Vehicle Light Source Function Customization via Remote Validation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle light sources are limited to predetermined functions during system design, lacking user individualization and unable to enable or disable functions like automated high beams effectively.
Innovation Solution
A method and system allowing end users to individually add or extend light functions in vehicles by receiving, checking, and implementing requested light functions through a computer system, ensuring compliance with technical and regulatory conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If light functions are limited to predetermined functions during system design, then system reliability and safety are improved, but user individualization and adaptability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a dynamic system where light functions can be added, removed, or modified after the vehicle is manufactured. The control device allows users to individually activate or deactivate specific light functions (such as automated high beams) through a user interface, transforming the static light system into a dynamic one that adapts to user preferences while maintaining safety through predefined conditions.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the operational parameters of the light source by allowing dynamic modification of light function configurations. Users can alter which light functions are active, and the system adjusts the light output accordingly, enabling individualization without changing the physical light source hardware.
2Device complexity
If light functions are fixed during system design, then device complexity is reduced, but functionality and versatility deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The control device serves multiple functions: it controls the light source, manages user preferences, validates requested light functions against safety conditions, and communicates with both the light source and user interface. This multi-functional approach allows the system to provide versatile light function capabilities without adding separate dedicated devices for each function.
Solution Approach 2:
The control device acts as an intermediary between the light source and the user interface. It receives requests from the user interface, validates them against predefined conditions, and translates them into appropriate control signals for the light source, thereby managing complexity through a centralized mediation layer.
3Illumination intensity
If automated high beam function is enabled, then lighting performance is improved, but user control and individualization deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by continuously monitoring the automated high beam function's operation and providing users with the ability to view and modify its status through the user interface. Users can see when the automated function is active and can individually deactivate it if desired, creating a feedback loop that balances automated performance with user control.
Data Source
AI summary
A method is disclosed for adding and/or extending at least one light function of at least one light source in at least one vehicle. The method comprises the following steps performed outside the at least one vehicle, in particular in a computer system that is physically remote from the at least one vehicle: receiving at least one requested light function for the implementation by the at least one light source in the at least one vehicle, checking whether the at least one requested light function satisfies at least one condition of the at least one light source, and adding and/or extending the at least one requested light function for the implementation of the at least one requested light function by the at least one light source, provided that the at least one requested light function satisfies the at least one condition.