OTA Vehicle Rule Control for Shared Driver Safety Limits
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for vehicle owners to be able to apply operational rules on demand and over-the-air to restrict or control the use of their vehicles, particularly to prevent unsafe driving by inexperienced or careless drivers.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that allows users to remotely set operational rules for a vehicle using a client terminal, such as a mobile phone, and implement these rules via an over-the-air transmission, enabling control of various vehicle components based on conditions like location, passenger count, driving distance, and time, thereby restricting unsafe operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the vehicle is shared with multiple users, then the vehicle utilization rate is improved, but the safety and control over vehicle operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts operational rules based on real-time conditions. The server receives vehicle status information, determines whether current rules are violated, and transmits modified rules back to the vehicle. This dynamic adaptation allows the system to maintain safety while enabling flexible multi-user operation, resolving the contradiction between high utilization and operational safety.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements a closed-loop feedback mechanism where the server continuously monitors vehicle operation status, compares it against defined operational rules, and automatically transmits rule modifications when violations are detected. This feedback loop ensures safety constraints are maintained while allowing flexible vehicle sharing among multiple users.
2Adaptability or versatility
If operational rules are set remotely and implemented in real-time, then the control flexibility and safety are improved, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The server acts as an intermediary between the user terminal and the vehicle. It receives operational rules from the user terminal, processes them against vehicle status information, and transmits appropriate rules to the vehicle. This intermediary architecture simplifies the overall system by centralizing the complex rule processing and decision-making logic in the server, rather than requiring complex local processing in the vehicle or user terminal.
Solution Approach 2:
The system replaces physical mechanical control systems with electronic communication and software-based rule processing. Instead of physical switches or mechanical controls for each operational parameter, the system uses electronic transmission of operational rules via communication modules, significantly reducing mechanical complexity while increasing control flexibility.
3Reliability
If real-time monitoring and rule enforcement are implemented, then the safety control is improved, but the response time and processing overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
Operational rules are pre-defined and stored in the server before vehicle operation begins. The server has ready-made rule sets that can be quickly transmitted to the vehicle without requiring complex real-time analysis. This preliminary preparation of rules reduces processing time during actual vehicle operation while maintaining comprehensive safety control.
Data Source
AI summary
Provided are method, system, and device for applying vehicle operational rules on demand and over the air. The method may be implemented by programmed one or more processors in a client terminal, for setting an operational rule of a vehicle, the method comprising; outputting a user interface for setting an operational rule for controlling one or more components of a vehicle; receiving, via a user input to the user interface, a setting of the operational rule; and transmitting the received setting to a server to implement the operational rule on the fly via an over-the-air transmission to the vehicle.