Vehicle Load Profile Determination Without Location Data

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods for determining load profiles of motor vehicles in a fleet face data protection issues due to the need for precise movement profiles, which are not effectively addressed by existing GPS-based systems.

Innovation Solution

A device and method that determine driving profiles using driving state parameters such as operating time, speed, and acceleration without exact location data, allowing for the creation of load profiles without revealing individual movement patterns, and a comparison device to rank vehicles by overall load parameters.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If GPS data is used to determine driving profiles, then measurement precision of vehicle usage is improved, but data protection issues arise due to creation of detailed movement profiles

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevehicle usage informationVSAvoiddata protection violations
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts only the necessary driving condition parameters (operating time, speed, acceleration) from the complete GPS data set, discarding location information. This extraction allows obtaining sufficient usage data while eliminating the harmful element that creates movement profiles and violates data protection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary processing step that transforms raw GPS data into aggregated driving condition parameters. This intermediary layer processes the data to retain usage information while removing identifiable location data, thus mediating between measurement precision and data protection requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Object-affected harmful factors

If driving condition parameters are evaluated without location data, then data protection is improved, but information completeness about vehicle wear may deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata protection complianceVSAvoidvehicle load information
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the parameters used for evaluation from location-based GPS coordinates to driving condition parameters (operating time, speed, acceleration). This parameter transformation maintains the ability to assess vehicle wear and usage while ensuring data protection compliance by eliminating location information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a simplified copy of the complete driving profile that captures essential usage characteristics through aggregated parameters rather than complete trajectory data. This copy retains sufficient information for wear assessment while being devoid of sensitive location details.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

3Measurement precision

If statistical standard deviation of driving parameters is calculated, then measurement precision of wear assessment is improved, but data processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvewear assessment accuracyVSAvoiddata processing requirements
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces complex mechanical analysis of complete driving trajectories with statistical calculations on aggregated parameters. By substituting detailed spatial-temporal analysis with statistical standard deviation of driving conditions, the system achieves precise wear assessment with reduced computational complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentEP3166830B1Device and method for determining load profiles of motor vehicles
Publication Date: 2022.12.21 ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
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AI summary

The invention relates to a device for determining load profiles of motor vehicles (2), in particular of motor vehicles (2) of a vehicle fleet, comprising at least one driving state determination device (8) arranged in a motor vehicle (2). The driving state determination device (8) is designed to repeatedly determine at least one driving state parameter of the motor vehicle (2) and to transmit same to at least one driving state evaluation device (18). The invention further comprises at least one driving state evaluation device (18), designed to assign each of the driving state parameters determined by the driving state determination device (8) to a numerical load parameter, and an addition device (20) designed to add up the numerical load parameters of a motor vehicle (2) to a numerical total load parameter.