Passenger Information Selection for Mixed Registration Status

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing information provision systems struggle to provide relevant information to passengers in a vehicle when some passengers are registered while others are not, leading to cumbersome maintenance of registration states and suboptimal information delivery.

Innovation Solution

An information provision apparatus and method that identifies multiple people and obtains registration information, using a processor and memory to select and output predetermined information based on input information for unregistered passengers, ensuring relevant content is provided to all passengers regardless of registration status.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If registration information is maintained for all passengers, then information relevance is improved, but system complexity and maintenance burden increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation relevanceVSAvoidregistration maintenance complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically detects passengers using the input unit and obtains their registration information without requiring manual registration or maintenance by users. The apparatus serves itself by autonomously identifying who is present and retrieving their preferences, eliminating the burden of continuous registration maintenance while ensuring information relevance is maintained for all passengers.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Adaptability or versatility

If registration information is obtained for all passengers, then information personalization is improved, but operational complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation personalizationVSAvoidoperation simplicity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs automatic passenger identification and information retrieval without requiring user intervention. The input unit detects passengers automatically, and the processor retrieves their registration information from storage, enabling personalized information delivery without adding operational complexity for users.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

Registration information is obtained and stored in advance for passengers before they need it. The system maintains a database of passenger preferences and characteristics that is prepared beforehand, allowing immediate personalization when passengers are detected without requiring real-time data collection or complex operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Measurement precision

If the system requires complete registration for all passengers, then information accuracy is improved, but ease of use deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation accuracyVSAvoidsystem usability
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system obtains registration information for passengers who are present, but does not require complete registration for all possible users. It works with the partial information available from detected passengers, retrieving only the necessary registration data that exists, rather than requiring full registration completeness as a prerequisite for operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Solution Approach 2:

The system automatically manages the registration information retrieval process without requiring users to manually complete registration forms or provide information. The input unit and processor work together to autonomously obtain available registration information, maintaining accuracy where data exists while simplifying usability by eliminating manual registration requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS11300422B2Information provision apparatus and method of controlling the same
Publication Date: 2022.04.12 HONDA MOTOR CO LTD
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AI summary

An information provision apparatus comprises: a processor; and a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to function as: an obtaining unit configured to identify a plurality of people and obtain registration information for each of the plurality of people; an information provision unit configured to, in order to cause information to be perceivably outputted from an output unit to the plurality of people, provide predetermined information to the output unit; and a selection unit configured to select the predetermined information, wherein the selection unit, in a case where there is a person for whom the registration information cannot be obtained, selects the predetermined information based on input information obtained via an input unit for the person for whom the registration information cannot be obtained.