Parking System Single Wireless Contract Switching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing automatic parking systems face challenges in communication between vehicles and central control units when users exit the vehicle, requiring multiple wireless communication service contracts and high operational costs, especially during automatic parking and pick-up traveling.
Innovation Solution
A parking system with first and second communicators on the vehicle and user-owned communication devices, respectively, using the same wireless communication service with mutually exclusive communication, allowing for switching between them to manage service contracts, enabling communication for both automatic parking and pick-up traveling with a single contract.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple wireless communication service contracts are used for vehicle and user device communication, then communication reliability is improved, but operational costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple communication functions (vehicle-to-server communication and user device-to-server communication) into a single wireless communication service contract. The server acts as a central coordination point that manages communication resources, allowing both the vehicle and user device to share the same service contract rather than requiring separate contracts, thereby reducing operational costs while maintaining communication reliability through coordinated access management.
Solution Approach 2:
The wireless communication service is designed with multi-functionality to serve both vehicle communication and user device communication purposes through a single contract. The service can dynamically allocate resources between different communication needs (automatic parking coordination, pick-up traveling coordination, location sharing, etc.), making the single service contract universally applicable to multiple communication scenarios without requiring separate specialized contracts.
2Reliability
If seamless communication is ensured during automatic parking and pick-up traveling, then service quality is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The server functions as an intermediary that coordinates communication between the vehicle, user device, and wireless communication service. It manages the switching between different communication modes, handles service contract coordination, and ensures seamless communication during transitions between automatic parking and pick-up traveling operations, thereby improving service quality without requiring complex direct coordination between all system components.
Solution Approach 2:
The communication system implements dynamic switching capabilities where the active communicator changes based on operational phase. During automatic parking, the vehicle's communicator is active; during pick-up traveling, the user device's communicator becomes active. This dynamic adaptation allows the system to maintain optimal service quality for each operational phase while managing overall system complexity through centralized control logic.
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AI summary
A parking system includes first and second communicators. The first communicator is configured to be mounted on a vehicle and perform communication. The second communicator is configured to be mounted on a communication device owned by a user and perform communication. The first and second communicators are configured to communicate with a wireless communication service in a mutually exclusive manner by using the same information as service setting information. At least one of the vehicle and the communication device enables the first communicator in the vehicle to communicate by using the wireless communication service in at least one of a first period during execution of automatic parking, and a second period during execution of pick-up traveling, by transmitting a switching request for switching an active communicator in the wireless communication service, to a management apparatus managing a relationship between the service setting information and a related communicator.