Adapting Text Output to Display Capacity via Segmented Decoding
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current driver information systems with limited display capacity require separate decoding tables for each device, limiting the flexibility and increasing manufacturing costs due to the need for multiple data media to accommodate different display sizes.
Innovation Solution
The method breaks down text information into basic components with both full and abbreviated versions, allowing the output control unit to adapt the display content to the specific display capacity of each device using a single database, enabling a single data medium to be used across various devices with different display capacities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If separate decoding tables are created for each display capacity, then the display capacity is optimized for each device, but the device complexity and manufacturing costs increase due to multiple data media
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a single universal decoding table that can serve multiple display types with different capacities. The table stores both full text versions and abbreviated versions of message elements, allowing one data medium to function across multiple device types without requiring separate decoding tables for each display capacity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments message elements into multiple versions (full text and abbreviated) within a single decoding table. This segmentation allows the system to select appropriate versions based on display capacity requirements, resolving the contradiction between optimizing for specific displays and reducing overall system complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple data media are used for different display capacities, then each display type gets optimized data, but the acquisition costs increase due to needing separate media for each device
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a single universal data medium that can be used across multiple device types with different display capacities. By storing both full and abbreviated message element versions in one table, the system eliminates the need for multiple separate data media, thereby reducing both manufacturing and acquisition costs.
3Device complexity
If a single decoding table is used for all display capacities, then the data medium simplicity increases, but the display capacity optimization for specific devices is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments message elements into multiple versions (full text and abbreviated) within a single decoding table. This segmentation enables the system to adapt to different display capacities by selecting appropriate versions, thus maintaining optimization without requiring multiple separate tables.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a dynamic selection mechanism that adapts the decoding table content based on the specific display capacity of the device. The system dynamically chooses between full text and abbreviated versions of message elements, allowing a single static data medium to optimize for different dynamic display requirements.
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AI summary
Method for the output of text information via a display in a driver information system in a motor vehicle is provided, the display having a predetermined display capacity, the extent of the information to be output being adapted to the capacity of the display, and the text information or the information elements to be output being divided into at least two components each. The information or information elements are output to the full extent if allowed by the display capacity, and an abbreviation is output for at least one component of an item of information or an information element to be output if the capacity of the display is not sufficient for output of the complete information or a complete unit of information.