Golf Cart Touchscreen Display for Onboard Diagnostics and Settings
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing golf cart systems lack an integrated display system that provides real-time operational data, fault diagnostics, and user-friendly interface for adjusting settings, requiring external diagnostic tools for troubleshooting.
Innovation Solution
A golf cart equipped with a touchscreen display and processing circuitry that acquires and displays operational data, notifies users of faults, and allows users to adjust settings directly through the interface, enhancing operator experience and eliminating the need for external diagnostic tools.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If no integrated display system is provided, then the system complexity is reduced, but the ease of operation deteriorates as users require external diagnostic tools for troubleshooting
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions (display, diagnostics, user interface, fault notification) into a single integrated display system. The touchscreen display merges information presentation and user input capabilities, eliminating the need for separate external diagnostic tools and improving ease of troubleshooting while maintaining manageable system complexity through functional integration.
2Loss of information
If real-time operational data and fault diagnostics are displayed, then the loss of information is reduced, but the device complexity increases due to additional processing circuitry and communications bus integration
Solution Approach 1:
The display system is designed as a multi-functional universal interface that handles multiple tasks: displaying real-time operational data, presenting fault diagnostics, providing user settings adjustment, and communicating with various cart systems through the communications bus. This multi-functionality reduces information loss by consolidating all necessary information channels into a single system while managing complexity through standardized communication protocols.
3Ease of operation
If a touchscreen display with user interface is implemented, then the ease of operation is improved, but the use of energy increases due to additional power consumption of the display and processing circuitry
Solution Approach 1:
The touchscreen display provides self-service capabilities by allowing users to directly adjust settings, view diagnostics, and troubleshoot issues without requiring external tools or assistance. This self-service approach improves ease of operation by empowering users to perform all adjustments and diagnostics through the integrated interface, while the system manages energy consumption through efficient processing circuitry and standardized communications bus protocols.
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AI summary
A golf cart includes a driveline, multiple tractive elements, a user interface, a communications bus, and processing circuitry. The tractive elements are configured to be driven by the driveline to transport the golf cart. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire data regarding an operation of the golf cart from the communications bus. The processing circuitry is also configured to operate the user interface based on the data regarding the operation of the golf cart. The processing circuitry is also configured to acquire, via the user interface, an adjusted control setting for the golf cart. The processing circuitry is also configured to control, via communications on the communications bus, a system of the golf cart to adjust an operational characteristic of the golf cart based on the adjusted control setting.