Vehicle Agent Device Unified Stop Manager
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle agent systems require complex operations for stopping agent functions, leading to decreased operability due to varying stopping methods for each function.
Innovation Solution
An agent device with a manager that allows for a unified operation to stop activated agent function units, using a predetermined common operation such as the steering switch, and pseudo-executes individual termination methods for each unit, enabling intuitive function termination.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If individual termination methods are set for each agent function unit, then each function can be stopped according to its specific requirements, but the occupant must perform complicated operations to stop multiple functions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by introducing a common operation (such as a unified button press or voice command) that can stop any activated agent function unit regardless of which specific function is running. This common operation serves multiple functions simultaneously, eliminating the need for occupants to learn and execute different stopping procedures for each agent function, thereby reducing operation complexity while maintaining reliable function termination.
2Ease of operation
If a common operation is used to stop all agent function units, then operability is improved, but individual termination requirements of each function may not be met
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs an intermediary approach by introducing a manager component that mediates between the common operation and individual agent function units. When the common operation is detected, the manager identifies which agent function unit is currently activated and executes the appropriate individual termination method for that specific function. This intermediary layer ensures that while the occupant performs a simple common operation, each function is terminated according to its specific requirements, maintaining both operational simplicity and termination accuracy.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple agent function units are installed in a vehicle, then service coverage is expanded, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies merging by combining the control functions of multiple agent function units under a unified management framework. Instead of requiring separate control mechanisms for each function unit, the system merges their termination control into a single common operation handled by the manager. This merging approach allows the system to maintain expanded service coverage through multiple function units while reducing overall system complexity by eliminating redundant control interfaces and simplifying the user interaction model.
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AI summary
An agent device includes: a plurality of agent function units, in which each of the agent function units provides a service including a voice response to an occupant of a vehicle in response to an utterance of the occupant; and a manager which, when any of the plurality of agent function units is being activated and the predetermined same operation is performed on the plurality of agent function units by the occupant of the vehicle, causes the agent function unit which is being activated to stop.