Sensor-Based Vehicle Profiling for Accurate Status Classification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current vehicle profiling methods are manual and time-consuming, prone to errors, and do not effectively address the need for efficient data collection and analysis.

Innovation Solution

An apparatus and method utilizing sensors to capture vehicle data, a processor to generate a graphic model, determine vehicle status, classify the data into status groups, and produce a report, enabling automated vehicle profiling.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If manual vehicle profiling is used, then flexibility and adaptability are maintained, but time consumption and error rates increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevehicle profiling efficiencyVSAvoidtime for data collection and analysis
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces manual mechanical profiling processes with an automated sensor-based system. Sensors capture vehicle data automatically, and a processor analyzes the data to generate graphic models and status determinations, eliminating the need for manual data collection and analysis while significantly improving efficiency and reducing time loss.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Measurement precision

If manual vehicle profiling is used, then system complexity is low, but measurement precision and reliability decrease

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of vehicle status determinationVSAvoidcomplexity of profiling system
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces manual assessment with automated sensor measurement and processor-based analysis. The sensor captures objective vehicle data, and the processor applies consistent algorithms to determine vehicle status, eliminating human error and improving measurement precision despite increased system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a graphic model that is a digital copy of the vehicle's actual status. This model allows for precise replication and analysis of vehicle conditions without requiring physical inspection, improving measurement accuracy while enabling automated decision-making.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

3Reliability

If automated sensor-based profiling is implemented, then productivity and precision improve, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconsistency of vehicle profiling resultsVSAvoidcomplexity of sensor and processor system
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces unreliable manual processes with a consistent automated system. Sensors provide reliable data capture, and the processor applies uniform analysis algorithms to generate consistent vehicle status determinations, improving reliability through automation despite increased device complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS11908182B1Apparatus and method of vehicle profiling
Publication Date: 2024.02.20 QUICK QUACK CAR WASH HLDG LLC
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AI summary

An apparatus and a method for vehicle profiling. The apparatus includes at least a sensor, wherein the at least a sensor is configured to capture vehicle data of a vehicle, at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the at least processor, the memory contains instructions configuring the at least processor to receive the vehicle data from the at least a sensor, generate a graphic model of the vehicle as a function of the vehicle data, determine a vehicle status as a function of the vehicle data, classify the vehicle status and the vehicle data into one or more vehicle status groups and generate a vehicle report as a function of the one or more vehicle status groups.