Flexible Windshield Display for Clear Driving in Fog and Low Light
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Solution Overview
Problem
Adverse weather and poor lighting conditions significantly impair visibility for drivers, leading to increased accidents and fatalities, and existing technologies have not effectively addressed this issue.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle system utilizing a network of sensors to generate clear images of the surroundings by removing the effects of fog, rain, or poor lighting, which are displayed on a flexible windshield screen, and employing domain-adaptive object detection and unsupervised machine-learning models to enhance object detection in adverse conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If sensors and image processing are used to remove adverse weather effects, then visibility is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the windshield into multiple display zones, with different regions showing different processed images or information. This allows the complex image processing to be applied selectively to specific areas rather than the entire windshield, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining visibility improvement in critical zones.
Solution Approach 2:
A flexible display screen is introduced as an intermediary between the sensors and the driver's view. This intermediary layer processes and presents the sensor data in a visually intuitive format, simplifying the interface between the complex sensor system and the driver while maintaining improved visibility.
2Illumination intensity
If a flexible display screen is attached to cover the windshield, then visibility is improved, but the area of the windshield is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The display screen transitions from a two-dimensional flat surface to a three-dimensional curved surface that conforms to the windshield's geometry. This dimensional adaptation allows the display to cover the windshield area more effectively while maintaining flexibility and avoiding obstruction of the driver's peripheral vision.
Solution Approach 2:
The flexible display screen can dynamically adjust its position, curvature, and content display based on driving conditions. This dynamic adaptability allows the system to optimize visibility enhancement while minimizing the effective blocking area of the windshield, providing clear images only when and where needed.
Data Source
AI summary
A vehicle including a windshield, a flexible display screen, a flexible display screen attachment component, at least one processor, and at least one memory configured to store instructions is disclosed. The instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to (i) generate a set of images from sensor data received from one or more sensors mounted on a body of the vehicle; and (ii) display the set of images on the flexible display screen attached to the flexible display screen attachment component while covering the windshield. The set of images has effects of adverse weather conditions or poor lighting conditions removed.