Vehicle Dash Card Interface Dynamic Resizing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Modern vehicle user interfaces lack a flexible and intuitive method for resizing the active application area and dash card area, which limits user interaction and information access.
Innovation Solution
A system with a processor-controlled display that adjusts the size of the active application area and dash card area in response to user input, allowing the active application area to increase or decrease in size while the dash card area adjusts correspondingly, enabling users to toggle between normal and enlarged views.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If the user interface provides fixed area allocation between active application and dash cards, then interface simplicity is maintained, but user customization and optimization for different tasks is limited
Solution Approach 1:
Rather than providing multiple fixed layout options, the invention implements a single dynamic layout where users can adjust the boundary between active application area and dash card area using a resize control. This approach maintains interface simplicity while enabling continuous customization, allowing users to optimize the interface for different tasks without encountering complex configuration menus.
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AI summary
A system for configuration of vehicle applications includes a display and a processor. The processor is programmed to provide, to the display, a user interface including an active application area configured to display an active application, and a dash card area adjacent the application area configured to display one or more dash cards, each dash card representative of a minimized application, responsive to a first selection of a resize control, increase a dimension of the active application area and decrease a dimension of the dash card area, and responsive to a second selection of the resize control, decrease the dimension of the active application area and increase the dimension of the dash card area.