Saddle Vehicle Display Icon Layout for Rapid Setting Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Saddle type vehicles face challenges in rapidly and easily changing the setting state of controllers due to restricted display unit sizes, leading to small and hard-to-see screens, which complicates the adjustment of vehicle characteristics.
Innovation Solution
A saddle type vehicle design featuring a display unit with icons lined up in both the forward/rearward and left/right directions, allowing for easy recognition of vehicle characteristic states and enabling rapid changes by utilizing a layout that corresponds to the rider's posture, along with a related characteristic storage system for simultaneous selection of characteristic states.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the display unit size is increased to improve visibility of setting states, then the ease of operation is improved, but the device complexity and space requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The display unit is segmented into multiple icon rows, with each row displaying icons for a specific vehicle characteristic (e.g., first characteristic icons in one row, second characteristic icons in another row). This segmentation allows comprehensive information display without requiring a single large display area, resolving the contradiction between visibility and display unit size.
Solution Approach 2:
Icons are arranged in a two-dimensional grid layout with multiple rows and columns, utilizing both horizontal and vertical space efficiently. This dimensional arrangement maximizes the information density on the restricted display unit while maintaining adequate icon size for recognition, addressing the contradiction between display area and information completeness.
2Loss of information
If multiple vehicle characteristic controllers are displayed with detailed information, then the information completeness is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to increased complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The display is segmented into characteristic-specific icon rows, where each row presents all relevant information for one vehicle characteristic. This organization allows complete information display without creating a complex, hard-to-navigate interface, as users can quickly scan through segmented rows rather than navigating through undifferentiated information blocks.
Solution Approach 2:
Each icon row is designed with uniform local quality characteristics (same icon size, spacing, and visual style), creating a consistent and predictable interface pattern. This uniformity reduces cognitive load and operational complexity while maintaining complete information display across all rows.
3Productivity
If the number of operations required to change setting state is reduced, then the productivity is improved, but the ease of operation may worsen due to simplified interface
Solution Approach 1:
The display unit pre-organizes all available characteristic states as selectable icons before the user makes a selection. Users can directly select from the displayed icons without navigating through multiple menus or configuration steps, achieving rapid setting changes while maintaining intuitive usability through the organized icon presentation.
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AI summary
On a display unit which is mounted on a saddle type vehicle and has a restricted screen size, the setting state of a controller capable of changing characteristics of the vehicle is changed more easily and more rapidly. Characteristic icons 152 to 158 indicating vehicle characteristics are lined up in a left/right direction. Characteristic state icon columns 162 to 168 each including characteristic state icons indicating characteristic states of each vehicle characteristic are provided along a forward/rearward direction. Characteristic state icons corresponding to characteristic states associated with a currently-selected related characteristic among related characteristics A to D (i.e., the related characteristic indicated by the frame display 171) are displayed in display aspects different from display aspects of the other characteristic state icons, by frame displays 172 to 178.