Motorcycle Display Hood Visor for Sunlight Readability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Touchscreen displays on motorcycles are difficult to read in sunlight, posing a safety risk as riders must take their eyes off the road to adjust settings, compromising visibility and control.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle hood device with a visor and channels that fits onto a motorcycle fairing to shade the display, ensuring visibility by casting a shadow on the screen.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a touchscreen display is used on the motorcycle, then information display capability is improved, but readability in sunlight deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a hood as an intermediary component between the sunlight and the touchscreen display. The hood includes a visor that extends over the display area and channels that direct sunlight away from the screen, thereby mediating the harmful effect of direct sunlight on display readability while preserving the information display capability of the touchscreen.
2Illumination intensity
If the rider adjusts the touchscreen display in sunlight, then display visibility is improved, but riding safety deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The hood with its visor and channel structure is installed beforehand on the motorcycle fairing, creating a permanent shading solution. This preliminary action eliminates the need for the rider to manually adjust the display or take eyes off the road, as the hood continuously blocks sunlight from the screen during riding, thereby maintaining both display visibility and riding safety.
3Illumination intensity
If a hood structure is added to block sunlight, then screen readability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The hood structure is segmented into distinct functional components: a visor portion that extends over the display area to block direct sunlight, and channel portions that direct sunlight away from the screen. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function efficiently while keeping the overall structure manageable and integrable with the motorcycle fairing.
Solution Approach 2:
The hood structure serves multiple functions simultaneously: it blocks direct sunlight from the display, directs sunlight away from the screen through channels, and integrates with the existing motorcycle fairing. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional separate components, thereby limiting the increase in overall device complexity.
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 riders to easily view touchscreen information in sunlight without diverting their attention from the road, enhancing safety by maintaining visual awareness.
Implementation Method 1
A vehicle hood device with a visor and channels that fits onto a motorcycle fairing to shade the display, ensuring visibility by casting a shadow on the screen.
Data Source
AI summary
In an embodiment, a vehicle hood device includes a solid body bounding and defining a window, the window having a top, a bottom, and opposed sides. The solid body includes a visor projecting above the top of the window, opposed piers flanking the window at the opposed sides thereof, and a base rail extending along the bottom of the window between the opposed piers. The device includes a mating surface on a back of the body, wherein the mating surface has an upper channel across the visor along the back of the body and a lower channel extending continuously across the piers and the base rail along the back of the body.