- LG innovative display was designed for automotive use
- The company says that a display and buttons can merger in a transparent manner in a
- Technology is just a concept, but we could see it soon in cars
The argument surrounding the physical buttons in modern vehicles continues to rage, certain vocal sectors (probably led by journalists) calling for a reduction in potentially distracting tactile screens and more easily rental switches during driving.
But LG may have found an intriguing solution because it revealed an extensible automotive screen before the Sid Display Week in California – undoubtedly the CES in the world of the screen.
The company says that its unique display, which sees a curved touch screen miraculously take life with a physical dial and buttons, has been designed to transform each interior space into a display … but one with integrated physical buttons.
There is little information on the internal operation of innovation, but LG says that the screen can extend up to 50% while maintaining high resolution of 100 ppi (pixels per inch) and a complete RGB color, comparable to that of a standard monitor.
In a video demo (below), the company shows how a dial leaves the surface of the touch screen when activated, allowing the user to increase or decrease the volume or other parameters with a finger whirlwind.
Similarly, two other buttons rise from the display under the main dial, which allow the user to navigate more easily on menu screens.
LG stresses that a conventional automobile fascia requires separate automobile display and physical buttons, while this is not the case. Although he seems to have ignored the fact that many car manufacturers tend to completely remove physical pimples anyway.
Consequently, LG thinks that its stretch display, with protruding touch buttons, offers the best of the two worlds which is “easy to use even by driving”.
In addition to the expandable screen, the South Korean technology giant also has the largest 57-inch pillar automobile display display in the world, as well as an 18-inch slidable OLED display which can be rolled up and hidden in the interior pavement of a vehicle.
Analysis: Too much touch
Although LG’s display technology is powerfully impressive, resembling something from an extraterrestrial plane, it does not really solve the driver’s distraction problem.
The beauty of the physical pimples is that they remain static, easy to locate and the kind of thing that drivers can work with muscle memory alone, canceling the need to leave the eyes of the road.
LG’s demonstration reveals that the unit must be used several times before the appearance of physical pimples, often via very small and perhaps quite delicious parts of the screen.
It is almost like a futuristic BMW IDRIV system, but with additional steps necessary to reveal the physical dials and the buttons that made the German brand system so easy to use … although the new version has controversial buttons.
Although an extensible display is not the best solution for drivers, it could be an ultra -luxury system for those who travel at the back – allowing designers the freedom to keep the spaces clean and minimal, while offering a little drama when the occupants decide that they want to take advantage of Netflix on the 18 -inch slidable screen that is nestled in the roof.
