Vehicle Function Control via Backend Mediation for Ridesharing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing ridesharing systems lack the ability for users to dynamically control and regulate vehicle functions before a journey, limiting driving comfort and personalization.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that allows users to control and regulate vehicle functions through a central communication unit, enabling selection and control of vehicle features like air conditioning, multimedia, and navigation via a backend server, with secure communication and registration processes to ensure authorized manipulation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users are limited to booking rideshares in real time without further technical interaction, then the system implementation is simple using GPS and mobile devices, but user control over vehicle functions and driving comfort is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments control functions into two parts: basic ride booking handled by simple GPS/mobile device integration, and advanced vehicle function control handled by a separate backend server that communicates with the vehicle's central communication unit. This allows users to access complex vehicle controls without overwhelming the basic ridesharing interface.
Solution Approach 2:
A backend server acts as an intermediary between the user's terminal device and the vehicle's central communication unit. The server receives control requests from users, validates them, and translates them into appropriate commands for the vehicle systems, enabling complex control functionality while keeping the user interface simple.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users can dynamically control vehicle functions before each journey, then driving comfort and personalization are improved, but system complexity and communication requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables users to pre-configure vehicle functions (climate control, multimedia, navigation, seat positions) before each journey through the terminal device. These preliminary settings are transmitted to the vehicle via the backend server, allowing the vehicle to be ready with personalized settings upon user arrival, enhancing comfort without requiring complex real-time adjustments during the journey.
3Ease of operation
If users can control vehicle functions through terminal devices, then user convenience is improved, but security risks from unauthorized manipulation increase
Solution Approach 1:
The backend server implements a feedback mechanism that verifies vehicle function controllability before allowing user control. When a user requests to control a vehicle function, the server checks whether the selected vehicle supports that function and responds accordingly, preventing unauthorized or incompatible control attempts while maintaining user convenience.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary validation of user credentials and vehicle compatibility before allowing any control operations. The backend server authenticates users and verifies that their requested control actions are authorized and compatible with the target vehicle, preventing unauthorized manipulation before it can occur.
4Productivity
If the system selects vehicles based only on availability and proximity, then ride booking is simple and fast, but user preferences for specific vehicle functions cannot be met
Solution Approach 1:
Users pre-specify their desired vehicle functions and preferences when initiating a ride request through the terminal device. The backend server receives these preferences along with the ride request, enabling it to filter and select vehicles that not only are available and nearby but also match the user's functional requirements, combining speed with personalization.
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AI summary
The present invention comprises a system and method for dynamically controlling and/or regulating vehicle functions in a large number of vehicles, each vehicle having a central communication unit. The system includes at least one backend server and at least one terminal that is set up to send a driving request to the backend server, the driving request at least a starting position, a selection of a vehicle type from the plurality of vehicles and at least one Request for control and / or regulation includes at least one vehicle function. In this case, the backend server is set up, after receiving the driving request, to send a driving request comprising the request for control and/or regulation to the central communication unit of the selected vehicle that has been determined. The at least one vehicle function of the selected vehicle is controlled and/or regulated according to the request for control and regulation in the vehicle request.