Motor Vehicle Display Decoration Component Illumination
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need to design the interior of a motor vehicle in a visually appealing manner while efficiently utilizing existing illumination sources to enhance the aesthetic appeal without additional costs.
Innovation Solution
A display system for motor vehicles featuring a decoration component with a three-dimensional structure on its rear side, optically coupled to a display region, which uses light emitted by an indication element to illuminate and highlight the structure, creating a visually pleasing effect by refracting and reflecting light without the need for separate illumination in the decoration region.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If a separate illumination source is added to illuminate the three-dimensional structure in the decoration region, then the visual appeal and aesthetic design of the interior can be improved, but the device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The indication element serves dual functions: it provides information representation and simultaneously acts as an illumination source for the three-dimensional structure in the decoration region. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate illumination sources, reducing device complexity while maintaining visual appeal.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines the information display function and the aesthetic illumination function into a single integrated system. The indication element's light is merged with the illumination requirement for the decoration region, creating a unified solution that achieves both information communication and aesthetic design without additional components.
2Illumination intensity
If the display region is made transparent to allow light transmission, then the visual appeal and optical design are improved, but the visibility and readability of information may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The display region exhibits different optical properties in different areas: it is transparent in regions where light transmission is needed for aesthetic effect, and opaque or reflective in regions where information visibility is critical. This spatial variation in optical quality allows simultaneous achievement of visual appeal and information readability.
Solution Approach 2:
The display region is segmented into functionally distinct zones: transparent portions for aesthetic illumination and opaque/reflective portions for information display. This segmentation allows each zone to optimize its specific function without compromising the other, enabling both light transmission and information visibility.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution allows for a cost-effective and visually appealing interior design by utilizing existing light sources to illuminate the three-dimensional structure, improving the visibility of edges and creating a sharp, optically distinct representation without disturbing the information representation, thus enhancing driving safety and aesthetic appeal.
Implementation Method 1
The at least one indication element can emit light and/or transmit light in order to represent information
Implementation Method 2
The light beams of this light can enter the material of the display region and/or pass through the at least translucent, in particular substantially transparent, material of the display region
Implementation Method 3
which uses light emitted by an indication element to illuminate and highlight the structure, creating a visually pleasing effect by refracting and reflecting light
Data Source
AI summary
A display for representing information in an interior of a motor vehicle includes a decoration component configured to be inserted in an interior trim of a motor vehicle. The decoration component has a display region configured to cover and/or represent an indication element and a decoration region for an optical design of the interior. The decoration region has a three-dimensional structure on a rear side that is remote from an upper side facing an interior. The display region is optically coupled to the decoration region for illuminating the three-dimensional structure.