Vehicle Display Layout Using Depth Offset for Instant Image Distinction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle display technologies make it difficult for drivers to instantly distinguish between meter video images and camera video images due to their side-by-side placement, leading to confusion and increased line-of-sight movement.
Innovation Solution
The vehicle design positions the camera video image offset towards the front or rear relative to the meter video image, allowing for easier differentiation through depth perception, and arranges display devices such as side mirrors and rearview mirrors to maintain a conventional viewing order, reducing line-of-sight burden and enhancing design flexibility within the power unit chamber.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple displays are disposed side-by-side in the vehicle width direction, then the instrument panel can integrate meter video image and camera video image displays, but the user cannot instantaneously distinguish between meter video image and camera video images
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dimensionality change by offsetting the camera video image display position not only in the vehicle width direction but also in the vehicle front-rear direction relative to the meter video image. This creates a stepped arrangement where camera video images are displayed at positions offset toward the vehicle front side or rear side, adding depth differentiation that enables users to instantly distinguish between different video image types while maintaining integrated display functionality.
2Device complexity
If camera video image is displayed at the same depth level as meter video image, then the display structure is simplified, but the user cannot easily distinguish between different video images
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces depth differentiation by positioning camera video image displays at different front-rear positions relative to the meter video image display. This creates a stepped configuration where camera video images are offset toward the vehicle front side or rear side, providing visual depth cues that facilitate instantaneous recognition without significantly complicating the overall display structure.
3Ease of operation
If display devices are arranged in conventional order, then the user experiences familiar viewing patterns, but the power unit chamber design freedom is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent resolves this contradiction by utilizing the vehicle front-rear direction for display arrangement. By offsetting camera video image displays toward the vehicle front side or rear side while maintaining conventional lateral ordering, the design achieves both familiar viewing patterns for users and enhanced design freedom within the power unit chamber, as displays can be positioned in three-dimensional space rather than constrained to a single plane.
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AI summary
A vehicle comprising: a meter display device that displays a meter video image at a front side of a vehicle cabin and at a vehicle front side of a driver's seat; and a camera display device that displays a camera video image capturing a peripheral field of view of the vehicle, at a position peripheral to the meter video image as viewed from the driver's seat and at a position that is offset toward a vehicle front side or a vehicle rear side with respect to the meter video image.