Vehicle Data Delivery via Mobile Intermediary
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Solution Overview
Problem
Vehicles often have limited display and output capabilities for presenting vehicle-related information, especially compared to alternative digital devices like smartphones, which can hinder effective information delivery to drivers and occupants.
Innovation Solution
A system that utilizes a processor to assess vehicle sensor data and determine if information should be displayed on-board or sent to a predesignated non-vehicular device, ensuring information is conveyed appropriately based on available formats and capabilities, leveraging existing user devices for enhanced information delivery without additional hardware costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If vehicle manufacturers include advanced video and touchscreen displays in vehicles, then information presentation capability is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a mobile device as an intermediary to deliver vehicle information to occupants. Instead of building complex display systems into the vehicle, the system leverages the mobile device that occupants already possess, thereby improving information presentation capability without increasing vehicle device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile device serves multiple functions: it acts as a display screen, audio output device, and communication interface for vehicle information. This universal approach allows one device to fulfill multiple information presentation roles, reducing the need for dedicated vehicle-mounted display hardware
2Adaptability or versatility
If vehicle manufacturers include advanced video and touchscreen displays in vehicles, then information presentation capability is improved, but manufacturing cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system leverages the mobile device that occupants already own and carry, eliminating the need for manufacturers to provide expensive display hardware. The occupant's own device serves the information presentation function, significantly reducing manufacturing costs while maintaining advanced display capabilities
Solution Approach 2:
By using the mobile device as an intermediary between the vehicle's sensor system and the occupant, the patent avoids the need for manufacturers to install costly display hardware, thereby improving information presentation capability without increasing manufacturing cost
3Loss of information
If all vehicle information is displayed on in-vehicle displays, then information availability is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile device acts as an intermediary that receives vehicle information from the vehicle's sensor system and presents it to the occupant. This approach ensures complete information availability while avoiding the need for complex vehicle-mounted display hardware
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the information presentation function from the vehicle system and relocates it to the mobile device. This separation allows the vehicle to maintain simple sensor and communication systems while the mobile device handles all information display requirements
Data Source
AI summary
A system includes a processor configured to receive sensor data from a vehicle sensor. The processor is also configured to determine an existence of a condition for which information display has been designated. The processor is further configured to determine a non-vehicular device predesignated for receipt and display of the information and responsive to the condition determination, transfer the information to the device.