Remote Mobility Assignment With Pre-Verified Operator Licenses

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Solution Overview

Problem

In remote operation systems, inefficiencies arise when a remote operator without the necessary license is mistakenly assigned to operate a target mobility, requiring the assignment process to be restarted.

Innovation Solution

A remote operation system that acquires operator license information and required capability information to assign a remote operator with the necessary license for the target mobility, ensuring efficient assignment.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If remote operators are assigned to remote operation of multiple types of mobilities without verifying licenses, then the assignment process becomes faster and more flexible, but the reliability of operator qualification decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveassignment process efficiencyVSAvoidoperator qualification accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary acquisition and verification of operator license information before the assignment process. The management server stores and validates licenses for each type of mobility in advance, so that when assignment is needed, the verification has already been completed, ensuring both speed and accuracy

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback mechanisms where the management server continuously updates operator license status and provides real-time verification feedback during the assignment process. This ensures that only operators with valid licenses for the specific mobility type are assigned, maintaining reliability while enabling efficient matching

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Reliability

If the system verifies operator licenses for each assignment, then the accuracy of operator qualification increases, but the complexity of the assignment process increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperator qualification accuracyVSAvoidassignment process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The management server acts as an intermediary between operators and mobility assignment. It centralizes the storage, verification, and management of license information, so that the verification complexity is handled by the intermediary system rather than the assignment process itself, simplifying the overall workflow while maintaining accuracy

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates and manages digital copies of operator license information in the management server. These digital copies can be quickly verified without handling physical certificates, reducing the complexity of verification while ensuring accurate qualification checking

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

3Ease of operation

If remote operators are assigned without checking license compatibility with target mobility, then the ease of operation improves, but the loss of time due to process restart increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveassignment process simplicityVSAvoidassignment process restart time
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary verification of license compatibility between operators and target mobility types before final assignment. The management server checks whether the operator's licenses match the required mobility type in advance, preventing mismatches that would require process restart and time loss

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20250190891A1Remote operation system, remote operation management method, and non-transitory storage medium
Publication Date: 2025.06.12 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK
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AI summary

A remote operation system of remote operation of a plurality of types of mobilities, the remote operation system includes one or more processors configured to: acquire operator license information indicating a license each of a plurality of remote operators has for operation of the plurality of types of mobilities; acquire required capability information indicating at least a required license required for the remote operation of a target mobility; and assign a first remote operator who has the required license out of the remote operators to the remote operation of the target mobility, based on the operator license information and the required license.