Universal Chassis for Modular Vehicle Ecosystem Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current vehicles lack a comprehensive ecosystem that integrates physical and mental comforts, failing to provide a seamless and intuitive user experience by not fully considering the vehicle as an environment that interacts with users' devices and surroundings.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle ecosystem that combines devices, applications, interfaces, hardware, and software to create a connected and intuitive user experience, allowing communication between the vehicle and other devices, and automatically determining and storing user settings for enhanced comfort and convenience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a comprehensive vehicle ecosystem integrating multiple devices, applications, and systems is implemented, then user comfort and convenience are enhanced, but device complexity and system integration difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The vehicle ecosystem is divided into modular functional components including infotainment systems, climate control, navigation, communication devices, and sensor networks. Each module operates semi-independently with standardized interfaces, allowing complex functionality to be achieved through composition of manageable segments rather than monolithic integration.
Solution Approach 2:
The system employs universal communication protocols and standardized data exchange formats that enable different devices and applications to interoperate seamlessly. A common platform architecture allows the same hardware infrastructure to support multiple functions including media playback, navigation, vehicle diagnostics, and passenger entertainment, reducing overall system complexity.
2Ease of operation
If seamless communication between vehicle and external devices is enabled, then user experience is improved, but loss of information and security risks increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces intermediary layers including secure enclaves, trusted execution environments, and data brokerage services that mediate all communications between the vehicle ecosystem and external devices. These intermediaries authenticate devices, encrypt data transmissions, filter information exchanges, and maintain security policies without preventing seamless user experience.
Solution Approach 2:
The ecosystem implements continuous feedback mechanisms that monitor communication patterns, detect anomalies, and dynamically adjust security parameters. User preferences and consent settings are tracked and fed back into the system to control information sharing, ensuring data protection while maintaining communication functionality.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods and systems for a complete vehicle ecosystem are provided. Specifically, systems that when taken alone, or together, provide an individual or group of individuals with an intuitive and comfortable vehicular environment. The present disclosure includes a universal chassis that may be mounted in the head unit of a vehicle. The chassis may accept one or more modules that each have common dimensions. With a common form factor, the universal chassis is configurable as different modules with different functionality may be inserted into the chassis with ease.