Vehicle Ambient Mode Control for Precise Multi-Component Comfort
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for personalizing vehicle components lack simplicity and precision in adjusting multiple components simultaneously based on user preferences, leading to inefficient and complex user interactions.
Innovation Solution
A method and device that allows for the selection of ambient modes and intensity settings for vehicle components via intuitive user inputs, such as swiping and rotating controls, enabling simultaneous and precise adjustment of grouped vehicle components based on predefined modes and areas, allowing for personalized comfort functions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If multiple vehicle components are adjusted individually to meet user preferences, then customization precision is improved, but user input complexity and operation time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments vehicle components into functional groups (lighting system, climate control, entertainment system, seat adjustment) that can be independently controlled. Each group can be adjusted collectively through group control signals while maintaining individual component adjustability, thus reducing input complexity while preserving customization precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines multiple control functions into unified control mechanisms. Group control signals can simultaneously adjust multiple components within a functional group, and ambient mode settings can coordinate across different system groups (e.g., synchronizing lighting color temperature with climate control temperature), thereby reducing the number of separate user inputs required.
2Loss of time
If multiple vehicle components are adjusted simultaneously based on user preferences, then operation time is reduced, but control precision and customization capability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic control where adjustment parameters can change in real-time based on ambient conditions and user interactions. The system allows for dynamic ambient modes that automatically adjust multiple components based on time of day, external lighting conditions, or detected occupancy, enabling simultaneous adjustment while maintaining precision through adaptive algorithms.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes parameter changes in ambient settings (such as ambient temperature, light levels, or occupancy detection) to automatically trigger coordinated adjustments across multiple vehicle components. This allows simultaneous adjustment of multiple components based on environmental parameters rather than requiring manual user input for each component, thus reducing operation time while maintaining control precision.
3Adaptability or versatility
If ambient modes coordinate multiple systems (lighting, climate, entertainment), then system integration and comfort are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements universal control mechanisms that can manage multiple different system groups through a common interface and control architecture. The ambient mode system serves as a multi-functional controller that can coordinate lighting, climate control, entertainment, and seat adjustment systems using unified control logic and data structures, thereby achieving high system integration without proportionally increasing control complexity.
4Adaptability or versatility
If individual component values are adjusted separately, then customization flexibility is improved, but energy consumption and processing load increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies partial adjustment strategies where only certain components or parameter groups are adjusted based on the selected ambient mode and current conditions, rather than adjusting all components uniformly. The system can apply default values to less critical components while maintaining detailed customization options for primary comfort components, thereby reducing processing energy while preserving necessary customization flexibility.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle (12). According to the method, an operating device (10) is used to receive a first user input (22), said first user input characterizing the selection of an ambient mode (24) to be set of a plurality of specified ambient modes (24), each of which defines a group of vehicle components of the motor vehicle (12) that are to be set together and provide a respective comfort function, and a second user input (26), said second user input defining the selected intensity to be set of the selected ambient mode (24), wherein the selected intensity specifies respective values to be set for the group of vehicle components, and the values specified by the selected intensity are set in the vehicle components of the motor vehicle (12) specified by the selected ambient mode (24).