Patent of BMW crystal

Today (April 2 1 day), BMW's screen layout patent applied to China National Intellectual Property Administration was officially approved. The patent allows the owner to choose horizontal screen or vertical screen according to the specific usage scene.

According to the patent description, the screen layout system uses the rotating shaft to realize the screen rotation, and the user can manually adjust the angle of the rotating screen or let the vehicle control automatically, thus realizing the adaptation problem of different functional screens.

Does this mean that BMW will give up the more fashionable and popular dual screen? The answer is no.

Is it the BMW released this year? In the i4 pure electric concept car, BMW made a subversive innovation in the interior, especially in the screen part, which put the integrated curved borderless touch screen behind the steering wheel. The curved display screen adopts non-reflective glass, which makes the whole cockpit simple and tidy. This screen is responsible for integrating most of the control functions and information display in the car, and most of the in-car operations can be completed through the touch screen. This change minimizes the number of touch controls.

In fact, screen rotation has long been used in the new forces of building cars. In 20 17, the first production car EX5 launched by Weimar, a local new car manufacturer in China, was equipped with 12.8-inch intelligent touch screen, which can rotate vertically and horizontally, with vertical display of navigation interface and horizontal display of multimedia interface. The system has the function of autonomous learning.

According to big data from car home, in the past three years, the assembly rate of new cars with 10 inch central control panel has increased from 23% in 20 17 to 44% in 20 19.

Taisho Matsumoto, global product director of Visteon cockpit display, said: "In the future, OEMs will need bigger screens to display more driving information. It is an ideal solution for the driver to define the information on the display screen. "

However, a research report by the British road safety promotion organization IAMRoadSmart pointed out that it is more dangerous for drivers to operate Apple CarPlay or Android Auto related functions while driving than drunk driving. When using the touch screen, the driver's reaction time to road conditions will increase by 57% and 53%.

This article comes from car home, the author of the car manufacturer, and does not represent car home's position.