Regenerative Brake Specification Using Area Driving Data

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional vehicle ordering systems fail to ensure that proposed vehicle specifications align with the customer's usage environment, particularly regarding the inclusion of regenerative brakes.

Innovation Solution

An information processing device and method that determines whether to include a regenerative brake in vehicle specifications based on operation data from a first vehicle traveling in a predetermined area, allowing for more suitable vehicle proposals for the customer's driving habits.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If conventional vehicle ordering systems are used, then customers can select vehicle specifications based on their preferences, but the proposed specifications may not be suitable for the customer's actual usage environment

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesuitability of vehicle specifications for usage environmentVSAvoidlack of usage environment information

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis of regenerative brake operation data from similar vehicles traveling in the customer's predetermined area before finalizing the vehicle specification proposal. This advance preparation of environment-specific data enables more accurate recommendations without delaying the ordering process.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system collects and analyzes regenerative brake operation data from vehicles operating in the customer's usage environment, then feeds this information back into the specification recommendation process. This feedback loop ensures that proposed specifications are based on actual performance data from similar operating conditions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

2Adaptability or versatility

If regenerative brake operation data is collected and analyzed to determine specification suitability, then vehicle specifications can be optimized for the usage environment, but additional data processing and analysis steps are required

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveoptimization of vehicle specificationsVSAvoidcomplexity of data processing system

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The server system performs multiple functions: it collects operation data from multiple vehicles, analyzes regenerative brake performance patterns, determines specification suitability, and generates recommendations. This multi-functional approach consolidates what could be separate complex systems into a single integrated platform.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

Instead of physically testing vehicles in every possible usage environment, the system creates virtual models of operating conditions by collecting and analyzing data from actual vehicles traveling in predetermined areas. These data copies enable specification optimization without requiring physical prototypes or test drives in all scenarios.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS11884184B2Information processing device, information processing method, and information processing program

Publication Date: 2024.01.30 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK

AI summary

An information processing device includes a control unit configured to determine whether to include a regenerative brake in specifications of a proposed vehicle based on regenerative brake operation data acquired while a first vehicle including the regenerative brake is traveling in a predetermined area. The proposed vehicle is a vehicle proposed as a vehicle for a customer to drive in the predetermined area.