Vehicle Display Control for Target Position and Movement Pattern Selection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users of automatic steering moving objects, such as vehicles, cannot easily determine the movement pattern when specifying a target position, as existing technologies do not provide clear visualization or selection options for movement patterns.

Innovation Solution

A control device that displays candidate position images on a display device, allowing users to select a target position and subsequently displays the corresponding movement pattern image, enabling users to understand the movement pattern executable by the moving object when moving to the target position.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the user specifies the target position in preference to the movement pattern, then the user's preference for target position selection is satisfied, but the user cannot grasp the movement pattern when the moving object moves to the specified target position

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser's ability to specify target positionVSAvoiduser's understanding of movement pattern
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system displays the movement pattern image before the user initiates the moving object's movement. This preliminary display allows the user to understand what movement pattern will be executed before actually moving, thereby preventing information loss while maintaining the ability to specify target positions freely.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The movement pattern image serves as an intermediary between the user's target position specification and the actual movement execution. It visually mediates the information flow, showing the user what movement pattern corresponds to their selected target position, thus bridging the information gap without restricting user freedom in specifying target positions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple candidate position images are displayed for user selection, then the user can choose from multiple options, but the user cannot understand which movement pattern will be executed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenumber of candidate positionsVSAvoidmovement pattern information
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system displays the movement pattern image in advance, before the user selects a candidate position. This preliminary display ensures that regardless of which candidate position the user chooses, they will understand the corresponding movement pattern, thus maintaining adaptability while preventing information loss.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The information is segmented into two parts: candidate position images and movement pattern image. The candidate position images provide multiple options for target positions, while the movement pattern image separately displays the corresponding movement pattern. This segmentation allows the system to maintain versatility in position selection while ensuring movement pattern information is clearly communicated.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS12091035B2Control device and moving object
Publication Date: 2024.09.17 HONDA MOTOR CO LTD
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AI summary

A control device includes: a display control unit configured to display a candidate position image, indicating a candidate position that is a candidate of a target position, on a display device when the candidate position is detected based on a detection result of an external sensor provided in a moving object; and a reception unit configured to receive an operation of selecting a candidate position image indicating a candidate position to be set as the target position from among a plurality of candidate position images when the plurality of candidate position images are displayed on the display device. When any one of the candidate position images is selected, the display control unit displays a movement pattern image, representing a movement pattern executable by the moving object when the candidate position indicated by the candidate position image is set as the target position, on the display device.