Mobile Body Interior Sensing for Dirt and Damage Handling Timing

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Solution Overview

Problem

In autonomous mobile bodies, handling dirt or damage inside the vehicle at appropriate timing is challenging, leading to reduced utilization rate or increased user discomfort.

Innovation Solution

An information processing method that includes sensing the interior of the mobile body, recognizing dirt or damage, determining handling timing based on the recognition results, and outputting a notification for the mobile body to move to a handling place at the appropriate time.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the mobile body frequently moves to handling places for dirt or damage, then the cleanliness or condition of the mobile body is improved, but the utilization rate of the mobile body decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecleanliness conditionVSAvoidutilization rate

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary sensing and recognition of dirt or damage inside the mobile body to determine handling timing in advance. By predicting when handling will be needed based on accumulated sensing data, the system can plan handling operations during low-utilization periods, thereby maintaining cleanliness while minimizing impact on utilization rate.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Productivity

If the mobile body delays handling of dirt or damage, then the utilization rate is improved, but user discomfort increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveutilization rateVSAvoiduser discomfort

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system continuously accumulates sensing results and uses this feedback to dynamically determine handling timing. By monitoring the state of dirt or damage over time and comparing it against thresholds or patterns, the system can identify the optimal moment to handle issues, balancing utilization rate with user comfort through data-driven decision-making.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

3Adaptability or versatility

If manual inspection and handling of dirt or damage is performed, then flexibility in handling is maintained, but labor cost and time consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvehandling flexibilityVSAvoidtime consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The mobile body performs self-inspection through onboard sensing devices and self-diagnosis through recognition processing. The system autonomously identifies dirt or damage, determines handling timing, and notifies appropriate parties, eliminating the need for continuous manual inspection and reducing time consumption while maintaining handling flexibility through automated decision-making.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentEP3893189B1Information processing method, information processing device, and program

Publication Date: 2025.10.29 PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORP OF AMERICA

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AI summary

An information processing method includes the following executed by a computer: obtaining a result of sensing the interior of a mobile body (300); performing a recognition process of recognizing at least one of dirt and damage inside the mobile body (300), on the basis of the result of sensing; determining handling timing for handling at least one of the dirt and the damage inside the mobile body (300), according to the result of the recognition process; and outputting a notification for the mobile body to move to a handling place according to the handling timing.