Vehicle Agent Device Controller Coordination for Service Redundancy
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Solution Overview
Problem
User satisfaction with agent functions in vehicles is low due to insufficient service provision, with existing technologies failing to effectively filter and prioritize relevant information.
Innovation Solution
An agent device with multiple controllers that prioritize and filter information based on association and similarity, providing relevant services such as search results, recommendations, and knowledge, while suppressing less relevant information, and utilizing an adjuster to direct service provision efficiently.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple agent controllers provide services independently, then service coverage increases, but information redundancy and user satisfaction decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple agent controllers into a coordinated system where they share service information through a manager. The manager collects service information from multiple agents, determines the most appropriate agent for each service request, and directs requests accordingly. This merging approach maintains the versatility of multiple agents while eliminating redundancy through centralized coordination.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a manager as an intermediary between multiple agent controllers and the outside environment. The manager receives service requests, evaluates which agent should handle each request based on collected service information, and routes requests to the appropriate agent. This intermediary structure enables multiple agents to work together efficiently without direct competition or redundancy.
2Adaptability or versatility
If all agent controllers respond to service requests, then service availability increases, but response quality and relevance decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The patent assigns different service capabilities and information to different agent controllers, creating local quality variations. Each agent specializes in certain services based on its characteristics, and the manager directs requests to the agent with the most relevant service information. This ensures that each request is handled by the most qualified agent, improving response quality while maintaining overall service availability.
3Stability of the object's composition
If service information is shared among all agents, then service consistency improves, but processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments service information management by having each agent maintain its own service information independently while the manager coordinates between them. Rather than all agents sharing and processing all information from all agents, each agent manages its own information locally, and the manager performs selective information exchange only when necessary for routing decisions. This segmentation reduces overall processing complexity while maintaining service consistency.
Data Source
AI summary
An agent device is equipped with a plurality of agent controllers which provide a service including causing an output device to output a response of voice in accordance with an utterance of an occupant of a vehicle, in which a first agent controller included in the plurality of agent controllers provides an agent controller different from the first agent controller with first service information on the service to be provided to the occupant.