Notification Controller for Mobile Body Charging Events
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing notification systems for external charging and power feed in mobile bodies do not adequately notify users of normal start and end events, leading to user inconvenience and excessive notification frequency, which can be bothersome, especially when charging or power feed is intermittently carried out in response to server commands.
Innovation Solution
A notification controller that implements specific notification modes (first to fourth notifications) and suppression control to appropriately notify users of external charging and power feed events while restricting notification frequency, ensuring users are informed without excessive alerts, particularly when operations are commanded by an external server.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If notification is given each time external charging or power feed is started and ended, then user is informed of charging status, but user feels bothered by excessive notification frequency
Solution Approach 1:
The notification controller applies different notification strategies to different charging scenarios. For user-initiated charging, full notifications are provided. For server-commanded intermittent charging, notifications are suppressed or reduced. This localized differentiation of notification quality resolves the contradiction between informing the user and avoiding annoyance.
Solution Approach 2:
The notification controller dynamically adjusts notification behavior based on the charging mode and server commands. When the server commands intermittent charging for power leveling, the controller automatically reduces notification frequency. This dynamic adaptation allows the system to maintain user awareness while preventing notification fatigue.
2Ease of operation
If notification frequency is restricted to reduce user annoyance, then user convenience is improved, but user may not be adequately informed of charging status
Solution Approach 1:
The notification controller implements feedback mechanisms where the server's commands are received and processed to adjust notification behavior. The system monitors charging mode, server instructions, and charging status to provide appropriate feedback to the user. This ensures users are informed of important status changes while avoiding excessive notifications during automated intermittent charging cycles.
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AI summary
A notification controller controls a notification apparatus that gives a notification to a user of a mobile body. The notification controller controls the notification apparatus to carry out at least one of first notification to control the notification apparatus to give a notification about start of external charging, second notification to control the notification apparatus to give a notification about end of external charging, third notification to control the notification apparatus to give a notification about start of external power feed, and fourth notification to control the notification apparatus to give a notification about end of external power feed. The notification controller can carry out suppression control to restrict a frequency of notification by the notification apparatus by suppressing notification by the notification apparatus.