Driving Assist System Personalizing Guidance by Proficiency

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing navigation and driving assist devices face challenges in providing route guidance and driving assist tailored to the driving skill or proficiency level of multiple drivers sharing a vehicle, such as rental cars or company cars, as they require frequent driver identification and may be inconvenient.

Innovation Solution

A driving assist system that includes a vehicle with an output device for vehicle condition information, a mobile terminal, and a driving assist device which receives and stores vehicle condition information and user identifiers to determine driving proficiency levels and provide personalized driving assist content based on these determinations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If driver identification operation is performed every time driving starts to identify the driver, then personalized route guidance and driving assist according to driver's skill level can be provided, but the operation takes time and is inconvenient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepersonalized route guidanceVSAvoiddriver identification operation
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically identifies the driver and determines driving proficiency level without requiring manual driver identification operations. The driving assist device receives vehicle condition information from the vehicle's output device, automatically processes this data through the determination unit, and provides personalized guidance based on the determined proficiency level, making the system serve itself rather than requiring user intervention

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses vehicle condition information as feedback to continuously determine the driver's proficiency level. The driving assist device receives ongoing vehicle condition data, processes it through the determination unit, and adjusts the route guidance and driving assist content based on the determined proficiency level, creating a closed-loop system that adapts to the driver's characteristics

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Measurement precision

If frequent driver identification is implemented to provide personalized assist, then accuracy of driver skill matching is improved, but time consumption and user convenience deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedriver skill level determinationVSAvoiddriver identification time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically performs driver skill level determination without requiring manual identification operations. The driving assist device receives vehicle condition information, automatically processes it through the determination unit to assess driving proficiency, and provides personalized guidance, eliminating the need for users to spend time on manual driver identification while maintaining accurate skill level matching

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system determines the driver's proficiency level in advance by processing vehicle condition information before providing route guidance. The driving assist device uses the determination unit to assess the driver's skill level based on vehicle data, and this predetermined proficiency level is then used to select appropriate guidance content, eliminating the need for repeated identification operations

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS9090261B2Driving assist system, driving assist device, and driving assist method
Publication Date: 2015.07.28 YAHOO JAPAN CORP
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AI summary

A driving assist system includes a vehicle, a mobile terminal of a user who drives the vehicle, and a driving assist device. The vehicle includes an output device outputting vehicle condition information. The driving assist device provides driving assist content to the mobile terminal. The driving assist device includes a receiving unit that receives the vehicle condition information and a user identifier of the user, a storage unit that stores the vehicle condition information in association with the user identifier, and stores driving proficiency level determination information specifying a driving proficiency level according to the vehicle condition information and driving assist information specifying driving assist content according to the driving proficiency level, a driving proficiency level determining unit that determines a driving proficiency level of each user, and a driving assist content providing unit that provides driving assist content corresponding to a driving proficiency level to each user.