Vehicle Occupant Service Apparatus for Personalized Climate Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current vehicle convenience technologies provide generalized services to all occupants, failing to offer individualized services optimized for each occupant, leading to low occupant satisfaction.
Innovation Solution
An occupant service provision apparatus that recognizes occupants and specific objects within the vehicle using image acquisition, matching specific body parts to objects, tracking distances, and controlling vehicle functions based on predefined service conditions to provide customized services.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If generalized service is provided to all occupants, then device complexity is reduced, but occupant satisfaction decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments occupants into different groups (driver, front passenger, rear passengers) and provides customized services for each segment. The controller separately controls air conditioning outlets, vents, and other components for different occupancy zones, enabling individualized service while managing complexity through structured segmentation.
Solution Approach 2:
The air conditioning apparatus is designed with multi-functionality to serve different occupancy zones simultaneously. A single system performs multiple functions by selectively controlling different air conditioning outlets and vents based on detected occupancy, providing both generalized and customized services through one integrated apparatus.
2Ease of operation
If simple monitoring service is provided through interior camera, then device complexity is reduced, but occupant satisfaction decreases
Solution Approach 1:
An occupancy detection apparatus acts as an intermediary between the interior camera and the air conditioning control system. This mediator processes camera images to detect occupancy status and translates it into control signals for the air conditioning apparatus, enabling sophisticated service without direct complex control logic in the camera system.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary occupancy detection and analysis before activating air conditioning services. The controller预先 determines occupancy status based on image data, then proactively adjusts air conditioning outlets and vents accordingly, providing seamless customized service before the occupant even requests it.
3Adaptability or versatility
If individualized service is provided for each occupant, then occupant satisfaction increases, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control system is segmented into dedicated control logic for different occupancy zones (driver zone, front passenger zone, rear passenger zones). Each zone has its own air conditioning outlets and control parameters, allowing personalized service for each occupant while managing complexity through modular zone-based control architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors occupancy status through image acquisition and uses this feedback to dynamically adjust air conditioning control. The controller receives real-time occupancy information and automatically modifies air conditioning outlet control and vent control accordingly, providing adaptive personalized service without requiring manual input from occupants.
Data Source
AI summary
An occupant service provision apparatus includes: a recognition unit configured to recognize an occupant and an object from an acquired image of the inside of a vehicle; a matching unit configured to match a specific part of a body of the occupant that is related to the object; a distance-tracking unit configured to track a distance between the matched specific part of the body of the occupant and the object; and a controller. The controller is configured to check whether the tracked distance satisfies a set service condition, to check whether an additional set service condition is present when the set service condition is satisfied, and to control a specific function of the vehicle, corresponding to the set service, when there is no additional set service condition.