Vehicle Head-Up Display Position Shift for Mobile Terminal Overlap

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional head-up display systems in vehicles risk overlapping with the installation region of a mobile terminal when installed on the back side of an eccentric steering wheel, leading to potential interference with the display region.

Innovation Solution

A head-up display control system that includes a mobile terminal installation detection unit and a control unit, which changes the display position of the head-up display device from a first to a second position when a mobile terminal is detected, using a display position change unit to avoid overlap with the mobile terminal's installation region.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a mobile terminal is installed on the back side of an eccentric steering wheel, then the driver can access and use the mobile terminal conveniently, but the installation region of the mobile terminal may overlap with the display region of the head-up display device

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemobile terminal accessibilityVSAvoiddisplay region overlap
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The head-up display device dynamically adjusts its display position based on the detected installation state of the mobile terminal. When a mobile terminal is detected on the holder, the display position automatically shifts from a first position to a second position to avoid overlap, resolving the conflict between mobile terminal accessibility and display region interference

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses a mobile terminal installation detection unit to detect whether a mobile terminal is installed on the holder, and this detection feedback triggers the control unit to adjust the display position accordingly, creating a closed-loop system that adapts to the presence of the mobile terminal

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS11908375B2Head-up display control system and head-up display display method
Publication Date: 2024.02.20 HONDA MOTOR CO LTD
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AI summary

A head-up display device that is installed in a vehicle and displays display information in a position overlapping with a window, a terminal holder installed in the vicinity of the window in a vehicle interior, a mobile terminal installation detection unit that detects whether a mobile terminal is installed on the terminal holder, and a control unit that controls the head-up display device are provided, in which the head-up display device includes a display position change unit that changes a display position of the display information, and the control unit changes the display position from a first display position to a second display position when the installation of the mobile terminal is detected by the mobile terminal installation detection unit.