Driver Evaluation Feedback for Safety-Assist Vehicle Selection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Drivers have difficulty determining whether it is better to drive a vehicle equipped with advanced safety technologies based on the diagnosis of their driving skills.

Innovation Solution

An information processing device that acquires vehicle information, evaluates the driver's performance using specific evaluation items related to advanced safety technologies, and notifies the driver of the evaluation results, including the number of times and positions where these technologies would have been activated, thereby aiding the decision to drive a support car.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If a driving diagnosis device is provided to evaluate driver skill level, then the driver can receive feedback on driving performance, but the driver cannot determine whether it is better to drive a specific vehicle with advanced safety technologies

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation completeness for vehicle selectionVSAvoiddriver ability to make informed vehicle selection
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system introduces feedback by notifying the driver of evaluation results for specific items related to advanced safety technologies. The notification unit provides feedback information that includes not only the evaluation result but also contextual information about how the technology would have functioned, enabling the driver to make informed decisions about vehicle selection based on their driving characteristics.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The information processing device acts as an intermediary between the driving diagnosis system and the driver's vehicle selection decision. It translates raw evaluation data into meaningful information about advanced safety technology performance, serving as a mediator that connects driver capabilities with appropriate vehicle recommendations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If general driving evaluation is provided, then overall driving skill can be assessed, but specific information about advanced safety technology execution is not available

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveevaluation detail for safety technologyVSAvoidevaluation system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The evaluation system is segmented into general driving evaluation and specific item evaluation. The specific item evaluation focuses on aspects related to advanced safety technologies, separating this detailed measurement from the overall driving assessment. This segmentation allows precise measurement of safety-relevant driving characteristics without requiring complete reevaluation of the entire system.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system extracts specific evaluation items related to advanced safety technologies from the general driving evaluation framework. By taking out only the relevant specific items needed for safety technology assessment, the system provides detailed measurement precision for safety purposes while avoiding the complexity of evaluating every possible driving parameter.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS12450956B2Information processing device, information processing method, and storage medium
Publication Date: 2025.10.21 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK
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AI summary

An information processing device includes: an acquisition unit for acquiring vehicle information related to a vehicle; an evaluation unit for performing evaluation related to driving of a driver of the vehicle for an evaluation item including a specific item related to a function that assists driving and that is executable by a specific vehicle different from the vehicle, based on the vehicle information acquired by the acquisition unit; and a notification unit for notifying the driver of an evaluation result of the specific item of the driver by the evaluation unit.