Vehicle Door Closure Panel with Integrated Interactive Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Vehicle body structures with openings lack interactive features that can display information or messages to passengers when a closure panel is opened, failing to provide an engaging and informative experience.
Innovation Solution
Integration of an interactive display panel within the vehicle body structure, covered by a closure panel in the closed position and exposed in the open position, utilizing a controller to display user-inputted data, which includes a touch-sensitive layer, a display layer, and wireless communication capabilities for data input and display.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a closure panel is used to cover the vehicle opening, then protection against air and water infiltration is improved, but the ability to display information to passengers is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The display panel is nested within the closure panel structure, allowing the closure panel to serve dual functions: maintaining sealing when closed and displaying information when open. The display panel is integrated into the inner surface of the closure panel, creating a nested configuration where one functional element is embedded within another.
Solution Approach 2:
The display panel's visibility is made dynamic through the movement of the closure panel. When the closure panel transitions from closed to open position, the display panel transitions from being covered to being visible, allowing information to be displayed only when appropriate (i.e., when the door is open and a passenger is present).
2Adaptability or versatility
If an interactive display panel is integrated into the body member, then passenger interaction and information display are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The closure panel is designed to perform multiple functions: it maintains the sealing of the vehicle opening, provides structural coverage, and serves as a substrate for the interactive display panel. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate components and integrates complexity into an existing structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The display panel, controller, and closure panel are merged into a single integrated assembly. The controller is positioned within the closure panel structure, and the display panel is mounted on the inner surface, creating a combined unit that reduces overall system complexity compared to separate installations.
3Loss of information
If the display panel is exposed when the closure panel is open, then information visibility to passengers is improved, but the risk of damage or contamination to the display panel increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display panel is nested within the closure panel structure, which acts as a protective outer shell. When the closure panel is in the closed position, it physically protects the display panel from environmental damage, contamination, and unauthorized interaction while the vehicle is in normal operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The exposure state of the display panel is dynamically controlled through closure panel movement. The display panel is protected during normal vehicle operation when the closure panel is closed, and only exposed temporarily when the closure panel is opened by a passenger, minimizing unnecessary exposure to harmful factors.
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AI summary
A vehicle body structure includes a first surface, a closure panel, an interactive display panel and a controller. The first surface has a first edge extending along an exterior portion of a vehicle and a second edge opposite the first edge extending along an interior portion of the vehicle. The first surface at least partially defines a door opening. The closure panel is movably coupled for movement between an open position exposing the first surface and a closed position covering the first surface such that a closure panel surface overlays the first surface. The interactive display panel is disposed along the first surface and is covered by the closure panel with the closure panel in the closed position and is exposed with the closure panel in the open position. The controller is in communication with the interactive display to display user inputted data on the interactive display panel.