Route-Aware Mobile Interaction for Stable In-Vehicle Calls

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing mobile interaction technologies fail to account for unstable communication quality and traffic conditions while users participate in online conferences or calls while driving, leading to inconvenient and ineffective interactions.

Innovation Solution

A mobile interaction device and system that determine a driving route based on interaction information, communication quality, and road information, adjusting weights and modes to ensure stable communication and improve user experience by considering factors like traffic efficiency and communication priority.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If users participate in online conferences or calls while driving using personal terminals or laptops, then basic hardware requirements are met, but communication quality becomes unstable and interaction effectiveness deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication qualityVSAvoidinteraction convenience
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by determining the driving route in advance and predicting communication quality along the route before the interaction begins. This allows the system to pre-identify potential communication deterioration zones and prepare appropriate responses, such as switching interaction modes or notifying users, thereby maintaining reliable communication quality before problems occur.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback by continuously monitoring communication quality information during the interaction and dynamically adjusting the interaction mode or notifying users when quality deteriorates. This closed-loop feedback mechanism ensures that communication reliability is maintained by responding to actual communication conditions in real-time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Speed

If the vehicle moves through areas with poor communication coverage, then basic mobility is maintained, but interaction effectiveness and communication stability deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevehicle mobilityVSAvoidinteraction effectiveness
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system determines the driving route in advance and predicts communication quality along the entire route before the vehicle departs. By identifying areas with poor communication coverage ahead of time, the system can prepare appropriate measures such as switching to audio-only mode or notifying users to pause non-critical interactions, thereby maintaining interaction effectiveness even when the vehicle moves through poor coverage areas.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Reliability

If the system considers communication quality and road information in route determination, then interaction effectiveness is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinteraction effectivenessVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system achieves multi-functionality by integrating multiple functions into a single route determination module. This module simultaneously determines the driving route, predicts communication quality along the route, identifies potential deterioration zones, and triggers appropriate responses. By consolidating these functions, the system improves interaction effectiveness without proportionally increasing complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

4Reliability

If interaction mode is switched based on communication quality prediction, then communication stability is maintained, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication stabilityVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements self-service by automatically monitoring communication quality and autonomously switching interaction modes without requiring user intervention. The system also automatically notifies users when mode switching occurs or when communication quality deteriorates. This automation maintains communication stability while minimizing the complexity burden on the user.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS20240142246A1Mobile interaction device, terminal device and mobile interaction system
Publication Date: 2024.05.02 HONDA MOTOR CO LTD
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AI summary

A mobile interaction device, includes: a route determination module configured to determine a driving route of a moving vehicle on which a user is present based on interaction information, communication quality information related to a location, and road information; and a communication module configured to perform interacting information with outside of the moving vehicle.