Universal Electronic Dashboard Detecting Vehicle Model
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing electronic dashboard components require separate manufacturing for each vehicle model and body style, leading to increased variations and costs due to the need for model-specific displays.
Innovation Solution
A universal combination meter that includes a processing device and non-transitory storage medium, capable of monitoring data transmissions between a manufacturing computer and a vehicle to determine the vehicle's model and body type, retrieving and displaying vehicle-specific images and information from a repository.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If separate electronic dashboard components are manufactured for each vehicle model and body style, then model-specific display accuracy is improved, but device complexity and production costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal electronic dashboard component that can be installed across multiple vehicle models and body styles. The system uses a single standardized dashboard unit that automatically detects the vehicle type through data transmissions during manufacturing and retrieves appropriate model-specific images and information from a repository, eliminating the need to manufacture separate dashboard components for each vehicle variant.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent stores multiple sets of vehicle-specific images, graphics, and information in a repository, each set corresponding to a different vehicle model or body style. The universal dashboard component copies or retrieves the appropriate set of images and information based on the detected vehicle type, allowing a single physical dashboard to display accurate model-specific content without requiring separate hardware for each model.
2Loss of information
If separate electronic dashboard components are manufactured for each vehicle model and body style, then model-specific information display is improved, but manufacturing costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal electronic dashboard component that can be installed across multiple vehicle models and body styles. The system uses a single standardized dashboard unit that automatically detects the vehicle type through data transmissions during manufacturing and retrieves appropriate model-specific images and information from a repository, eliminating the need to manufacture separate dashboard components for each vehicle variant.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent stores multiple sets of vehicle-specific images, graphics, and information in a repository, each set corresponding to a different vehicle model or body style. The universal dashboard component copies or retrieves the appropriate set of images and information based on the detected vehicle type, allowing a single physical dashboard to display accurate model-specific content without requiring separate hardware for each model.
3Ease of manufacture
If a universal electronic dashboard component is used across various vehicle models, then ease of manufacture and cost are improved, but the ability to display model-specific information may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent pre-stores multiple sets of vehicle-specific images, graphics, and information in a repository before the dashboard is installed in any vehicle. During the manufacturing process, the universal dashboard component monitors data transmissions to determine the specific vehicle model and body style, then proactively retrieves and loads the appropriate pre-prepared set of images and information from the repository, ensuring model-specific accuracy is achieved without additional manufacturing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent stores multiple sets of vehicle-specific images, graphics, and information in a repository, each set corresponding to a different vehicle model or body style. The universal dashboard component copies or retrieves the appropriate set of images and information based on the detected vehicle type, allowing a single physical dashboard to display accurate model-specific content without requiring separate hardware for each model.
Data Source
AI summary
Universal combination meters, methods for customizing a universal combination meter, and electronic dashboards are disclosed. A universal combination meter may include a processing device and a non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium. The non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium may include one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processing device to monitor one or more data transmissions between a manufacturing computer and a vehicle, determine at least one of a model and a body type of the vehicle from information in the data transmissions, retrieve at least one of an image, vehicle-specific features, and vehicle-specific information from a repository, and load the at least one of the image, the vehicle-specific features, and the vehicle-specific information for displaying. The at least one of the image, vehicle-specific features, and vehicle-specific information correspond to the at least one of the model and the body type of the vehicle.