Vehicle Touchscreen Layout for Climate Controls and Content Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle-mounted devices struggle to effectively display and manage air conditioning and temperature adjustment operations on touchscreens, often cluttering the interface with less frequently used options, which can reduce user convenience and increase operational complexity.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle-mounted device with a touchscreen that separates air conditioning and temperature adjustment operations from other image information using distinct display patterns, allowing users to choose between a pattern with a smaller region for air conditioning controls and a larger region for other information, or vice versa, enabling improved user convenience and flexibility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If air conditioning and temperature adjustment operations are displayed on the touchscreen along with other image information, then users can access both functions, but the interface becomes cluttered and operational complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The touchscreen display is segmented into multiple display patterns that separate air conditioning/temperature adjustment operations from other image information. The controller switches between a first display pattern (showing both types of information) and a second display pattern (showing only other information), thereby segmenting the interface to reduce clutter while maintaining access to all functions.
2Adaptability or versatility
If all operation options are displayed on the touchscreen, then users have access to all functions, but less frequently used options clutter the interface and reduce user convenience
Solution Approach 1:
The display pattern is made dynamic and switchable between two states: a first display pattern that shows air conditioning operations alongside other information, and a second display pattern that hides air conditioning operations to reduce clutter. This dynamic switching allows the interface to adapt to different user needs, improving convenience by reducing unnecessary visual elements while maintaining full functionality.
3Ease of operation
If the display region for air conditioning controls is larger, then users can operate controls more easily, but less space is available for displaying other information
Solution Approach 1:
The display dynamically adjusts the allocation of screen space between air conditioning controls and other information based on the selected display pattern. In the first pattern, more space is allocated to air conditioning controls for easier operation. In the second pattern, space is reallocated to maximize the display region for other information, while air conditioning controls remain accessible through the switchable interface.
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AI summary
In a vehicle-mounted device having a touchscreen, a controller separately displays a first image displaying an operation unit that is operated for air conditioning in a vehicle interior or temperature adjustment of pieces of equipment and a second image displaying image information different from the first image on the touchscreen. The vehicle-mounted device has a first pattern and a second pattern as a display pattern for separately displaying the first image and the second image. The second pattern has a smaller display region for the first image and a larger display region for the second image than the first pattern. The controller separately displays the first image and the second image in a display pattern that is either the first pattern or the second pattern.