Vehicle Window Frame Sensor Mounting for Aesthetic and Precision
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Solution Overview
Problem
The placement of peripheral information detection sensors on vehicles, whether on the roof or inside the cabin, compromises the vehicle's outer appearance and interior visual quality, affecting design attractiveness and detection precision.
Innovation Solution
A structure that positions the peripheral information detection sensor at the window frame portion of a vehicle's side surface, covered by an opaque or translucent window member from the exterior and an interior member from the interior, ensuring the sensor is not visible from outside or inside, while maintaining detection precision and aesthetic appeal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If the peripheral information detection sensor is placed on the roof of the vehicle, then the detection precision is improved, but the outer appearance of the vehicle is impaired
Solution Approach 1:
The sensor placement moves from the roof (top dimension) to the window frame portion (side dimension), changing the spatial dimension of installation. This allows the sensor to maintain detection precision while being concealed by the window member, thus preserving the vehicle's outer appearance.
Solution Approach 2:
The window member acts as an intermediary that conceals the sensor from external view while allowing detection functions to operate. The window member is positioned between the sensor and the external environment, masking the sensor's presence while maintaining its operational effectiveness.
2Shape
If the peripheral information detection sensor is placed inside the cabin, then the outer appearance is maintained, but the visual quality of the cabin interior is degraded
Solution Approach 1:
The window frame portion serves as an intermediary location that is neither fully inside nor fully outside the cabin. This intermediate position allows the sensor to be concealed from both external view and internal visual exposure, maintaining both outer appearance and cabin interior visual quality.
3Measurement precision
If the window member is made transparent to allow sensor operation, then the detection precision is maintained, but the sensor becomes visible from outside
Solution Approach 1:
The window member has different transparency characteristics at different locations: the section opposing the detection component is transparent to allow detection, while other sections are opaque or translucent to conceal the sensor. This local differentiation of optical properties resolves the contradiction between detection precision and aesthetic appearance.
4Ease of repair
If the window member is made movable to allow access to the sensor, then the ease of maintenance is improved, but the sensor may be exposed to the outside when the window is lowered
Solution Approach 1:
The sensor is extracted from the window member structure and mounted on the window frame portion instead. This separation allows the window member to be fixed in position, preventing sensor exposure, while the sensor itself remains accessible for maintenance through the window frame structure.
Data Source
AI summary
A structure disposed with a peripheral information detection sensor includes: a peripheral information detection sensor that is disposed at a window frame portion of a side surface of a vehicle and that is equipped with a detection component that detects peripheral information relating to the area around the vehicle; a window member that is attached to the window frame portion and covers the peripheral information detection sensor from an exterior of the vehicle, with at least the section of the window member that opposes the peripheral information detection sensor being opaque or translucent; and an interior member that covers the peripheral information detection sensor from the vehicle interior side.