Vehicle Display Screen Harmonizing Instrument Panel Aesthetics
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display apparatuses attached to instrument panels in vehicles often compromise the visibility of the display image when attempting to harmonize the aesthetics by covering the screen with a woodgrain pattern, reducing the overall aesthetic appeal without improving visibility.
Innovation Solution
A display apparatus that includes a screen attached to an instrument panel with a display control section, which displays information images in a partial range of the screen while showing a wall portion image with the same texture, color, or pattern as the instrument panel in the remaining range, thereby enhancing aesthetics without reducing visibility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If the screen is covered with a woodgrain pattern cover to harmonize the instrument panel aesthetics, then the overall aesthetics is improved, but the visibility of the display image is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the display system into two functional zones: an active display area that shows information images with high visibility, and a peripheral area that displays wall portion images with woodgrain patterns to match the instrument panel aesthetics. This segmentation allows each zone to fulfill its specific purpose without compromising the other.
Solution Approach 2:
Different visual characteristics are applied to different regions of the display. The central display region maintains high brightness and clarity for information visibility, while the peripheral regions display woodgrain patterns that harmonize with the instrument panel, creating local quality variations that satisfy both aesthetic and functional requirements.
2Shape
If the screen is covered with a woodgrain pattern cover to unify the instrument panel appearance, then the overall aesthetics is improved, but the clarity of the information image is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The display screen is segmented into an active display region for information images and a peripheral region for wall portion images. The active region maintains high image clarity without any covering pattern, while the peripheral region displays the woodgrain pattern to unify the appearance with the instrument panel.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a control section that acts as an intermediary, managing the display content dynamically. It displays information images in the active region with full clarity and woodgrain patterns in the peripheral regions, mediating between the conflicting requirements of image clarity and aesthetic uniformity.
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AI summary
A display apparatus including a display that has a screen; a wall portion (instrument panel) where the display is attached to an attachment portion; and a display control section that displays an information image showing information to be provided to a user (occupant) in a partial range of the screen, and displays a wall portion image having the same texture, color, or pattern as the wall portion, in a range of the screen in which the information image is not displayed.