Vehicle Delivery Approval System Using Position Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle delivery systems require the presence of a repair agent for approval, making it difficult to deliver vehicles without their attendance, as the repair estimate is generated without meeting the agent.
Innovation Solution
A delivery approval apparatus that uses a microprocessor and memory to acquire user and vehicle position information, receive agreement signals from a user terminal, and determine if the user is within a predetermined range of the vehicle to approve service completion, eliminating the need for the repair agent's attendance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a repair agent is required to be present for vehicle delivery approval, then the service completion can be verified and approved, but the delivery process becomes inefficient and incurs additional labor costs
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service delivery approval by allowing the user to independently confirm service completion through the user terminal. The user can approve delivery by providing authentication information (such as signature or biometric data) without requiring the repair agent's physical presence, thus maintaining verification reliability while improving delivery efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The delivery approval apparatus acts as an intermediary system that mediates between the user terminal and the service management system. It receives authentication information from the user terminal, verifies it against the service completion data, and automatically approves delivery when conditions are met, eliminating the need for direct human intervention while ensuring reliable verification
2Reliability
If position verification is implemented to confirm user presence at delivery location, then delivery authenticity is ensured, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The delivery approval apparatus serves as an intermediary that integrates position verification functionality. It receives position information from both the user terminal and the vehicle, compares them to determine if they match within a predetermined threshold, and uses this comparison result to authenticate the delivery. This centralized mediation approach ensures delivery authenticity while managing system complexity through a single coordinating system rather than distributed complexity
Data Source
AI summary
A delivery approval apparatus includes a microprocessor and a memory. The microprocessor is configured to perform: acquiring a position information of a user who has requested the predetermined service; acquiring a position information of the vehicle parked at a delivery place; receiving an agreement signal agreeing on a service result of the predetermined service and transmitted from a user terminal used by the user; and when the agreement signal is received, detecting a relative position of the user with respect to the vehicle, based on the position information of the user and a most previous position information of the vehicle, and when the user is located within a predetermined range from the vehicle, determining that the vehicle is delivered to the user to approve a completion of the predetermined service.