Movable Interactive Display Positioning in Autonomous Vehicles
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Autonomous vehicles lack an efficient system to position interactive-display devices in a way that ensures they are accessible to passengers, limiting passenger interaction with vehicle functions and requiring multiple redundant displays.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus that affixes and moves an interactive-display device between multiple predetermined positions within the vehicle's interior, using sensors to detect passenger presence and a motor to reposition the device, allowing for customizable graphical interfaces based on the display's location.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If multiple redundant interactive-display devices are installed to ensure accessibility for all passengers, then passenger accessibility is improved, but device complexity and interior space are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a movable mounting apparatus that can dynamically reposition a single interactive-display device to different locations within the vehicle interior. The apparatus includes motorized actuators and positioning mechanisms that allow the display to be moved between multiple predetermined positions, enabling one device to serve multiple passengers at different times, thereby eliminating the need for multiple redundant displays while maintaining accessibility
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting apparatus is designed to provide universal accessibility to the interactive-display device for multiple passengers seated in different locations. By enabling the single device to be positioned in various locations throughout the interior, the system makes one device perform the function of multiple devices, allowing any passenger to access the display when needed
2Ease of operation
If multiple redundant interactive-display devices are installed to ensure accessibility for all passengers, then passenger accessibility is improved, but interior space is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The movable mounting apparatus uses motorized positioning systems to relocate a single interactive-display device throughout the interior space. This dynamic repositioning capability allows one device to replace multiple stationary displays, freeing up interior space while ensuring that passengers in any seating position can access the display when it is positioned near their location
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting apparatus introduces movement in multiple spatial dimensions, allowing the interactive-display device to be positioned in various locations throughout the three-dimensional interior space. This multi-dimensional positioning capability enables a single device to cover areas that would traditionally require multiple fixed displays, thereby preserving interior space
3Device complexity
If a single interactive-display device is used without positioning mechanisms, then device complexity is reduced, but passenger accessibility is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent adds positioning mechanisms to a single interactive-display device, transforming it from a static to a dynamic system. The mounting apparatus includes motors, actuators, and control systems that enable the display to move to different locations, thereby improving accessibility without requiring multiple devices. The system maintains relative simplicity by using a single device rather than multiple redundant ones
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus for positioning an interactive-display device within an interior of an autonomous vehicle. In particular, an autonomous vehicle can include an interior comprising at least two different interior portions configured to accommodate one or more passengers. The autonomous vehicle can also include an interactive-display device. The autonomous vehicle can further include an apparatus for positioning the interactive-display device within the interior such that it is accessible by at least one of the passenger(s).