Movable Cover Display for Adaptive Driver Interface
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current in-vehicle infotainment systems with touch interfaces do not adequately adapt to driver situations, limiting user experience and satisfaction.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a dual-display configuration, where a first device with a display is positioned to cover or expose a second device's display based on mode changes, controlled by a processor executing instructions stored in memory, allowing for improved user interface adaptation to driver conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a touch interface-based vehicle display is used, then information provision functions are improved, but driver safety and ease of operation deteriorate due to visual distraction and manipulation difficulty
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a movable first device that can dynamically change its position between covering and exposing the second display. This dynamic adjustment allows the system to adapt to different driving conditions, providing full display visibility when the vehicle is stationary and hiding the display when the vehicle is in motion, thereby resolving the contradiction between information provision and driver safety
Solution Approach 2:
The patent divides the display system into two separate devices: a first device (touch interface) and a second device (display). This segmentation allows each device to serve its specific function independently, with the first device acting as a movable cover that can be positioned to either block or reveal the second display, thus enabling information provision without compromising driver safety
2Adaptability or versatility
If a dual-display configuration is used, then user experience and adaptability are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The first device serves multiple functions: it acts as both a touch interface device and a movable cover for the second display. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate components, as the first device simultaneously provides touch input capabilities and physical coverage control, thereby improving adaptability while managing system complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a nested configuration where the first device is positioned to physically cover and protect the second display device. This nesting arrangement allows the smaller first device to house the functionality needed to control and protect the larger second display, creating a compact integrated system that improves user experience without proportionally increasing overall complexity
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AI summary
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first device including a first housing having a first surface and a second surface facing opposite to the first surface, and a first display disposed in the first housing and visually exposed through the first surface, a second device including a second housing having a third surface, and a second display disposed in the second housing and visually exposed through the third surface, an assembly connecting the first device and the second device, a processor and a memory that stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to control the assembly so that the second surface faces the third surface and covers the second display in a first state, and control the assembly so that the second surface does not cover the second display in a second state.