Conceptual Design of Instrument Cluster for Future MidSegment Cars
Student's Name
R. Hariharan
Academic
Supervisors
V. R. Kiran and S. Srikari
APD (FT-2014)
R. Hariharan
[email protected]
Ph. No: 0 90367 02166
Industrial
Supervisor(s)
Keywords: Instrument Cluster, Driver Informa on System, Vision Analysis
Abstract:
Driver informa on system is a crucial unit in automobile which displays all the informa on of a vehicle to the driver
with in a small me interval. The informa on needs to be transferred to the driver within few mille-sec which is
displayed in a dashboard called instrument cluster located just behind the steering wheel. There has been a
tremendous amount of advancements in driver informa on system since it first existence. The study is focused on
cogni ve behavior of the human response to the visual filed based on ergonomic design rules.
When it comes to design of an instrument cluster for a mid-segment cars many factors needs to be considered such as
background, font, direc on, placement, posi on etc. has been reviewed from the literatures and various sources. The
exis ng problems has been iden fied through customer survey and interac ons with various group of peoples led to
formulate the requirements of the customers through QFD matrix. Priori es were considered to generate PDS with
this input many concepts were developed out of which one concept was taken for further development using PUGH
matrix method. Concept was developed in a virtual environment to visualise the various driver informa on
requirements. Physical mock-up model was built to validate the actual instrument cluster.
Primary informa on
Secondary informa on
Full scale mock-up model
Photorealis c rendering
Keyshot rendered model
Conclusions: The proposed instrument cluster concept solves the exis ng needs with two display unit such as primary
and secondary display with all necessary driver informa on incorporated. Instrument cluster was rendered to an
exis ng mid-segment car dashboard. The concept is validated both virtually and physically.
Book of Abstracts
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November 2016