Mobile Terminal System Status Display for Driver Takeover
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems fail to reliably convey information about a vehicle's automatic driving mode to users operating with mobile devices, especially when the user is distracted or not visually focused on the display, posing a risk in situations requiring immediate driver takeover.
Innovation Solution
A method and device utilizing a control unit and display unit to detect nearby mobile terminal devices, establish communication, and display system status information, including a frame-based interface with color-coded alerts and live environmental data, ensuring users are informed visually and acoustically of system state changes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the driver uses a mobile terminal device, then communication functionality is improved, but visual perception of takeover requests is no longer guaranteed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extends the information display from the traditional in-vehicle display dimension to the mobile terminal dimension. By transmitting system status and takeover requests to the mobile device, the notification system operates in a new spatial dimension that the driver continuously monitors, thereby maintaining reliability of takeover request perception while preserving mobile device usage freedom.
Solution Approach 2:
The system establishes a feedback loop where the mobile terminal continuously receives and displays real-time system status information from the vehicle's control unit. This creates a continuous monitoring channel that provides immediate feedback to the driver about system state and takeover requests, ensuring the driver remains informed even when visually distracted by the mobile device interface.
2Loss of information
If information is displayed only on the in-vehicle display unit, then system status is communicated, but the driver may miss critical information when focused on the mobile device
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a duplicate information display system where the mobile terminal receives and displays copies of critical system status information and takeover requests. This copying mechanism ensures that the same information is available in two locations (in-vehicle display and mobile terminal), guaranteeing that the driver cannot miss critical notifications regardless of where their visual attention is focused.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a method for displaying information of a system by means of at least a control unit (2) and a display unit (3), wherein at least one piece of information about a state of the system is displayed on the display unit (3), wherein the control unit (2) comprises means for detecting a mobile terminal (8) in the vicinity of the system and means for establishing a communication channel (14) between the control unit (2) and the mobile terminal (8), wherein at least one piece of information about a state of the system is transmitted to the mobile terminal (8) via the communication channel (14) and is displayed on a display unit of the mobile terminal (8). The invention further relates to a device for displaying information of a system and an associated computer program product.