A Study of Trends on Human-Machine Interface Design in Modern Vehicles

Table 1

Comparison between the traditional and the current LCD-based dashboards.

Old car dashboards	LCD car dashboards
Had several mechanical parts	Few mechanical parts
Consumed more electrical power	Consumed less electrical power
Had limited functions	More functions and quite flexible
Manual operations	Dependable on programming
Difficult to operate required more attention	Easy to operate requires less attention
Time-consuming to repair and overhaul	Little time for repair and maintenance
Could not be linked to wireless devices, and the Internet	It can be linked to wireless devices like the Internet