Battery Replacement Position Tracking via Internal Resistance Changes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional systems fail to track and analyze the replacement timing and location of consumable parts, such as vehicle batteries, for customers who have defected from a dealership, making it difficult to recapture customers and accurately determine market share.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising a consumable part consumption degree grasper, position acquirer, data receiver, and replacement-time position acquirer that continuously monitors the internal resistance value of batteries and travel positions of vehicles, identifying replacement times and locations using predetermined criteria, and registering possible replacement places, enabling accurate market share analysis and customer recapture strategies.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a conventional system only tracks customers within the dealership, then information management is simple, but customer information is lost when customers defect to competitors
Solution Approach 1:
The system monitors consumable part status across all vehicles regardless of which service provider performs replacement. By tracking internal resistance values and replacement events universally, the system maintains customer information continuity even when customers defect to competitors, eliminating information loss while managing complexity through standardized monitoring protocols
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses consumable part replacement events as an intermediary to indirectly track customer behavior and vehicle status. Instead of directly monitoring customer movements or service provider choices, the system observes battery replacement patterns and internal resistance changes, which serve as mediators revealing customer defection without requiring direct customer tracking infrastructure
2Measurement precision
If the system monitors all vehicle parameters continuously, then replacement timing is accurately identified, but energy consumption and data processing load increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs periodic monitoring of battery internal resistance values at scheduled intervals rather than continuous monitoring. This periodic measurement approach maintains sufficient replacement timing accuracy by detecting significant resistance changes while minimizing energy consumption and data processing requirements compared to continuous monitoring
Solution Approach 2:
The system focuses monitoring efforts on specific critical parameters (internal resistance value changes) that directly indicate replacement timing, rather than continuously monitoring all vehicle parameters. By detecting significant changes in the internal resistance parameter, the system achieves accurate replacement timing identification while reducing overall energy consumption and processing load
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AI summary
A replacement-time position identification system of consumable parts includes a consumable part consumption degree grasper that grasps an internal resistance value of a consumable part included in a movable body, a position acquirer that acquires a travel position status in response to an ignition of the movable body being turned on or off, a data receiver that receives data from the consumable part consumption degree grasper and data from the position acquirer, and a replacement-time position acquirer that, based on a travel status of the movable body, when a value of data of the internal resistance value from the consumable part consumption degree grasper satisfies a predetermined requirement in change, identifies a position of the movable body as a replacement position of the consumable part.