Mobile Object Server Region Segmentation

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Solution Overview

Problem

As the geographic space and number of mobile objects increase, existing high-speed driving support systems face processing capacity limitations and struggle to predict and manage non-communicating vehicles, leading to potential dangerous driving and accidents.

Innovation Solution

A system comprising a mobile object server that monitors and assists the movement of mobile objects, using a monitoring section to track non-assisted objects and an assisting section to provide assistance based on the monitored data, allowing for efficient management of mobile objects across multiple regions and improved event notification.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Area of stationary object

If the geographic space being handled expands and the number of mobile objects increases, then the coverage and monitoring capability improve, but the processing capability of the server becomes insufficient due to the overwhelming amount of information

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegeographic space coverageVSAvoidserver processing capability
Core Design Contradiction:
Area of stationary objectVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system divides the geographic space into multiple regions and assigns different servers to manage specific regions. This segmentation allows the overall system to handle large-scale geographic areas while each individual server only processes information for its assigned region, preventing any single server from being overwhelmed by the total information load across all regions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Productivity

If the system only monitors mobile objects that communicate with it, then the processing load is reduced, but non-communicating vehicles cannot be predicted or managed, leading to dangerous driving and accidents

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation processing loadVSAvoidsafety of non-communicating vehicles
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system introduces a monitoring mobile object as an intermediary that observes and reports on non-communicating vehicles. This intermediary enables the server to obtain information about vehicles that do not directly communicate with the system, allowing for prediction and management of potentially dangerous behaviors without requiring direct communication from all vehicles.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Reliability

If the system monitors all mobile objects including non-communicating ones, then safety and prediction capability improve, but the amount of information exceeds server processing capability

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesafety monitoring capabilityVSAvoidserver processing capability
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the monitoring task by assigning specific regions to different servers and using monitoring mobile objects to collect data locally. This distributed approach allows comprehensive monitoring of all mobile objects across the entire geographic space while each server only processes a manageable subset of the total information, maintaining both safety and processing capability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS9865163B2Management of mobile objects
Publication Date: 2018.01.09 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION
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AI summary

To use a high-quality driving support and automatic driving system that manages a plurality of mobile objects through communication with the mobile objects to manage mobile objects that do not communicate with this system, provided is a system including a mobile object server operable to assist with movement of a plurality of mobile objects within a geographic space, wherein the mobile object server having: a monitoring section operable to monitor movement of a first mobile object that does not receive at least a portion of movement assistance and an assisting section operable to assist with movement of a second mobile object that is an assistance target, using a result obtained by monitoring the first mobile object. Also provided is a method and program product.