Prioritized Driver Assistance via Remote Interface
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current vehicle driving assistance systems distract drivers by requiring them to manually navigate through multiple icons and information on their smartphones while driving, increasing the risk of accidents, as they need to select and interact with various applications and information sources, which is not effectively addressed by existing hands-free devices.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle driving assistance system that uses a remote interface device connected to a smartphone to prioritize and display real-time driving information hierarchically, allowing drivers to receive essential information without direct interaction, using a main display area for sequential, importance-level-based information delivery and secondary areas for non-urgent data, with voice recognition for acknowledgment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the driver manually navigates through multiple icons and information on the smartphone while driving, then the driver can access various driving assistance services and information, but the driver's attention is diverted from the road, increasing the risk of accidents
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a remote server as an intermediary between the smartphone and the driver. The server pre-processes and organizes driving assistance information, delivering only essential alerts to the driver's smartphone. This mediator filters out non-critical information, allowing the driver to access driving assistance services without manually navigating through multiple icons and information screens, thereby maintaining driving safety.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-processing and prioritizing information on the remote server before it reaches the driver. The server automatically categorizes, filters, and sequences driving assistance information based on urgency and relevance, so that when information is delivered to the driver's smartphone, it is already organized and ready for immediate attention without requiring manual navigation.
2Loss of time
If hands-free telephone devices are used to reduce telephone handling time, then the risk of distraction linked to handling a phone is reduced, but no solution is provided for using applications loaded on a smartphone
Solution Approach 1:
The remote server provides a universal interface that handles multiple functions including telephone calls, messaging, and various smartphone applications. By consolidating these functions through the server, the system maintains application usage capability while automating information delivery, eliminating the need for manual phone handling across different application types.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by automatically delivering prioritized information and handling application interactions without requiring driver intervention. The remote server autonomously manages information retrieval, processing, and delivery for multiple applications, allowing the driver to benefit from application functionality without manual handling.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple information sources and applications are integrated to provide comprehensive driving assistance, then the system provides extensive driving support services, but the complexity of information management and driver interaction increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the information management function by separating it from the driver's smartphone and placing it on a remote server. The server divides and organizes information from multiple sources into prioritized categories, delivering only essential alerts to the driver. This segmentation reduces the complexity burden from the driver's device while maintaining comprehensive driving assistance services.
Solution Approach 2:
The remote server acts as an intermediary that manages the complexity of integrating multiple information sources and applications. It consolidates data from various sources, processes and prioritizes information, and delivers simplified alerts to the driver, thereby maintaining service versatility while reducing information management complexity.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a driver-assistance system for a vehicle, comprising a smartphone (3) and a remote interface device (1) which are mutually connectable and which possess means (14,17) able to deliver a message in visual and/or sound form, in which the remote interface device (1) comprises means able to receive information to be taken into account from the smartphone (3). This system is characterized in that the smartphone (3) or the remote interface device (1) comprises means able to hierarchize this information to be taken into account, according to a predefined order of priority, and the remote interface device (1) is able to deliver said information in the form of messages, according to said predefined order of priority. The subject of the present invention is also a method for implementing this driver-assistance system.