Context-Based Action Determination System for Vehicle Service Provision

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing vehicle systems lack the ability to determine and execute appropriate actions based on contextual information from multiple terminals and users, leading to inefficiencies in service provision and user convenience.

Innovation Solution

A context-based action determination system comprising a first terminal device, a server device, and a second terminal device that communicates to determine service providability and execute actions based on context information, including service provision requests, context updates, and guidance messages, using a context recognition database and selection history database to verify and finalize actions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a service provision request is made without considering context information from multiple terminals, then the service can be provided quickly and simply, but the service may be inappropriate or inefficient for the actual situation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice appropriatenessVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The server acts as an intermediary between the first terminal device (service requester) and the second terminal device (context provider). The server receives service provision requests, automatically obtains context information from the second terminal device, determines service providability based on this context, and manages the entire flow without requiring direct complex interactions between terminal devices. This intermediary approach enables reliable context-based service determination while keeping the terminal devices relatively simple.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If context information from multiple terminals is collected and analyzed, then service provision accuracy improves, but the system complexity and processing time increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontext recognition accuracyVSAvoidservice determination time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by having the second terminal device transmit context information to the server in advance, and by having the server pre-establish the framework for context-based service determination. When a service provision request is made, the server can quickly retrieve and analyze the already-available context information, significantly reducing the actual service determination time while maintaining high accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback mechanisms where the server continuously monitors context information from the second terminal device and uses this feedback to dynamically determine service providability. The server can update context information requests based on service requirements, and adjust service provision decisions based on the received context feedback, enabling accurate and adaptive service determination.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Ease of operation

If the server determines service providability based on context information from another terminal device, then user convenience is enhanced, but the complexity of information management and verification increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser convenienceVSAvoidinformation management complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables self-service by allowing the second terminal device to automatically transmit its context information to the server without requiring manual user intervention. The server automatically processes this information, determines service providability, and manages the entire verification process. This self-service approach enhances user convenience while the server handles the information management complexity centrally.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The server is designed with multi-functionality to handle diverse context information from different terminal devices, manage various service types, and perform multiple operations including context reception, analysis, service determination, and guidance message generation. This universal design consolidates information management complexity in a single multi-functional component rather than distributing it across multiple specialized systems.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

4Ease of operation

If guidance messages are provided when service is not providable, then user guidance is improved, but additional communication overhead is introduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser guidanceVSAvoidcommunication energy
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies partial action by providing guidance messages selectively - only when service determination results in non-providability. When service can be provided, no additional guidance communication is needed. This partial communication approach improves user guidance where necessary while minimizing unnecessary communication energy consumption in cases where service provision proceeds normally.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS11044325B2System for determining action based on context, vehicle for performing action determined based on context, and method of determining action based on context
Publication Date: 2021.06.22 HYUNDAI MOTOR CO LTD
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AI summary

A context-based action determination system includes: a first terminal device; a server device communicably connected with the first terminal device and configured to receive a service provision request from the first terminal device; and a second terminal device, different from the first terminal device, communicably connected with the server device and configured to transmit context information to the server device. The server device determines whether a service associated with the service provision request is providable to the first terminal device in response to the service provision request based on the context information received from the second terminal device, and the server device provides the service to the first terminal device when the server device determines that the service is providable.