Vehicle Management Device Free-to-Use State Verification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current shared vehicle systems, such as bicycles and cars, require users to wait for verification before use, leading to delayed access due to network signal delays and poor user experience, especially when signals are weak.

Innovation Solution

A vehicle management method where the vehicle is set in a free-to-use state initially, allowing users to send a use request with identification and verification information, and if verified successfully, the vehicle remains usable; otherwise, it remains unlocked. The system includes features like time-based warnings and prohibitions to prevent unauthorized use.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the vehicle is locked and requires verification before use, then security is improved, but user waiting time increases and user experience deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevehicle securityVSAvoiduser waiting time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The vehicle is set in a free-to-use state in advance, with the management device pre-configured to accept use requests. When a user sends a use request with verification information, the vehicle can be accessed immediately upon successful verification, eliminating the need for prolonged waiting periods while maintaining security through the verification mechanism.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If the system waits for server verification before allowing vehicle use, then authorization control is improved, but network signal dependency increases and access delay worsens

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveauthorization controlVSAvoidvehicle access speed
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The management device on the vehicle is pre-configured with verification capabilities and can independently verify user credentials locally. This preliminary preparation allows the system to perform authorization control without real-time server communication, enabling faster access while maintaining security through local verification of user credentials.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The management device mounted on the vehicle acts as an intermediary between the user terminal and the server. It receives use requests from user terminals, performs local verification of credentials, and can grant access independently without waiting for server confirmation, thereby reducing network dependency and access delay while maintaining authorization control.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Ease of operation

If the vehicle remains in free-to-use state without verification, then user access speed is improved, but unauthorized use risk increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevehicle access speedVSAvoidunauthorized use risk
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The vehicle is set in a free-to-use state in advance with the management device pre-configured to accept and verify use requests. This preliminary setup allows immediate access for authorized users while maintaining security through the verification process, preventing unauthorized use without delaying legitimate access.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The management device on the vehicle performs self-verification of user credentials independently. When a user sends a use request, the management device automatically verifies the credentials and grants or denies access without requiring external intervention, enabling fast access for authorized users while blocking unauthorized users through automated verification.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS10223854B2Vehicle management method, management device mounted on vehicle and vehicle
Publication Date: 2019.03.05 BEIJING MOBIKE TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

The present invention discloses a vehicle management method, a management device mounted on a vehicle, and a vehicle. The method comprises: setting a vehicle in a free-to-use state in advance; receiving a use request by a management device mounted on the vehicle from a user terminal, the use request including an identification of the user terminal and verification information; verifying the user terminal by the management device; when the verification succeeds, marking by the management device the vehicle with a legal use mark, and continuing the free-to-use state of the vehicle. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the user experience can be enhanced.