Vehicle Headlamp Projection for Multiplayer In-Car Gaming
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for playing computer games in vehicles often require passengers to divert their attention from the vehicle's surroundings, limiting the ability of other passengers to follow the gameplay and are constrained by small, single-user screen displays.
Innovation Solution
A gaming device that utilizes high-resolution vehicle headlamps to project computer game output onto an external area, allowing passengers to view the game while maintaining awareness of their surroundings, using existing vehicle components without altering the layout.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a screen display in the vehicle interior is used for playing computer games, then the passenger can play games, but the passenger must divert attention from the vehicle's surroundings and other passengers cannot follow the gameplay
Solution Approach 1:
The patent projects the game display from the interior space onto the exterior surface (windshield or external screen), transitioning the display dimension from inside to outside the vehicle. This allows passengers to view games while maintaining awareness of the environment, as the projection surface is transparent or positioned to not block the view of surroundings.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a projection device as an intermediary between the game system and the passengers. Instead of direct screen viewing, the game output is projected through a mediator (projection system onto transparent windshield or external surface), enabling multiple passengers to view the gameplay simultaneously while maintaining environmental awareness.
2Adaptability or versatility
If small screen displays designed for single user viewing are used, then the device complexity is low, but the ability of other passengers to follow the gameplay is severely limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the display system universal by projecting onto a surface that serves multiple functions: it can display games for multiple passengers simultaneously, maintain transparency for environmental awareness, and utilize existing vehicle components (windshield, external surfaces) rather than requiring dedicated screens for each passenger.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the display function with the existing windshield or external surface, combining the gaming display capability with the existing transparent or external surface structure. This eliminates the need for separate screens while enabling multiplayer capability through the shared projection surface.
3Ease of operation
If interior screen displays are used for gaming, then passengers can play games, but interior layout adjustments are required and space is consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the display function from the interior space and relocates it to the exterior surface (windshield or external screen). This removes the need for interior screen installations, freeing up interior space while maintaining gaming functionality through the external projection system.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables passengers to play computer games ergonomically while keeping the vehicle's surroundings in view, facilitating multiplayer engagement and reducing the need for interior adjustments.
Implementation Method 1
the output device contains at least one high-resolution vehicle headlamp of the vehicle
Data Source
AI summary
A gaming device is provided for a vehicle. It contains a control device which is set up to run a computer game in a game mode, in which output image signals are determined based on input signals for influencing the gameplay of the computer game received from a user. It also includes a user interface connected to the control device which is set up to receive the input signals from the user and an output device on board the vehicle connected to the control device which is set up to output the output image signals to an external area of the vehicle. It is provided that the user interface is located in a vehicle interior of the vehicle and can be operated by a person in the vehicle interior as a user and that the output device includes at least one high-resolution vehicle headlamp of the vehicle.