Vehicle Rear Lamp Display with Dynamic Styling Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current vehicle rear combination lamps lack the ability to dynamically adjust their styling and information delivery based on driving conditions, weather, and user preferences without requiring physical replacement, and they do not effectively communicate with external systems for real-time data integration.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle rear combination lamp system featuring a display with multiple light-emitting devices controlled by a processor that adjusts styling and intensity based on driving conditions, weather, and user input, and includes an interface to receive external data for real-time information display, such as distance to following vehicles and traffic laws, using OLEDs and communication units for connectivity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed design rear combination lamp is used, then manufacturing simplicity is maintained, but adaptability to different styling preferences and driving conditions deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The rear combination lamp incorporates a display device that can dynamically change its appearance and information display based on driving conditions, weather, and user preferences. The processor controls the display to present different exterior style images and adjust light intensity, transforming a static lamp into a dynamic, adaptable system that resolves the contradiction between fixed design simplicity and styling versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes multiple parameters including light intensity (adjusted based on driving environment and weather), display content (different exterior style images selected by processor), and information display (distance to following vehicles, traffic laws). These parameter changes enable the lamp to adapt to various conditions while maintaining a single physical device, thus improving adaptability without requiring multiple different lamp designs.
2Illumination intensity
If light intensity is increased for better visibility, then information delivery to other vehicles improves, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The processor dynamically adjusts the light intensity parameter based on driving environment and weather conditions. The system sets maximum and minimum intensity values and controls the light emitting devices to output light within this range, optimizing visibility while managing energy consumption. This resolves the contradiction by making light intensity adaptive rather than fixed at high levels.
Solution Approach 2:
The rear combination lamp transitions from static light emission to dynamic intensity control, where the processor continuously adjusts light output based on real-time conditions such as weather, driving environment, and distance to following vehicles. This dynamic adjustment enables the system to provide sufficient visibility only when necessary, reducing overall energy consumption while maintaining effective information delivery.
3Loss of information
If multiple lamp bodies are controlled individually, then information delivery precision improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display device serves multiple functions: it provides exterior styling, delivers information to other vehicles, adjusts based on driving conditions, displays distance to following vehicles, and presents traffic law information. By consolidating these multiple functions into a single multi-functional display system controlled by one processor, the patent achieves precise information delivery without proportionally increasing control system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges multiple lamp functions (exterior styling, information display, adaptive lighting) into a single integrated rear combination lamp system. The processor combines control of light emitting devices, display content, and intensity adjustment into one unified control mechanism, achieving precise information delivery while avoiding the complexity of entirely separate control systems for each function.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables dynamic exterior styling and improved information delivery to other vehicles, enhancing safety and aesthetics by adapting to various conditions and integrating real-time data for better visibility and compliance with traffic laws.
Implementation Method 1
the display may include organic light emitting diodes (OLED)
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AI summary
The present disclosure generally relates to a rear combination lamp (200) for a vehicle (700). An embodiment of a rear combination lamp comprises: a display (250) disposed on a vehicle, the display comprising a plurality of light emitting devices and being oriented to display information toward one or more other vehicles (1010) located to a rear of the vehicle on which the display (250) is disposed; and a processor (170) configured to control the display (250) to perform exterior styling using the plurality of light emitting devices by: determining at least one condition related to driving of the vehicle on which the display (250) is disposed, selecting, from among multiple exterior style images (1220, 1230, 1240, 1250, 1260, 1310, 1410, 1510, 2210, 2310), at least one exterior style image to display based on the determined at least one condition related to driving of the vehicle (700), and controlling the display (250) to display the at least one exterior style image selected (1220, 1230, 1240, 1250, 1260, 1310, 1410, 1510, 2210, 2310).