Vehicle Monitoring Interface for Off-Screen Hazard Awareness
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle monitoring systems overwhelm operators with excessive data, leading to poor decision-making due to either information overload or insufficient information, making it difficult to make informed and safe decisions in safety-critical environments.
Innovation Solution
An improved user interface that presents relevant vehicle and environmental data in a comprehensible manner, using digital representations of the vehicle's surroundings, including off-screen notifications, to minimize distractions and facilitate prompt, informed decisions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If comprehensive sensor data is presented to the operator, then information completeness is improved, but information overload occurs making it difficult to make safe decisions
Solution Approach 1:
The user interface is segmented into multiple functional regions: a digital representation of the environment, a system interface with controls and notifications, and a mission interface. This segmentation allows comprehensive sensor data to be organized into discrete, manageable sections rather than presented as overwhelming undifferentiated information.
Solution Approach 2:
The processor acts as an intermediary between the sensors and the operator, selectively filtering and presenting only relevant sensor data based on the current operating context. The system determines which objects and data are pertinent to the operator's current task, preventing information overload while maintaining completeness of essential information.
2Measurement precision
If detailed vehicle monitoring data is displayed, then monitoring accuracy is improved, but operator distraction increases reducing safety
Solution Approach 1:
Different regions of the display provide different levels of detail appropriate to their function. The digital representation shows spatial relationships and object locations, while the system interface provides detailed vehicle status information. This local differentiation allows accurate monitoring without uniformly detailed information that would cause distraction.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides partial information display by showing only the most relevant data elements needed for safe operation at any given moment. Rather than displaying all available sensor data simultaneously, the interface selectively presents partial information that is sufficient for current operational needs, reducing distraction while maintaining monitoring accuracy.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple interface elements are shown simultaneously, then functionality is improved, but interface complexity increases making it harder to use
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple interface functions are merged into an integrated display: the digital representation of the environment, the system interface with controls and notifications, and the mission interface are combined in a single cohesive user interface. This merging allows comprehensive functionality while maintaining a unified, manageable interface structure rather than requiring separate systems for each function.
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AI summary
Techniques for presenting a user interface on a display for monitoring and/or controlling a vehicle. The user interface may include a digital representation of an environment in which the vehicle is operation. Additionally, the user interface may include system interface that is configured to display one or more notifications associated with systems or components of the vehicle. The system interface may additionally, or alternatively, comprise one or more control inputs for controlling systems or components of the vehicle. The user interface may also include a mission interface that includes a map interface and a mission selection interface for selecting routes the vehicle is to navigate. The user interface may additionally cause presentation of visual indicators that indicate the presence of an object that is not shown on the user interface, but that is moving in a direction such that the object will soon be visibly displayed on the user interface.