Adaptive Recommendation Service for Vehicle Function Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current driver assistance and information systems in vehicles face challenges in reducing the number of operating steps and minimizing driver distraction, especially with the increasing integration of smartphones and apps, as drivers need to manage various functions while driving.

Innovation Solution

An adaptive recommendation service that uses machine learning to analyze user behavior and provide proactive suggestions by comparing current situation data with learned routine use data, generating recommendation signals to reduce the number of operating steps and minimize distraction through a dynamic and expandable interface.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the number of functions in driver assistance systems and infotainment systems is increased, then the functionality and personalization capabilities are improved, but the number of operating steps and driver distraction increase

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovefunctionalityVSAvoidoperating steps
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically analyzes usage behavior data and generates recommendations without requiring explicit user input or configuration. The recommendation service autonomously learns from past interactions and proactively suggests functions, reducing the need for users to manually navigate through multiple operating steps to access desired features

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary analysis of usage behavior data before the user needs a function. By continuously learning and storing behavioral patterns in advance, the system is prepared to immediately generate relevant recommendations when needed, rather than requiring users to search through available functions at the moment of need

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If the number of functions in driver assistance systems and infotainment systems is increased, then the functionality and personalization capabilities are improved, but driver distraction increases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovefunctionalityVSAvoiddriver distraction
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system continuously monitors and analyzes usage behavior data to provide feedback about user preferences and patterns. This feedback loop enables the recommendation service to adapt to user needs dynamically, presenting only the most relevant functions at appropriate times, thereby minimizing unnecessary information that could distract the driver

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the parameters of information presentation based on learned user behavior and current context. By adjusting what information is presented, when it is presented, and how it is presented based on behavioral patterns, the system optimizes information delivery to reduce driver distraction while maintaining accessibility to necessary functions

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Measurement precision

If usage behavior data is continuously collected and analyzed, then the personalization and accuracy of recommendations are improved, but the system complexity and data processing requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improverecommendation accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the complex task of recommendation generation into distinct components: data collection, behavior analysis, pattern recognition, and recommendation generation. This modular approach allows each component to be optimized independently, managing overall system complexity while maintaining high recommendation accuracy through specialized processing at each stage

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentEP3341245B1Method and device for providing a recommendation signal for controlling at least one function in a vehicle
Publication Date: 2019.12.04 ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
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AI summary

The invention relates to a method for providing a recommendation signal (118) for controlling a function in a vehicle (100). The method has a step of performing a comparison of current situation data (104) with a rule data set (114) derived from a behavior data set, wherein the behavior data set represents learned data concerning situation-related, routine usage of the at least one function by a user. The behavior data set is generated by linking a usage signal (108), which represents usage data concerning usage of the function by a user, with situation data (104), which represent a contextual situation during the usage, which situation is sensed by a sensing apparatus (102) associated with the vehicle (100). The method also has a step of generating the recommendation signal (118) in accordance with a result of the comparison performed in the performing step. The recommendation signal (118) represents a recommendation for controlling the function in the vehicle (100).