Driving Diagnosis Notification System for Driver Engagement

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing driver diagnosis systems fail to maintain driver engagement and interest due to repetitive and unmonotonous notifications, leading to reduced effectiveness in improving driving habits and safety.

Innovation Solution

A driving diagnosis information providing apparatus and system that includes a vehicle information acquisition section, a diagnosis section, a useful information acquisition section, and a notification section, which acquires and notifies drivers with both diagnosis information and additional useful or announce information under predetermined conditions, preventing boredom and maintaining engagement.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If warning information is continuously notified to drivers, then driving behavior improvement is achieved, but driver boredom increases and notification effectiveness decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenotification effectivenessVSAvoiddriver boredom

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The notification system dynamically adjusts the type of information provided based on driver state and context. Instead of static repetitive warnings, the system varies between diagnosis information, announce information, and helpful information to maintain driver engagement while improving driving behavior.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the parameters of notification by switching between different information types (diagnosis, announce, helpful) and adjusting notification frequency and content based on driving conditions, thereby preventing boredom while maintaining effectiveness.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Reliability

If diagnosis information is provided to drivers, then driving safety improves, but driver engagement decreases due to repetitive notifications

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedriving safetyVSAvoiddriver engagement

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The notification system segments information into three distinct types: diagnosis information (for safety feedback), announce information (for general notifications), and helpful information (for driving assistance). This segmentation allows the system to provide safety-critical diagnosis information while interspersing other information types to maintain driver engagement.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces helpful information and announce information as intermediaries between repetitive diagnosis notifications. These intermediary information types serve as buffers that maintain driver engagement without compromising the delivery of safety-critical diagnosis information.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Reliability

If similar warning information is notified successively, then driving habits are improved, but notification merit is reduced due to monotony

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedriving habit improvementVSAvoidnotification variety

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements periodic action by cycling through different information types (diagnosis, announce, helpful) in a structured manner. This periodic variation ensures that driving habit improvement messages are delivered systematically while maintaining notification variety through the inclusion of different information categories.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #19Periodic action

Solution Approach 2:

The notification system achieves multi-functionality by serving multiple purposes: providing diagnosis information for habit improvement, delivering announce information for general notifications, and offering helpful information for driving assistance. This universality prevents monotony while maintaining the core function of improving driving habits.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS8872644B2Driving diagnosis information providing apparatus and system

Publication Date: 2014.10.28 DENSO CORP

AI summary

A driving diagnosis information providing apparatus for a vehicle is disclosed. The driving diagnosis information providing apparatus acquires vehicle information indicative of a vehicle state, and makes a diagnosis of a driving state of the vehicle based on the vehicle information. The driving diagnosis information providing apparatus acquires, as useful information, one of announce information and helpful information. The announce information includes information to be reported to a driver of the vehicle. The helpful information includes information helpful for driving. The driving diagnosis information providing apparatus notifies the driver of diagnosis information indicative of a result of the diagnosis, and notifies the useful information in place of the diagnosis information under a predetermined condition.