Vehicle Head-Up Display Eye Detection Adaptation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Modern vehicle display systems, including head-up displays and instrument clusters, face challenges in adapting visual signaling to the driver's presence and field of view, leading to potential interference and reduced effectiveness in conveying critical information.
Innovation Solution
A method and device that detect the number and position of a driver's eyes to adjust the head-up display's image generation, ensuring optimal visibility by adapting the image size and position based on eye detection, and using additional display units to signal important information when the driver is unlikely to see the head-up display.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the virtual image is displayed in a fixed area of the windshield, then the display system is simple to operate, but the image may be visible to other road users or cause interference when the driver's eyes are not in the predetermined viewing window
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by making the display area adaptive rather than fixed. The control device dynamically adjusts the display area of the virtual image based on the detected position of the driver's eyes. When eyes are detected within the predetermined viewing window, the full area is used; when eyes are outside, the display area is reduced or shifted. This dynamic adaptation resolves the contradiction by maintaining ease of operation while preventing harmful effects to other road users.
2Measurement precision
If the image size is kept large to ensure visibility, then the driver can see information clearly, but the image may cause disturbances in perception when only one eye is in the viewing window
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the local quality principle by differentiating the display strategy based on eye detection results. When both eyes are detected in the viewing window, the full virtual image is displayed with normal size and position. When only one eye is detected or eyes are outside the window, the control device adjusts the display area locally - reducing size, shifting position, or displaying only critical information. This localized adaptation ensures clear visibility when conditions permit while preventing perception disturbances when they don't.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If the display system adapts to eye position to prevent interference, then harmful effects are reduced, but the device complexity increases due to eye detection and control mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the intermediary principle by introducing an eye detection device as a mediator between the driver and the display system. The detection device monitors eye position and communicates this information to the control device, which then adjusts the virtual image display accordingly. This intermediary mechanism enables automatic adaptation without requiring complex user input or manual adjustment, resolving the contradiction by reducing harmful effects through a relatively simple detection-and-control loop.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a method for operating a display device of a vehicle. The display device comprises a head-up display unit, by means of which an image is produced, which is visible to a vehicle driver on a windshield of the vehicle as a virtual image from a specified viewing window. A number (AA) of eyes of the vehicle driver in the specified viewing window is detected. On the basis of the detected number (AA) of eyes, a signalling signal (SIG) is produced in order to produce the image.