Personalized Information Service Using Vehicle Context Data

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods for providing personalized information based on user interest on social network services do not effectively utilize real-time vehicle operation data to identify and serve relevant information during a user's time of interest.

Innovation Solution

An apparatus and method that includes a vehicle terminal and a communication device to collect and analyze user operation data, assigning weight values to context information based on gaze and operation data to determine the user's field of interest, and providing personalized information by matching this data with stored context information, using algorithms like Euclidean distance and K-means clustering.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If personalized information is provided based on general user interest data from social network services, then information can be provided to users, but the information lacks timeliness and relevance to real-time user needs during vehicle travel

Engineering Contradiction:
Improverelevance of personalized informationVSAvoidtimeliness of information delivery
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by collecting and storing context information (user operation data, gaze information, vehicle status) before the user actually needs information. This accumulated data is then used to provide timely and relevant personalized information when the user expresses interest during vehicle travel, resolving the contradiction between general information provision and real-time relevance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback mechanisms by continuously monitoring user operations, gaze direction, and vehicle status to detect real-time interest patterns. This feedback loop enables the system to adjust and provide personalized information dynamically based on current user needs, improving both relevance and timeliness simultaneously.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Measurement precision

If the system collects and analyzes multiple types of real-time data (gaze information, operation data, vehicle status), then the accuracy of interest identification improves, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of interest identificationVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the complex data collection and analysis task into distinct functional modules: gaze information collection module, operation data collection module, vehicle status monitoring module, and interest identification module. Each module handles specific data types independently, making the overall complex system more manageable and maintainable while achieving high measurement precision through integrated analysis.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system employs a universal data processing framework that can handle multiple types of data (gaze, operation, vehicle status) through a common analysis architecture. This multi-functional approach allows the system to maintain high accuracy in interest identification across different data sources while avoiding the need for separate specialized systems for each data type, thus managing complexity effectively.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Productivity

If the system processes and analyzes real-time vehicle operation data and context information, then personalized information can be provided at the time of interest, but the computational resources and processing time required increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvespeed of information provisionVSAvoidcomputational resource consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary data processing and feature extraction in advance, pre-processing vehicle operation data, gaze information, and context data to identify interest patterns before the user actually needs information. This preliminary action reduces the computational burden during real-time information provision, improving productivity while managing energy consumption by performing heavy computations offline or in advance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system applies partial action by processing only the most relevant features and data points necessary for interest identification, rather than analyzing all available data in full detail. This selective processing approach maintains adequate productivity for timely information provision while significantly reducing computational resource consumption and energy usage by focusing calculations on critical data elements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS11874129B2Apparatus and method for servicing personalized information based on user interest
Publication Date: 2024.01.16 HYUNDAI MOTOR CO LTD
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AI summary

An apparatus for servicing personalized information based on user interest includes: a communication device that performs communication with a vehicle terminal of a vehicle; storage that stores context information for respective fields of interest of users; and a processor that extracts a field of interest of the user of the vehicle based on similarity obtained by matching context information received from the vehicle terminal at time of interest and the stored context information for the respective fields of interest. In particular, the processor provides a cluster of similar interest information to the vehicle terminal, based on the extracted field of interest.