Dynamic Reconfigurable Display Knobs for Vehicle Interfaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current vehicle user interfaces lack flexibility and efficiency in reconfiguring controls to manage various vehicle systems, limiting user convenience and system integration.
Innovation Solution
A device with a display and input interface that detects touch, rotation, and push inputs, generating control instructions for vehicle systems, and projects menus or controls onto a surface, allowing for dynamic reconfiguration and magnetic mounting to an in-vehicle computing system via a lollipop-shaped printed circuit board.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed control interface is used in the vehicle, then the device complexity is reduced, but the adaptability to different vehicle systems and user preferences deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The control interface transitions from a static fixed design to a dynamic reconfigurable system where controls can be programmatically adjusted based on user preferences and vehicle system requirements, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The control interface is designed to serve multiple vehicle systems (climate control, audio, navigation, etc.) through a single unified reconfigurable control mechanism, eliminating the need for separate fixed controls for each function
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple separate controls are provided for different vehicle systems, then the adaptability to specific functions is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to increased complexity
Solution Approach 1:
A single control interface is designed to handle multiple vehicle systems through programmable configuration, allowing users to access different functions (climate, audio, navigation) through one unified control rather than multiple separate controls, thereby improving ease of operation while maintaining adaptability
3Ease of manufacture
If traditional fixed controls are used, then the ease of manufacture is improved, but the productivity of system integration deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The control interface is designed as a dynamic reconfigurable system that can be programmatically adapted to different vehicle systems, allowing for faster system integration and deployment across different vehicle platforms without requiring custom manufacturing for each application
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 user-configurable control of vehicle systems with enhanced interaction methods, improving user experience and system integration by allowing dynamic reconfiguration of controls and menus based on user input.
Implementation Method 1
one or more of the device, the second display, and the lollipop-shaped printed circuit board includes or is coupled to one or more magnetic structures, the device being removably mounted to the second display via magnetic coupling provided by the one or more magnetic structures
Implementation Method 2
the controller of the device configured to project light onto the second display
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AI summary
Embodiments are disclosed for systems and methods for operating a display actuator to provide user-configurable actions. An example device for a human-machine interface includes a display on a first surface of the device, an input interface adapted to detect one or more of touch input, rotation input, and push input directed to the device, a controller configured to generate control instructions based on input received from the input interface, the control instructions including display instructions for controlling output on the display, and an output interface configured to send at least a subset of the control instructions from the controller to a receiving device, the device being removably coupled to the receiving device.