Vehicle IoT Device Automatic Registration via Determination Values

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users face inconvenience as they need to manually reset IoT devices when switching between outing and going-home modes in car-to-home services, and unregistered IoT devices cannot be controlled, disrupting the service flow.

Innovation Solution

A system and method for automatically registering IoT devices based on usage patterns by determining control conditions such as vehicle location, direction, and operation timing, calculating determination values to assess user intent, and setting IoT devices as control targets when specific criteria are met.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If IoT devices are manually registered for each outing mode or going-home mode, then the car-to-home service can control registered devices, but users experience inconvenience when switching modes requiring manual reset and new IoT devices cannot be controlled

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadaptability to different modesVSAvoidease of operation
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary learning of user operations on IoT devices during a learning period. It collects and analyzes operation data (timing, frequency, patterns) before the user actually needs the automation. This preliminary action enables the system to automatically register and control IoT devices when switching between outing and going-home modes without requiring manual user intervention at the moment of mode switching.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Extent of automation

If the system learns and analyzes user operation patterns, then automatic registration of IoT devices is achieved, but the system complexity increases with determination value calculations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveextent of automationVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Extent of automationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements feedback mechanisms by continuously monitoring user operations on IoT devices, calculating determination values based on learned patterns, and adjusting its automatic registration decisions accordingly. The feedback loop collects operation data, analyzes it against learned patterns, and uses the determination value to decide whether to automatically register a device. This feedback-driven approach automates the registration process while managing system complexity through structured decision-making.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS11558464B1System and method for controlling Internet of Things device of vehicle
Publication Date: 2023.01.17 HYUNDAI MOTOR CO LTD
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AI summary

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a system for controlling an Internet-of-things (IoT) device of a vehicle may include at least one IoT device and a vehicle that determines whether a control condition is satisfied and calculate a first determination value based on the time at which the operation is controlled and the number of times the operation is controlled before or after a state in which the control condition is satisfied, calculates a second determination value based on a number of times the control condition is satisfied and a number of times the at least one IoT device is controlled in the state where the control condition is satisfied, and determines whether to automatically register the at least one IoT device as a control target based on the first determination value and the second determination value when the control condition is satisfied.