Center Server Imaging Data Request and Transmission Logic
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing techniques for uploading vehicle information, including imaging data, from a vehicle to a center server result in increased communication costs and traffic due to the large data capacity of imaging data, leading to concerns about resource utilization and battery exhaustion from continuous imaging after ignition off.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus that requests and transmits imaging data only when specifically requested, along with a system that shuts down or stops the imaging apparatus when not in use to conserve battery and reduce data upload, allowing users to check vehicle states like door lock status without excessive data transmission and battery drain.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If imaging data is continuously uploaded from the vehicle to the center server, then the user can check the vehicle situation, but the communication amount increases and communication cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The imaging apparatus captures and stores imaging data in advance within the vehicle's storage unit before any upload request occurs. This preliminary action ensures that when the user needs to check the vehicle situation, the data is already prepared and available for selective upload, rather than continuously transmitting all possible data.
Solution Approach 2:
The center server extracts and uploads only the specific imaging data that the user needs to check, rather than uploading all imaging data continuously. The server receives a request signal, identifies the relevant data, and transmits only that portion, thereby reducing the overall communication data amount while still providing the necessary information.
2Loss of information
If the imaging apparatus operates continuously after ignition off, then the user can check recent vehicle situations, but the auxiliary battery is exhausted
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of continuous operation, the imaging apparatus operates periodically or on-demand based on user requests. The apparatus remains inactive until a request signal is received from the center server, at which point it activates to capture and transmit the necessary imaging data. This periodic operation significantly reduces auxiliary battery consumption while still providing recent vehicle situation data when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The imaging apparatus and storage system are designed to self-manage their operation based on received signals. When a request signal is received, the system automatically activates the imaging apparatus, retrieves the appropriate data from storage, and transmits it without requiring continuous power or manual intervention, thus conserving battery energy.
3Ease of operation
If imaging data is uploaded whenever the user checks vehicle information, then the user can view detailed vehicle状况, but the communication resources are wasted when not needed
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a feedback mechanism where the center server receives a request signal from the user terminal, then activates the imaging apparatus only in response to that specific request. This feedback loop ensures that communication resources are utilized only when actually needed, avoiding wasted transmission of imaging data when the user is merely checking other vehicle information like door lock status.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts its operation based on real-time user needs. The imaging apparatus transitions between active and inactive states depending on whether a request signal is received. This dynamic behavior allows the system to provide detailed vehicle状况 information when requested while conserving communication resources during periods when only basic vehicle state information is needed.
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AI summary
A center server is an information processing apparatus communicable with a vehicle including an imaging apparatus and a user terminal of a user of the vehicle. The center server includes a data transmission request unit configured to request the vehicle to transmit imaging data captured by the imaging apparatus when a predetermined request signal is received from the user terminal, and a data transmission unit configured to transmit the imaging data received from the vehicle in response to the request to the user terminal.