Instrument Panel Visual Enhancement for Abnormal Condition Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Vehicle operators face difficulty in identifying and responding to abnormal vehicle conditions due to the increased complexity of monitoring multiple systems on instrument panels, where a plethora of information can overwhelm and obscure critical readings.
Innovation Solution
A graphical display method that assigns a priority level to instruments based on abnormal conditions, enhancing their visual attributes such as color, pattern, or luminance to draw attention to critical readings, allowing operators to quickly identify necessary corrective actions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If multiple vehicle systems are monitored on the instrument panel, then the availability of information is improved, but the complexity of operating the vehicle increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by assigning different visual attributes to different instruments based on their priority level. Normal instruments display with standard visual characteristics, while abnormal instruments are highlighted with enhanced visual attributes such as changed border colors, patterns, or luminance. This allows the display to adapt its quality locally to the specific instrument's status, providing rich information without uniformly increasing complexity across the entire panel.
2Loss of information
If multiple vehicle systems are monitored on the instrument panel, then the availability of information is improved, but the ability to identify critical conditions deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes color changes as a primary visual enhancement mechanism. When an abnormal condition is detected in a vehicle system, the border of the corresponding instrument is rendered with a distinguishing visual attribute, such as a different color or pattern. This allows operators to quickly identify critical conditions by scanning for visually distinct instruments among the multiple monitored systems, effectively solving the problem of detecting critical conditions amidst information overload.
3Ease of operation
If visual enhancement is applied to distinguish abnormal conditions, then the ease of operation is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamics by making the visual attributes of instrument borders changeable and adaptive. The display system dynamically adjusts the visual characteristics of instrument borders based on the priority level assigned to each instrument. Normal instruments maintain a baseline visual appearance, while abnormal instruments automatically receive enhanced visual attributes. This dynamic adaptation improves ease of operation without requiring permanent complex hardware modifications, as the complexity is managed through software-controlled visual rendering.
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AI summary
Aspects of the disclosed subject matter are directed to a graphical display that provides a visual enhancement in conveying a vehicle reading. In accordance with one embodiment, a method is provided that causes the graphical display to render a border of an instrument with a distinguishing visual attribute. More specifically, the method includes assigning a priority level to an instrument used to convey a vehicle reading. When an abnormal condition is identified, the instrument is assigned an enhanced priority level that corresponds to the abnormal condition. Then, the method causes the graphical display to render the instrument, wherein that border of the instrument is depicted with an enhanced visual attribute indicative of the abnormal condition. In this regard, the enhanced visual attribute distinguishes the instrument from one or more other instruments depicted on the graphical display that are not assigned an enhanced priority level.