Vehicle Interior Structure Aligning Window Frame with Virtual Axis
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing vehicle interior structures can lead to errors in a driver's perception of their vehicle's position, causing deviations from the lane or zigzag patterns while driving, due to the obstruction of virtual axis lines by the front window frame, which affects the driver's ability to accurately navigate.
Innovation Solution
The vehicle interior structure features at least one outline of a structural component that is approximately coincident with an axis line oriented toward the vehicle interior, such as a side window or instrument panel, to help the driver imagine a virtual axis line extending to their feet, thereby enhancing the 'axis feeling' and improving navigation accuracy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If the front window frame is positioned to provide structural support and mounting for instruments, then the structural integrity and instrument mounting are improved, but the driver's perception accuracy of vehicle position deteriorates due to obstruction of virtual axis lines
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a virtual axis line as an intermediary visual reference that mediates between the obstructed physical axis and the driver's perception needs. By aligning the front window frame with this virtual axis line, the design provides an indirect visual cue that compensates for the physical obstruction, allowing the driver to accurately perceive vehicle position despite the frame blocking the direct view of the actual axis line.
2Ease of manufacture
If the front window frame is designed with conventional positioning for structural purposes, then manufacturing and structural support are improved, but the driver's ability to accurately navigate and figure out vehicle position deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the positional parameter of the front window frame from conventional structural positioning to a specifically optimized position where the frame aligns with the virtual axis line. This parameter change optimizes the visual relationship between the frame and the driver's perspective, improving navigation ability while maintaining structural integrity through the same mounting mechanisms.
3Strength
If the virtual axis line is blocked by the front window frame, then the structural support function is maintained, but the driver's imagination of axis line extending to position beneath feet deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a visual copy or representation of the axis line through the alignment of the front window frame with the virtual axis line. Instead of requiring the driver to directly see the physical axis line extending beneath their feet, the frame serves as a copied visual reference that represents the axis line's position and orientation, allowing the driver to mentally extend this visual cue to the ground level for accurate position perception.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is an interior structure (1, 100, 200) for a vehicle, which comprises a vehicle interior structural component (12, 114, 216) arranged within a field-of-view of a driver, wherein at least one outline (12a, 114a, 216a) of the vehicle interior structural component is approximately coincident with an axis line (Ab, Af, Ad) oriented toward a vehicle interior of the vehicle, among a plurality of axis lines radially extending from a vanishing point (P) defined when the driver visually views forwardly while being seated in a driver seat.