Movable Vehicle Display for Driver Focus
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing display systems in vehicles clutter the driver's field of view with numerous instruments, making it distracting and difficult to locate specific information, especially during enthusiastic or race conditions where focused attention is crucial.
Innovation Solution
A display assembly with a housing and a display unit capable of moving between two positions, featuring a first display panel for a larger set of instruments and a second display panel for a reduced set of key instruments, controlled by a display unit controller to adapt based on the vehicle's dynamic mode, ensuring only essential information is presented during high-performance driving.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a large number of vehicle instruments are displayed within the driver's normal field of view, then comprehensive vehicle information is provided to the driver, but driver distraction increases and difficulty to locate particular information increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display unit is made movable between a first position (first field of view) and a second position (second field of view). The display unit controller dynamically switches between displaying comprehensive vehicle instruments in the first field of view and key vehicle instruments in the second field of view, allowing the system to adapt to different driving conditions and reduce driver distraction while maintaining information availability.
Solution Approach 2:
The vehicle instruments are segmented into two categories: comprehensive vehicle instruments displayed on the first display panel in the first field of view, and key vehicle instruments displayed on the second display panel in the second field of view. This segmentation allows the driver to access different levels of information depending on the driving situation.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If multiple display panels are used to separate comprehensive and key vehicle instruments, then driver distraction is reduced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The first display panel and second display panel are merged into a single integrated display unit that can move between positions. The housing integrates both display panels and the moving mechanism into one assembly, reducing overall system complexity compared to having separate fixed displays for comprehensive and key instruments.
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AI summary
A display assembly for a vehicle, the display assembly comprising: a housing; a display unit comprising a first display panel configured to display a first set of instruments and a second display panel configured to display a second set of instruments, the display unit being moveable, relative to the housing, between a first position and a second position; and a display unit controller being configured to, when the display unit is in the first position, cause the first display panel to display the first set of instruments and, when the display unit is in the second position, cause the second display panel to display the second set of instruments.