Remote Driver Profile Mediator for Shared Vehicle Personalization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Shared vehicles face difficulty in distinguishing between drivers, leading to inconsistent application of customized settings, as they often rely on default settings rather than personalized preferences.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle system that uses a remote device to capture and process driver data, generating command signals to update vehicle parameters based on individual driver preferences, ensuring a more personalized experience for each driver.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If default settings are used in shared vehicles, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability to different drivers deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
A remote device acts as an intermediary between the vehicle and the driver's personal preferences. The remote device stores driver profile data and transmits it to the vehicle, enabling personalized settings without requiring complex onboard storage and processing for multiple driver profiles. This mediator approach resolves the contradiction by externalizing the complexity while maintaining adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
Driver preferences and vehicle settings are predetermined and stored in the remote device before the driver enters the vehicle. When the driver approaches or enters the vehicle, the pre-stored preferences are automatically transmitted and applied, eliminating the need for real-time adjustment and complex onboard decision-making about which driver profile to apply.
2Adaptability or versatility
If driver-specific customized settings are applied, then adaptability to different drivers is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The remote device serves as an external intermediary that handles the storage and management of multiple driver profiles and their customized settings. The vehicle system only needs to receive and apply the transmitted preference data, significantly reducing its complexity compared to implementing full profile management onboard.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of storing complete driver profiles and customized settings in the vehicle, the system transmits a simplified representation or copy of the driver's preferences from the remote device. This copying approach allows the vehicle to apply personalized settings without maintaining complex onboard databases for each driver.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple driver profiles are stored onboard, then adaptability improves, but loss of information increases due to privacy concerns
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts and stores sensitive driver information in a remote device outside the vehicle rather than onboard. Only the necessary preference data (such as seat positions, mirror angles, climate settings) is transmitted to the vehicle, while personal identifying information remains in the secure remote storage, reducing privacy risks associated with onboard data storage.
Solution Approach 2:
The remote device acts as a secure intermediary that manages driver profile data and controls what information is transmitted to the vehicle. This intermediary layer provides an additional security boundary, ensuring that sensitive information is not unnecessarily stored or processed in the vehicle system, thereby reducing privacy concerns while maintaining multi-driver functionality.
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AI summary
A vehicle system includes a remote device having a processor programmed to receive driver data in real-time during operation of a first vehicle. The processor processes the driver data to determine a driver behavior. A command signal is generated to command a second vehicle to update at least one parameter in accordance with the driver behavior.