Server Filtering for Vehicle Data Collection Accuracy

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing data collecting systems face challenges in collecting traveling state data on vehicles in a manner that aligns with specific client requirements, often resulting in inefficient data collection due to unsuitable selection of consignees and vehicles.

Innovation Solution

A data collecting system comprising a server and data processing apparatuses that allow clients to set specific request data and requisite conditions, enabling the server to selectively send request data to appropriate consignee-side data processing apparatuses for accurate and relevant data collection.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If request data is sent to multiple consignees without selective filtering, then the quantity of collected data increases, but the relevance and accuracy of collected data decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvequantity of collected dataVSAvoidrelevance and accuracy of collected data
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The server performs preliminary filtering of request data based on consignee information and vehicle information before sending requests. This preliminary action ensures that only relevant requests are dispatched to appropriate consignees, preventing unnecessary data collection efforts while maintaining data relevance and accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The server acts as an intermediary between the data collection system and consignees. It mediates the matching process by comparing request data with consignee and vehicle information, selecting appropriate consignees to receive requests, and thereby ensuring that collected data meets the required relevance and accuracy standards.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If request data is selectively filtered before sending to consignees, then the relevance and accuracy of collected data improves, but the complexity of the data collection system increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improverelevance and accuracy of collected dataVSAvoidcomplexity of data collection system
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The server performs multiple functions within a single system: storing request data, storing consignee information, storing vehicle information, filtering requests based on matching criteria, and dispatching selected requests. This multi-functionality reduces overall system complexity compared to having separate specialized components for each function.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The system merges the filtering and selection logic directly into the server's request dispatching process. By combining the filtering operation with the existing request management functionality, the system avoids adding separate complex filtering subsystems, thereby minimizing the increase in system complexity while achieving accurate data selection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Measurement precision

If comprehensive vehicle information is stored and processed, then the accuracy of matching requests to appropriate vehicles improves, but the data processing time and system resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of matching requests to vehiclesVSAvoiddata processing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The server stores vehicle information in advance before request processing. This preliminary preparation of data allows for efficient matching operations when requests arrive, as the vehicle information is already organized and accessible, reducing the time required for accurate matching at the time of request processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11511769B2Data collecting system, server, and data processing apparatus
Publication Date: 2022.11.29 SUBARU CORP
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AI summary

A data collecting system includes a server and a data processing apparatus. The server holds at least one piece of request data including at least a content of a request for collection of traveling state data on a vehicle and a requisite condition for the collection of the traveling state data. The server sends request data of interest to the data processing apparatus. The data processing apparatus acquires the traveling state data on the vehicle on the basis of the request data of interest received from the server, and sends the acquired traveling state data to the server.