Vehicle Management Server Authentication for Shared Mobility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current shared vehicle systems, such as shared bicycles, face issues with delayed user access due to authentication processes that rely on network signals, leading to poor user experience and potential prolonged unlocking times.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle management method and system that allows continuous availability of vehicles by acquiring vehicle identification through client devices, authenticating user and vehicle IDs, and sending use permissions, with optional stop commands and re-authentication prompts via vibration or sound means, enabling immediate vehicle use and managing state changes based on predetermined periods.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If authentication is performed through server-based verification of vehicle and user IDs, then security and authorization are ensured, but user waiting time increases due to network signal delays
Solution Approach 1:
The vehicle enters a predetermined available state before authentication is completed, making it preparatory accessible to users. This preliminary action allows the vehicle to be ready for use immediately while authentication proceeds in the background, thereby reducing user waiting time without compromising security.
Solution Approach 2:
The vehicle's state is made dynamic by allowing it to transition between available and non-available states based on authentication outcomes. The vehicle can be temporarily accessed in an available state, then transition to non-available if authentication fails, providing flexibility that resolves the contradiction between immediate access and security verification.
2Ease of operation
If the vehicle remains in available state continuously, then user access is improved, but unauthorized use may occur
Solution Approach 1:
The vehicle's available state is made dynamic rather than static. It can switch between available and non-available states based on authentication results and predetermined conditions, allowing the system to balance accessibility with authorization control flexibly.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where authentication results and usage conditions trigger state transitions. When authentication succeeds or predetermined conditions are met, the vehicle remains available; when authentication fails or unauthorized use is detected, it transitions to non-available, ensuring proper authorization control.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to a vehicle management method, system and server, and a vehicle. The vehicle management method comprises: acquiring by a client device a vehicle identification; receiving by a vehicle management server an authentication request from the client device, the authentication request including the vehicle identification and a user identification of the client device; authenticating by the vehicle management server the vehicle identification and the user identification to permit a continuously available state of the vehicle; sending by the vehicle management server a use permission of the continuously available state to a vehicle; and receiving by the vehicle the use permission to continue its available state. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the user experience can be improved.