Motorcycle Smartphone Dashboard for Lower Display System Cost
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Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing complexity and cost of motorcycles due to advanced centralized control screens for displaying vehicle information and executing various functions, such as navigation and multimedia, lead to higher hardware and software requirements.
Innovation Solution
A straddle-type vehicle design that utilizes a user's portable communications/display device, such as a smartphone, mounted on the vehicle body, to receive and process driving data via a vehicle-mounted transmission terminal connected by a LAN cable, reducing the need for costly onboard hardware and software by offloading these functions to the smartphone.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a centralized control screen is provided on the motorcycle to display vehicle information and execute functions such as navigation and multimedia, then the driving experience and visual experience of users are enhanced, but the hardware and software requirements increase, leading to increased cost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complex display and processing functions from the motorcycle's onboard system and relocates them to the user's portable device (smartphone or tablet). The motorcycle only retains minimal hardware for data acquisition and wireless communication, while the portable device handles all complex display, navigation, and multimedia functions, thereby reducing onboard hardware and software requirements while maintaining enhanced driving experience
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a wireless communication system as an intermediary between the motorcycle's acquisition module and the user's portable device. This intermediary enables data transmission without requiring complex onboard processing or display hardware, allowing the portable device to serve as the centralized control screen while the motorcycle maintains minimal hardware configuration
2Ease of operation
If more functions are processed and displayed on the centralized control screen, then the visual experience and driving experience are improved, but the cost of the motorcycle increases continuously
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables the user's portable device to serve itself for all display and processing needs. The portable device uses its own screen, processor, and software capabilities to display vehicle information, provide navigation, and play multimedia without requiring the motorcycle to provide these functions. This self-service approach transfers all cost-related complexity to the user's existing device rather than increasing motorcycle manufacturing costs
Solution Approach 2:
The patent leverages the universal capabilities of modern portable devices (smartphones and tablets) which already possess screens, processors, and software for navigation and multimedia. By utilizing these existing multi-functional devices, the system achieves enhanced visual experience and driving functions without adding specialized expensive hardware to the motorcycle
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AI summary
A straddle-type vehicle includes a vehicle body, a suspension system, a set of wheels, a power system, a steering assembly, a vehicle-mounted transmission terminal, at least one acquisition module, and a local area network (LAN) cable. The vehicle-mounted transmission terminal is capable of transmitting signals to a user's portable communications/display device. The vehicle-mounted transmission terminal is connected to at least one acquisition module by the LAN cable. The acquisition module acquires driving data of the straddle-type vehicle. During the running of the straddle-type vehicle, the vehicle-mounted transmission terminal transmits the acquired driving data to the user's portable communications/display device, and the driving data is converted into one or a plurality of instrument images for display on a screen of the user's portable communications/display device. The straddle-type vehicle has better user driving experience and reduced cost of centralized control display screen.