Motor Vehicle Sun Visor Automatic Deployment via Traffic Signal Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Female drivers face inconvenience and distraction while checking and touching up their makeup in a moving vehicle, as they need to manually flip down the sun visor and retrieve makeup accessories from storage compartments, which can be time-consuming and hazardous.
Innovation Solution
A motor vehicle system that uses a sensor device, such as a camera, to detect approaching traffic signals and control actuators to automatically flip down the sun visor and open a storage compartment containing makeup accessories, allowing for quick access without manual intervention, and includes voice or touch control inputs for convenient operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the sun visor is manually flipped down by the driver, then the driver can check and touch up makeup, but the driver is distracted from traffic events and loses time
Solution Approach 1:
The control device detects traffic signals and determines appropriate timing in advance, then automatically flips down the sun visor before the driver would need to manually operate it. This preliminary detection and automated execution eliminates the need for manual intervention during driving, resolving the contradiction between ease of accessing makeup and time loss due to distraction
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses the vehicle's existing sensor devices and control mechanisms to automatically perform the sun visor operation without requiring driver action. The driver simply needs to indicate the desire to access makeup, and the system handles the entire process autonomously, eliminating distraction while maintaining ease of access
2Ease of operation
If the sun visor is automatically flipped down upon receiving control input, then the driver can quickly access makeup, but the sun visor may be flipped down during unsafe driving conditions
Solution Approach 1:
The control device continuously receives feedback from sensor devices about traffic signals and driving conditions. It evaluates this feedback to determine whether the current moment is appropriate for flipping down the sun visor, ensuring that automatic operation only occurs when safe and appropriate, thus resolving the contradiction between quick access and operational safety
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary detection of traffic signals and driving conditions before executing the sun visor operation. By evaluating the environment in advance and only proceeding when conditions are favorable, the system ensures both quick access when needed and reliability/safety of the automatic operation
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AI summary
A method for operating a motor vehicle, in which a control device of the motor vehicle receives a control input conducted by a vehicle occupant. By means of a sensor device of the motor vehicle, it is checked whether at least one predetermined criterion is met. When the at least one predetermined criterion is met and when the control input is received, the control device brings about a movement of at least one sun visor of the motor vehicle from a stowed position into a functional position, in which the at least one sun visor is flipped down. Furthermore, the invention relates to a motor vehicle.