E-Bike Map Display With Nearby Vehicle Position Awareness

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing vehicle systems lack the ability to enhance occupant convenience during travel by providing additional useful information beyond map data on a display.

Innovation Solution

An information providing method, program, and device that acquire and display another vehicle's position information on a visually recognizable display within the vehicle, generating display information that includes the current geographical position of nearby vehicles.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If map information is displayed on the vehicle display, then navigation functionality is provided, but occupant convenience is insufficient due to lack of additional useful information

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoccupant convenienceVSAvoiduseful information during travel
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines map information with another vehicle's position information on the same display screen, creating an integrated display that shows both navigation data and contextual information about surrounding vehicles. This merging of information types enhances occupant convenience by providing comprehensive awareness of both route guidance and nearby vehicle locations without requiring separate displays or information sources

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Loss of information

If only map information is provided on the display, then the display function remains simple, but the information utility for occupants is limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation utilityVSAvoidinformation processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The display system is designed to perform multiple functions: it displays map information for navigation purposes and simultaneously displays another vehicle's position information for situational awareness. The information processing device acquires and processes multiple types of data (map data and vehicle position data) and presents them together, making the display system universal and multi-functional rather than dedicated to a single purpose

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

Data Source

PatentEP4671687A1Information providing method, information providing program, storage medium, and information processing device
Publication Date: 2025.12.31 HONDA MOTOR CO LTD
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AI summary

There is provided an information providing method of providing information to an occupant of an electric bicycle (10), and the information providing method includes a step of acquiring another vehicle position information that is information related to a current geographical position of another vehicle different from the electric bicycle (10), a step of generating display information having a map area (821) for displaying map information, which includes information indicating the current geographical position of the another vehicle, based on the another vehicle position information, the display information being information to be displayed on a portable terminal (8) disposed at a position visually recognizable by the occupant, and a step of displaying the display information on the portable terminal (8).