Vehicle Data Prioritization for Service-Critical Information Transfer

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing log collection systems prioritize information transmission based on potential attacks, leading to deterioration in the quality of services or functions provided when communication is disrupted, as they fail to transmit essential information necessary for service provision.

Innovation Solution

An information collection device that acquires and prioritizes information based on the services or functions used by the driver, selecting and transmitting only the necessary information to the server device, thereby preventing service quality deterioration.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If all collected information is transmitted to the server device, then the completeness of information is improved, but communication bandwidth consumption increases and congestion occurs

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation completenessVSAvoidcommunication data volume
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and transmits only the necessary information for service provision from the collected information set. The determination unit identifies and selects only those information items required for the driver's services, excluding redundant data, thereby reducing communication bandwidth consumption while maintaining service quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies different selection criteria to different types of information based on their relevance to specific services. Each information item is evaluated individually for its necessity to the driver's services, allowing selective transmission of high-value information while filtering out low-value data.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Reliability

If information is prioritized based on attack detection, then security analysis capability is improved, but service provision quality deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesecurity analysisVSAvoidservice information
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent inverts the priority determination logic: instead of prioritizing information based on potential attacks (server-side perspective), it prioritizes information based on service provision needs (client-side perspective). The determination unit in the information collection device identifies necessary information before transmission, ensuring service quality is maintained.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

Solution Approach 2:

The information collection device performs self-service by autonomously determining which information is necessary for service provision without requiring server-side attack analysis instructions. This enables the system to maintain service quality independently of security analysis priorities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Loss of information

If storage capacity is increased to store all information during communication disruption, then information availability is improved, but device complexity and cost increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation availabilityVSAvoidstorage capacity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts only the necessary information items for service provision before storing them during communication disruptions. By pre-identifying and selecting only essential information, the storage capacity requirement is significantly reduced while maintaining information availability for critical services.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The determination unit performs preliminary identification of necessary information before communication disruption occurs. This advance selection ensures that only essential information is stored in limited capacity memory, enabling the system to maintain service provision quality even during extended communication outages.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11958494B2Information collection device and information collection method
Publication Date: 2024.04.16 MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP
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AI summary

An acquisition unit acquires pieces of information including information related to a vehicle, information related to the environment inside and outside the vehicle, and information related to a driver on board the vehicle. A determination unit determines priorities of the pieces of information acquired by the acquisition unit on the basis of a service or the like used by the driver among services or the likes provided using information accumulated in a server device. A selection unit selects a piece of information to be transmitted to the server device from among the pieces of information acquired by the acquisition unit on the basis of the priorities determined by the determination unit. A communication unit transmits the piece of information selected by the selection unit to the server device.