Vehicle Window Memory Control via Touch Bar Interface
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of vehicles face frustration due to the need to repeatedly interact with buttons to achieve a desired window position between fully opened and fully closed, often hindered by buffeting and wind noise, and lack of user-defined memory positions.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that utilize a touch bar and processor to allow users to define and store user-defined positions for vehicle windows, enabling easy selection and recall of these positions through a touch interface, eliminating the need for multiple button interactions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a user repeatedly interacts with the button to reach a desired window position, then the window can be positioned at the desired location, but the operation becomes frustrating and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system stores previously used window positions in memory before the user needs them again. When a user selects a memory position, the window automatically moves to that pre-stored location, eliminating the need for repeated button interactions to reach the same position.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adapts to user preferences by learning and storing custom window positions. The memory positions are not fixed but can be customized by users based on their specific needs, making the system flexible and responsive to individual usage patterns.
2Length of moving object
If the window is expressly opened to the full opened position, then the window reaches the maximum open state, but buffeting and wind noise occur
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of treating all window positions equally, the system allows users to define specific preferred positions that optimize for comfort. These local positions (between fully closed and fully opened) are stored in memory, enabling the window to stop at optimal locations that minimize wind noise and buffeting while still providing adequate ventilation.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the system provides only fully opened and fully closed positions, then the control system remains simple, but users cannot achieve intermediate desired positions easily
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-stores multiple window positions in memory, including user-defined custom positions. This allows the control system to remain relatively simple while providing extensive position options, as the complex positioning logic is handled by storing and recalling pre-determined positions rather than calculating them in real-time.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods are provided for controlling a movement of a window of a vehicle to a selected position. The method includes receiving, by a processor, an input from a source that indicates the selected position for the window, and determining, by the processor, a coordinate location value based on the selected position. The method also includes determining, by the processor, a position for the window based on the coordinate location value and outputting, by the processor, one or more control signals to a motor associated with a window regulator of the window to move the window to the position.