Vehicle Touch Display Layout for Direct Message and Climate Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current operating devices for motor vehicles inadequately display information and provide access to relevant functions, requiring cumbersome navigation through submenus to retrieve messages or change climate configurations.
Innovation Solution
A method and operating device featuring a touch-sensitive display with a notification area for message retrieval and a climate area for climate configuration, where virtual control elements allow direct access to messages and climate settings, with a reduced menu that can expand to full configuration, simplifying user interaction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If information is displayed in a conventional menu structure, then comprehensive information is provided, but navigation complexity increases and user convenience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The display area is segmented into multiple functional zones including a first display area for messages, a second display area for climate information, and a third display area for additional functions. This segmentation allows users to access different types of information in dedicated areas without navigating through complex menus, thereby improving ease of operation while maintaining organized information structure
Solution Approach 2:
Virtual operating elements are introduced as intermediaries between the user and the underlying complex menu structures. These virtual elements provide direct access to messages, climate settings, and other functions, serving as a mediator that simplifies user interaction without losing the comprehensive functionality of the underlying system
2Ease of operation
If virtual operating elements are added to provide direct access to functions, then ease of operation improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The virtual operating elements are designed to be multi-functional, serving as both display indicators and interactive controls. The same virtual elements can represent different functions depending on the context, and can be configured to provide direct access to multiple types of information (messages, climate settings, etc.), thereby improving ease of operation without proportionally increasing device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The virtual operating elements are dynamically configurable and can adapt their appearance, position, and function based on the current state of the system. This dynamic nature allows the interface to provide direct access to relevant functions without requiring a fixed complex structure, as the elements can be reconfigured to match user needs and system states
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AI summary
The invention relates to a method for operating an operator control device (1) for a motor vehicle (50), wherein the operator control device (1) comprises a touch-sensitive display and operator control device (3), and a control device (2) for controlling the display and operator control device (3), wherein a notification area (12) is displayed in a selected area (11) on the display and operator control device (3), wherein at least one virtual operator control element (14) for retrieving at least one provided message is displayed in the notification area (12), and wherein an air-conditioning area (13) is also displayed in the selected area (11), wherein at least one air-conditioning information item (16) and at least one virtual operator control element (14) for retrieving an air-conditioning configuration are displayed in the air-conditioning area (13). The invention also relates to an operator control device (1) for a motor vehicle (50).