Vehicle Information Processing Device for Operator Matching

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing information processing devices for guiding users during vehicle navigation often connect users with randomly selected operators, leading to inadequate guidance due to the operators' unfamiliarity with the users' specific needs.

Innovation Solution

An information processing device that receives information about user interactions with in-vehicle devices and vehicle status before a call is initiated, estimates the desired call content, and connects the user with an operator familiar with that content, using a relay server to determine the appropriate operator from a plurality of operators.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If operators are randomly selected for telephone conversations with users, then any operator can be connected quickly, but the guidance quality deteriorates because operators are unfamiliar with users' specific needs

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveguidance qualityVSAvoidoperator selection process
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis of user interaction data with in-vehicle devices before the telephone conversation begins. This advance preparation enables the relay server to identify and select an operator who is already familiar with the user's specific needs and context, thereby improving guidance quality without adding significant complexity during the actual call setup

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The relay server acts as an intermediary between the user and operators. It receives user information from the in-vehicle device, analyzes the data to determine user needs, and then selects an appropriate operator based on this analysis. This intermediary function bridges the gap between random operator assignment and personalized operator selection

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If user interaction information is collected and analyzed before call initiation, then operator selection accuracy improves, but information processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser needs identificationVSAvoidinformation processing system
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts only the necessary user interaction information from the in-vehicle device that is relevant for operator selection. Rather than processing all possible user data, it selectively extracts key interaction patterns and vehicle status information needed to identify user needs, thereby reducing processing complexity while maintaining identification accuracy

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The in-vehicle device automatically generates and transmits user interaction information to the relay server without requiring manual input from the user. The system self-services by autonomously collecting, formatting, and sending the necessary data, reducing the burden on users while enabling precise operator matching

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS20240244140A1Information processing device
Publication Date: 2024.07.18 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK
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AI summary

An information processing device includes a control unit configured to: receive information indicating that a specific user is requesting a start of a telephone conversation with an operator, and specific information including at least one of information on details of an interaction between the specific user and a specific device before the specific user requests the telephone conversation and information on a status of a specific vehicle before the specific user requests the start of the telephone conversation; presume details of the telephone conversation desired by the specific user based on the specific information; determine, among a plurality of operators, a specific operator associated with the presumed details of the telephone conversation; and connect a first device for the specific user to make the telephone conversation with the specific operator and a second device for the specific operator to make the telephone conversation with the specific user.