Vehicle Charging Location Matching With Parking Space Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems lack convenience for users who want to charge their vehicles, as they do not efficiently provide information on available charging sources and parking spaces around vehicles with power supply functions.
Innovation Solution
An information processing device and method that receives requests from user terminals for information on vehicles with power supply functions, acquires parked locations and surrounding environment data, and sends information on available parking spaces to the user terminals, enabling users to charge their vehicles more conveniently.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If existing systems provide basic vehicle location information for charging, then users can find charging sources, but users cannot determine whether parking spaces are available around charging vehicles
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments information provision into two distinct components: (1) basic vehicle location and charging status information, and (2) surrounding environment information including parking space availability. This segmentation allows the system to progressively provide comprehensive information while maintaining modularity and manageable complexity in each component.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary acquisition of surrounding environment information (including parking space data) in advance before a user requests charging information. This preliminary action ensures that complete information is ready when needed, eliminating the need for users to make separate inquiries about parking availability and reducing overall system complexity during actual charging requests.
2Ease of operation
If the system provides detailed information on charging vehicles and parking spaces, then user convenience is improved, but information acquisition and processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges multiple information types (vehicle location, charging capability status, surrounding environment data, and parking space availability) into a single integrated information set. This merging allows users to receive comprehensive charging information in one operation, significantly improving user convenience while the system manages complexity through unified information processing architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary information processing layer that collects, validates, and integrates data from multiple sources (vehicle locations, charging status, environment sensors, parking space databases). This intermediary layer simplifies the complexity by providing a standardized interface between diverse data sources and the user terminal, making the overall system easier to operate despite the comprehensiveness of information provided.
3Reliability
If the system only provides vehicle location information without verifying parking space availability, then system complexity is reduced, but charging reliability decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary verification of parking space availability around charging vehicles before providing charging information to users. By checking surrounding environment data in advance, the system ensures that recommended charging locations are actually accessible, significantly improving charging reliability while managing verification complexity through pre-processing.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements a feedback mechanism where surrounding environment information (including parking space status) is continuously monitored and fed back to update charging recommendations. This feedback loop ensures that users receive accurate, real-time information about both charging vehicle locations and available parking spaces, enhancing charging reliability while the systematic feedback process manages verification complexity through automated routines.
Data Source
AI summary
In the information processing device according to the present disclosure, the control unit receives a first request requesting information on a second vehicle having a power supply function from a first terminal corresponding to the first vehicle. The control unit acquires the parked location of the second vehicle and the first information on the surroundings of the second vehicle, triggered by the reception of the first information. The control unit determines whether there is a parking space around the second vehicle based on the parked location of the second vehicle or the first information. When it is determined that there is a parking space around the second vehicle, the control unit sends second information including the parked location of the second vehicle to the first terminal.