Central Navigation Server for Linked Vehicle Group Coordination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current navigation systems for passenger vehicles do not efficiently allow multiple vehicles traveling together to share route information and track each other's progress, leading to inefficiencies in coordination and communication, especially in changing conditions.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that receives vehicle identifications from multiple vehicles at a central location, forms a travel group, and transmits global positioning information among group members, enabling real-time tracking and route updates.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If each vehicle requests off-board navigational instructions individually, then each vehicle receives complete route information, but coordination efficiency and communication effectiveness deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the navigation requests of multiple vehicles into a single group navigation request. The navigation system receives route information once for the entire travel group and distributes it to all member vehicles, eliminating redundant requests and improving coordination efficiency while maintaining complete route information for each vehicle.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a universal navigation service that serves multiple vehicles simultaneously. By establishing a travel group with a designated leader vehicle, the system provides navigational instructions to the entire group through a single interface, allowing one request to fulfill multiple individual navigation needs.
2Adaptability or versatility
If vehicles travel as a group without established routes, then flexibility and adaptability improve, but navigation coordination and progress tracking deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements continuous feedback mechanisms where the navigation system receives updated positions from all vehicles in the travel group and transmits this information back to members. This enables real-time progress tracking and coordination while maintaining the flexibility to adapt to changing travel plans, as the system updates routes and positions dynamically.
Solution Approach 2:
The system establishes a travel group with designated leader and follower vehicles before actual travel begins. This preliminary organization allows the system to pre-configure communication protocols and navigation parameters, enabling efficient real-time coordination during travel without requiring route establishment for each individual vehicle.
3Productivity
If a central location manages travel groups, then coordination and communication improve, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a central location (navigation system/server) as an intermediary that manages communication between vehicles in a travel group. This intermediary handles the complexity of coordinating multiple vehicles, distributing route information, and tracking group progress, while individual vehicles maintain relatively simple client-side navigation capabilities.
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AI summary
A method of navigating a plurality of vehicles includes receiving vehicle identifications from the plurality of vehicles at a central location. A travel group is formed based on the received vehicle identifications. Global positioning information is received from at least one vehicle associated with the travel group at the central location. The received global positioning information is transmitted from the central location to at least one vehicle associated with the travel group.