Vehicle System Biometric Profile Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current vehicle systems fail to integrate both physical and mental comforts seamlessly with electronic devices, resulting in a non-intuitive user experience, as they focus on building comfort around the vehicle rather than within it.
Innovation Solution
A system that allows users to access and manage user profiles for vehicle functions using biometric verification, integrating profiles from devices and the cloud, and adapting settings based on the user's position within the vehicle through NFC, RFID, Bluetooth, and IR communications, enabling a personalized and immersive experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If vehicle systems focus on building comfort around the vehicle, then physical comfort features can be added, but seamless integration with electronic devices and intuitive user experience is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects user presence through biometric verification and seamlessly retrieves appropriate profiles from cloud or local storage without requiring manual user input. The vehicle system serves itself by autonomously configuring settings based on detected user identity, eliminating the need for users to manually adjust preferences or navigate complex menus.
Solution Approach 2:
The vehicle system integrates multiple functions including biometric detection, cloud communication, local profile storage, and automatic settings application into a single unified system. This multi-functional approach allows the system to handle various user identification methods and data sources while maintaining seamless operation and intuitive user experience.
2Measurement precision
If multiple communication protocols (NFC, RFID, Bluetooth, IR) are integrated for user profile access, then user identification accuracy improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The communication system is divided into separate modules, each handling a specific protocol (NFC, RFID, Bluetooth, IR). Each module operates independently to perform user identification through its designated method, allowing the system to maintain high identification accuracy through multiple protocols while managing complexity through modular architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
A central control unit acts as an intermediary that receives identification signals from various communication protocols, processes the data, and coordinates profile retrieval. This mediator simplifies the overall system by providing a single point of coordination for multiple communication methods, reducing the complexity burden while maintaining accurate user identification.
3Adaptability or versatility
If user profiles are stored in both vehicle and cloud, then profile accessibility and personalization improve, but data management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The profile storage system uses a nested structure where local vehicle storage contains a subset or cache of profiles, while the cloud storage contains the complete profile repository. The local storage is nested within the broader cloud storage system, allowing quick access to frequently used profiles locally while maintaining comprehensive profile availability in the cloud for complete personalization.
Solution Approach 2:
User profiles are pre-synchronized between cloud and vehicle storage systems before actual use. This preliminary action ensures that when a user approaches the vehicle, their profile is already available in both locations, enabling immediate profile retrieval and application without real-time cloud communication delays, thus improving accessibility while managing data complexity through advance preparation.
Data Source
AI summary
Vehicle systems configured to interact with remotely located smart systems are disclosed. An example vehicle includes memory, machine-readable instructions, and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to execute the machine-readable instructions to send, from the vehicle to a smart system located remotely relative to the vehicle, a first message configured to cause the smart system to adjust one or more functions of a device controllable via the smart system. The one or more processors are further configured to execute the machine-readable instructions to receive, at the vehicle from the smart system, a second message including information associated with the smart system or the device.