Movable Control Element for Multi-Area Display Privacy
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Solution Overview
Problem
In autonomous vehicles, controlling multiple display areas for passengers requires intuitive and privacy-conscious solutions, as existing methods lead to physical complexity and negotiation challenges when passengers are unknown to each other.
Innovation Solution
A movable input device that can be positioned to control specific display areas, providing haptic and visual feedback, allowing users to intuitively select and modify content in private or shared areas, ensuring privacy and simplifying interaction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If separate control elements are provided for each passenger, then each passenger can independently control their display area, but physical complexity and assignment complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
A single control element is designed to serve multiple display areas through different operating positions. The control element can be moved between positions (e.g., first position for first display area, second position for second display area), allowing one device to perform the function of multiple separate control elements, thus reducing physical complexity while maintaining independent control capability for each passenger.
2Ease of operation
If separate control elements are provided for each passenger, then each passenger can independently control their display area, but complexity in assigning users to control elements increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control element is designed as a universal device that can control multiple display areas by changing its operating position. This eliminates the need for complex assignment logic between users and specific control elements, as the same control element adapts to different users' needs based on its position, thereby reducing assignment complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The control element's functionality is made dynamic through its ability to change operating positions. Instead of static one-to-one mapping between control elements and display areas, the system allows dynamic reconfiguration where the control element can be assigned to different display areas based on its current position, simplifying the user assignment process.
3Device complexity
If a single control element controls shared display areas, then physical complexity is reduced, but negotiation between users is required for content modification
Solution Approach 1:
The control element enables dynamic switching between shared and private control modes. When positioned in the first operating position, it controls the first display area (potentially shared), and when positioned in the second operating position, it controls the second display area (potentially private). This dynamic positioning allows users to modify content in private areas without negotiation, while still enabling shared control when needed, thus improving content modification efficiency without requiring permanent separate control elements.
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AI summary
The present invention is related to a control element (1) for a display device (2), in particular for a display device (2) having two or more display areas (3, 3', 3"), and to a method, computer program and apparatus for controlling operation of a display device (2). The invention is further related to a user device and a motor vehicle, which make use of such a control element (1), method or apparatus. The control element (1) comprises an input device (4) that is movable between two or more operating positions (5, 5', 5"), each operating position (5, 5', 5") being associated with one of the two or more display areas (3, 3', 3").