Vehicle Notification Display Layout to Prevent Overlay Confusion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of vehicle display devices may experience a sense of strangeness and confusion due to overlay displays of road traffic information and non-road traffic information, as these notifications have different meanings and can be difficult to distinguish when overlaid.
Innovation Solution
The system prohibits overlaying of road traffic information and non-road traffic information notifications, instead selecting and displaying only one type of notification in a single display area when space is limited, to prevent user confusion and strangeness.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If overlay display is used to display multiple notifications on a limited display area, then the display device can show more information, but the user may feel a sense of strangeness and confusion due to mixing different types of notifications
Solution Approach 1:
The notification display area is segmented into multiple independent display regions, where each region is dedicated to a specific notification type (first type or second type). This segmentation prevents mixing of different notification types in the same visual space, allowing multiple notifications to be displayed simultaneously while maintaining clear distinction between types, thus resolving the contradiction between displaying more notifications and ensuring user understanding.
2Loss of information
If overlay display combines first type notification and second type notification, then information density increases, but the user may confuse the different meanings of the notifications
Solution Approach 1:
The display areas for first type notifications and second type notifications are separated into distinct regions. This spatial segmentation ensures that information from different notification types is delivered efficiently without causing confusion about their meanings, as each type occupies its own designated display space.
Solution Approach 2:
Different display regions are assigned different qualities or characteristics corresponding to different notification types. The first display region is optimized for first type notifications while the second display region is optimized for second type notifications, creating local quality differences that help users distinguish between notification types while maintaining high information delivery efficiency.
Data Source
AI summary
An information notification system displays a notification to a user of a vehicle on a display device. A first type notification is a notification of road traffic information on a road or traffic around the vehicle. A second type notification is a notification of information not belonging to the road traffic information or a notification that no road traffic information is available. The information notification system prohibits overlaying the first type notification and the second type notification when displayed on the display device. When the display device has only a single display area for displaying the notification, the information notification system selects and displays one of the first type notification and the second type notification in the single display area.