high adaptability of the display configuration to different driving conditions and driver positions.
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AI summary
The disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method for arranging a content (52) in a display (11) for a driver of a vehicle. According to the method, driver's eye position data indicating a position of at least one eye of the driver are received and steering wheel position data indicating a position of a steering wheel (12) are received. Subsequently, a non-visible region of the display (11) being obscured by the steering wheel (12) based on the steering wheel position data and the driver's eye position data is determined and an arrangement of the content (52) outside the non-visible region is triggered. Moreover, a data processing apparatus comprising means for carrying out this method is presented. Furthermore, a system for arranging a content in a display (11) for a driver of a vehicle is shown which comprises such a data processing apparatus. Additionally, a vehicle comprising such a system is described. Also, a computer program and a computer-readable storage medium are shown.