Touch Screen Vent Control via Gesture Recognition
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Solution Overview
Problem
Vehicles with multiple air vents require manual and individual operation for each vent, increasing operation time and complexity, as users must manually input commands for blowing direction, amount, and opening/closing, lacking automatic change functionality.
Innovation Solution
A touch screen system with touch areas and a controller that recognizes gestures to control multiple vents simultaneously, allowing integrated control of blowing direction, opening/closing, and blowing path, reducing the need for multiple button operations and enabling automatic adjustments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If individual buttons are provided for each vent control, then each vent can be controlled independently, but the number of buttons and operation time increase
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple individual vent control buttons are merged into a single touch screen interface. The touch screen displays multiple touch areas corresponding to different vents, allowing users to control multiple vents through a unified interface rather than separate physical buttons for each vent.
Solution Approach 2:
The touch screen serves as a universal control device for multiple vents simultaneously. A single touch screen can receive and process control inputs for different vents based on touch position and gesture type, making one device perform the function of multiple individual control buttons.
2Productivity
If manual control of each vent is required, then precise control is achieved, but operation time and user effort increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts vent control based on touch gestures. Different gesture types (single touch, swipe, long press) trigger different control modes, allowing users to quickly adjust multiple vents with simple gestures rather than repeatedly pressing individual buttons for each adjustment.
Solution Approach 2:
The touch screen system automatically determines which vents to control and how to adjust them based on the user's touch input position and gesture type. The system self-adapts to provide appropriate control actions without requiring users to manually configure each vent setting step-by-step.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple buttons are used for vent control, then comprehensive control functions are available, but the interface becomes complex
Solution Approach 1:
The control interface transitions from a one-dimensional array of physical buttons to a two-dimensional touch screen display. Multiple touch areas are arranged spatially on the screen corresponding to different vent positions, allowing comprehensive control functions to be accessed through spatial positioning rather than requiring multiple rows and columns of physical buttons.
4Measurement precision
If individual vent control is implemented, then each vent can be adjusted precisely, but the number of operations required increases
Solution Approach 1:
The touch screen acts as an intermediary between the user and the multiple vents. By detecting touch position and gesture type, the touch screen translates simple user interactions into precise control commands for specific vents, maintaining control precision while reducing the number of operations required.
Data Source
AI summary
A vehicle includes: a plurality of electronic devices each configured to adjust an angle of a part thereof, disposed at different positions and configured to perform the same function a touch screen having a plurality of touch areas for receiving operation commands of the plurality of electronic devices, respectively, configured to display a plurality of display areas respectively corresponding to the plurality of touch areas; and a controller configured to recognize the touch areas and touch gestures based on a touch signal received by the touch screen, to identify the electronic device corresponding to the recognized touch area, to identify operation information corresponding to the recognized touch gesture, and to control the identified electronic device based on the identified operation information. The plurality of electronic devices includes at least one of a plurality of vents, a plurality of lighting devices, and a plurality of sound output devices.