In-Vehicle Device Driver Feeling Estimation Guidance

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing in-vehicle systems fail to provide effective driving guidance that efficiently improves a driver's skills by not considering the driver's psychological state during vehicle operation.

Innovation Solution

An in-vehicle device that selects ideal traveling information based on the driver's estimated feeling, determines differences between detected and ideal traveling states, and notifies the driver of deviations, using sensors and a server to provide personalized driving guidance.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If driving guidance is provided without considering driver's psychological state, then the system complexity is reduced, but the effectiveness of skill improvement deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem complexityVSAvoidskill improvement effectiveness
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary estimation of the driver's psychological state (feeling) before providing driving guidance. The feeling estimation unit assesses the driver's emotional condition in advance, allowing the selection unit to choose appropriate guidance content that matches the driver's current state, thereby improving skill development effectiveness without adding excessive complexity during active driving

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically adapts the driving guidance content based on the driver's changing psychological state. By continuously monitoring the driver's feeling and adjusting the guidance level accordingly, the system optimizes skill improvement effectiveness while maintaining manageable complexity through adaptive rather than static guidance structures

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple pieces of ideal traveling information are provided for different skill levels, then the adaptability to driver skill levels is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadaptability to skill levelsVSAvoidinformation management complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Multiple pieces of ideal traveling information are prepared in advance for different skill levels (first, second, and third skill levels). The selection unit pre-organizes this information so that when driving guidance is needed, the appropriate pre-prepared information can be quickly selected based on the driver's current skill level, avoiding the complexity of generating multiple information sets in real-time

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

Different pieces of ideal traveling information are tailored to specific skill levels, with each level receiving guidance appropriate to its capabilities. The system provides specialized information for each skill level rather than a generic approach, improving adaptability while managing complexity through targeted rather than universal information delivery

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Measurement precision

If real-time determination of traveling state differences is performed, then the measurement precision of driving deviations is improved, but the processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedeviation detection precisionVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The determination unit focuses on determining differences only for specific items where deviations from ideal traveling information are detected, rather than continuously analyzing all possible parameters. This partial action approach maintains measurement precision for critical deviations while reducing overall processing time by avoiding exhaustive analysis of every traveling state parameter

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS11203347B2In-vehicle device, information management server, information management system, and method
Publication Date: 2021.12.21 HONDA MOTOR CO LTD
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AI summary

The present invention provides an in-vehicle device that provides a driving guidance to a driver, comprising: a selection unit for selecting ideal traveling information from a plurality of pieces of ideal traveling information associated with a plurality of skill levels, respectively, in accordance with an estimation result of a feeling of the driver; a determination unit for determining, for each of a plurality of items to provide a driving guidance, whether a difference between traveling information detected by a sensor of a vehicle during traveling and the ideal traveling information selected by the selection unit falls within an allowable range; and a notification unit for notifying the driver of an item for which the determination unit determines that the difference does not fall within the allowable range in the plurality of items.