Vehicle Component Reassignment for In-Car Immersive NDRT Effects
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle technologies lack immersive functionalities for non-driving-related tasks (NDRT) that enhance user experience.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle system with a processing apparatus that executes operational profiles to reassigned vehicle components, enabling them to generate immersive effects through vehicle immersion components, utilizing data from a computer network.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If vehicle components are reassigned from vehicle functions to immersion components, then immersive effects are generated, but vehicle function execution is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically reassigns vehicle components between vehicle functions and immersion functions based on operational context. The processing apparatus executes operational profiles that temporarily modify component assignments, allowing the same component to serve different purposes at different times. This dynamic switching resolves the contradiction by ensuring vehicle functions take precedence when needed while enabling immersive effects during non-critical periods.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary assessment of component availability and operational status before reassigning components to immersion functions. Operational profiles are pre-configured to identify safe windows for reassignment, ensuring that vehicle functions are not compromised. This preliminary action prevents conflicts between vehicle operations and immersive effects.
2Device complexity
If existing vehicle components are used for immersion effects, then device complexity is reduced, but immersion quality is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system makes existing vehicle components multi-functional by enabling them to serve both traditional vehicle functions and immersion functions. For example, climate control components can provide both temperature regulation and atmospheric immersion effects, while audio components can handle both navigation alerts and immersive soundscapes. This universality reduces the need for additional dedicated immersion hardware while still delivering quality immersive experiences.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enhances the capabilities of existing components by dynamically adjusting their operational parameters through operational profiles. Components can operate in extended modes beyond their standard specifications, such as adjusting climate control to create specific atmospheric conditions or modifying audio output characteristics for immersive effect. This parameter flexibility allows existing components to deliver higher quality immersion without adding device complexity.
3Ease of operation
If vehicle components are reassign ed dynamically, then user engagement is improved, but control complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically manages component reassignment without requiring direct user control. The processing apparatus monitors vehicle operational status and autonomously executes operational profiles to reassign components for immersion functions when appropriate. This self-service approach simplifies the user interface while handling the control complexity internally, maintaining high user engagement without exposing users to complex control mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback loops that continuously monitor vehicle operational status, component availability, and immersion effect quality. Based on this feedback, the processing apparatus dynamically adjusts component assignments and operational parameters. This feedback mechanism allows the complex control system to adapt automatically to changing conditions, maintaining ease of operation while managing the intricacies of dynamic reassignment.
Data Source
AI summary
A vehicle system, including a vehicle processing apparatus, and a memory configured to store one or more vehicle operational profiles that includes data to reassign a vehicle component from executing a vehicle function to operating one or more vehicle immersion components. A communication interface is configured to receive at least portions of an executable application from a computer network, wherein the vehicle processing apparatus is configured to execute the application from the computer network, and execute the operational profile to generate one or more immersive effects in the vehicle via the one or more vehicle immersion components, when the vehicle component is being used.