Vehicle Charging Registration Control Using Auto-Imported User Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing technology for electronic settlement by remote operation from a vehicle is cumbersome, requiring users and vehicles to be registered in advance, leading to complicated procedures and increased effort for first-time users or unregistered vehicles.
Innovation Solution
A control apparatus and method that automatically detects vehicle stopping near a charging stand, displays a link to a user registration site, imports vehicle or user identification information, and completes registration upon acceptance, simplifying the registration process by integrating vehicle and user identification information from the vehicle or a secondary server.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If advance registration is required for charging service, then service reliability is improved, but user operation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically detecting vehicle arrival at the charging stand and proactively displaying registration guidance information before the user needs to manually register. This preliminary detection and guidance display eliminates the need for users to remember to register in advance, while still ensuring registration is completed for reliable service delivery.
2Measurement precision
If manual information input is required for registration, then data accuracy is improved, but time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service by automatically acquiring vehicle identification information through vehicle-embedded terminals and retrieving user information from server databases using the vehicle ID as a key. This automated information retrieval eliminates manual typing while maintaining data accuracy through systematic database lookups, significantly reducing registration time.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple information sources are integrated for registration, then system versatility is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses the vehicle identification information as an intermediary key that connects multiple information sources. The server uses the vehicle ID to retrieve both vehicle details from the vehicle management database and user details from the user management database, then integrates them for registration. This intermediary approach allows versatile integration of multiple data sources while maintaining relatively simple system architecture through a unified key-based retrieval mechanism.
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AI summary
A control apparatus includes a control unit that: displays a link that connects to a user registration site on a first server owned by a charging service operator running a charging stand on a display screen of a vehicle when stopping of the vehicle is detected in a predetermined zone including the charging stand; displays a registration screen in the user registration site on the display screen when the link is selected by the user driving the vehicle; imports vehicle identification information saved in the vehicle or user identification information saved in a second server owned by an operator providing a service other than charging to the user driving the vehicle onto the registration screen; and completes user registration when an examination result indicating that user registration has been accepted and a registration button are displayed on the registration screen and the registration button is selected by the user.