Vehicle Display Articulated Arm Repositioning for Piloted Travel
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display positioning systems in vehicles do not account for the change in driver position from manual to piloted travel, leading to impaired access and visibility of the display during piloted travel.
Innovation Solution
A display adjustment system with an articulated arm mechanism that moves the display from its original position in the instrument panel to a central position in the passenger compartment, allowing for automatic or manual adjustment along the central longitudinal axis and transversely, enabling improved accessibility and visibility during piloted travel.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the display is positioned in the instrument panel pointing toward the front seat passenger side for manual travel, then the display is easily accessible during manual travel, but the display becomes difficult to access and view during piloted travel when the driver's seat moves rearward and the backrest inclines backward
Solution Approach 1:
The display is mounted on an articulated arm mechanism that enables dynamic repositioning between a first position (optimized for manual travel with steering wheel) and a second position (optimized for piloted travel without steering wheel). This dynamic adjustment allows the display to adapt to different driver seating positions and travel modes, resolving the contradiction between ease of access in manual travel and adaptability to piloted travel conditions.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the spatial parameters of the display position by adjusting the articulated arm to different configurations. The display can be positioned at different distances from the instrument panel and at different angles, allowing optimization for either manual or piloted travel mode based on the detected travel condition.
2Device complexity
If the display remains fixed in the instrument panel, then the device complexity is low, but the visibility and accessibility of the display deteriorates during piloted travel
Solution Approach 1:
The articulated arm mechanism provides a compact yet functional dynamic mounting structure that allows the display to move between fixed positions. This maintains relatively low device complexity while significantly improving visibility and accessibility during piloted travel compared to a completely fixed mounting.
3Ease of operation
If the display is repositioned to a central position in the passenger compartment for piloted travel, then accessibility and visibility are improved, but the device complexity increases due to the articulated arm mechanism
Solution Approach 1:
The articulated arm mechanism provides a compact yet functional dynamic mounting structure that allows the display to move between fixed positions. This maintains relatively low device complexity while significantly improving visibility and accessibility during piloted travel compared to a completely fixed mounting.
Data Source
AI summary
A display and an adjustment device are included in a display adjustment system for an instrument panel of a vehicle. The adjustment device adjusts the display from an original position in the instrument panel into a central position in a passenger compartment of the vehicle. The adjustment device moves the display from the original position of the display in the instrument panel along a central longitudinal axis of the vehicle in the direction of a rear part of the vehicle and transversely with respect to the longitudinal central axis of the vehicle in the direction of a driver's seat so that the display is adjusted into the central position in the passenger compartment of the vehicle.