Vehicle Interior Contamination Detection for Shared-Car Cleanliness
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Solution Overview
Problem
In vehicle-sharing services, the lack of attention to interior cleanliness leads to dissatisfaction and potential health risks for subsequent users due to undetected contaminants, as users do not feel a sense of ownership and thus neglect cleaning.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle management system equipped with a contamination detector, including cameras and olfactory sensors, that detects indoor contamination, analyzes the presence of harmful substances, and notifies users or service providers to take corrective action.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If vehicle sharing services expand to improve utilization efficiency and cost savings, then service accessibility and user base grow, but interior cleanliness management deteriorates due to lack of user ownership responsibility
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automatic self-monitoring of interior cleanliness through sensors that detect contaminants without human intervention. The contamination detection device autonomously identifies and reports issues, eliminating the need for user awareness or manual inspection, thus resolving the reliability issue while supporting service expansion.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements continuous feedback loops where sensor data about interior contamination is automatically transmitted to servers and notified to relevant parties. This real-time feedback mechanism ensures cleanliness issues are promptly identified and addressed, maintaining reliability even as the service network expands.
2Measurement precision
If contamination detection is performed using multiple sensors to improve detection accuracy, then harmful substance identification improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides contamination detection into specialized segments, with different sensors targeting specific contaminant types (odor sensors for volatile compounds, cameras for visual contamination). Each sensor handles a specific detection task, improving overall accuracy while managing complexity through functional segmentation rather than requiring one complex universal sensor.
Solution Approach 2:
The contamination detection device is designed as a multi-functional integrated system where a single device combines multiple sensor types (odor sensors, cameras, and potentially other detectors) to perform various detection functions. This universal approach improves detection accuracy across different contaminant types while containing complexity within a single integrated unit rather than multiple separate devices.
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AI summary
A method of managing cleanliness of an interior of a vehicle includes: detecting indoor contamination using a contamination detector including at least a camera; receiving information on the next user including information on at least one user scheduled to ride in the vehicle; determining at least one harmful substance based on the result of detection of the indoor contamination and the information on the next user; and transmitting information on the determined at least one harmful substance to the external entity.