Deployable Rollable Vehicle Display With Adaptive Guide-Track Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Vehicles often lack sufficient space for displaying information, making it difficult for operators and passengers to easily perceive and access route information, contacts, and preferences on existing displays, particularly due to the positioning of infotainment screens.
Innovation Solution
A deployable, rollable display system featuring a guide track and screen deployment members that allow the display to be spooled and unspooled along a linear or non-linear path, providing multiple viewable surfaces that can be positioned adaptively within the vehicle compartment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed display is positioned on the instrument cluster or infotainment system, then the display structure is simple, but the display cannot be easily perceived by both operator and passenger and lacks adaptability
Solution Approach 1:
The display transitions from a fixed position to a dynamically movable position using a deployment mechanism with guide tracks and deployment members that allow the display to extend and retract between different locations within the vehicle, enabling it to adapt to different viewing needs of operators and passengers
Solution Approach 2:
The display is nested within the vehicle's existing structure when retracted, utilizing the deployment mechanism to store the display in a compact form within the instrument cluster or infotainment system housing, and only extending when needed for viewing
2Ease of operation
If the infotainment screen is positioned for operator accessibility, then the operator can easily access the display, but the passenger has difficulty perceiving the display
Solution Approach 1:
The display can be dynamically repositioned between an operator-facing position for easy access and a passenger-facing position for better visibility, allowing the system to adapt to different user needs without compromising either operator accessibility or passenger visibility
Solution Approach 2:
The display serves multiple functions by being accessible to both operators and passengers through its ability to reposition, making it universally useful for both user groups rather than being optimized for only one perspective
3Loss of information
If more information is presented on the display, then information completeness improves, but the display area becomes insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The display area is dynamically expanded by extending the display from its retracted state to its deployed state, providing additional screen real estate when needed to present more information without permanently increasing the static display area within the vehicle's structure
Data Source
AI summary
A deployable rollable display for a vehicle includes a vehicle component having at least one surface. A guide track is provided in the at least one surface. A screen deployment member is selectively shiftable through the at least one surface and along the guide track. A rollable display is spooled onto the screen deployment member.