Vehicle Manners Evaluation via Image Analysis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle sharing systems face challenges in encouraging users to adhere to manners provisions, such as cleanliness and maintenance, which can lead to discomfort for vehicle owners and system inefficiencies.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus and method that informs users of vehicle manners provisions, acquires images of the vehicle's condition upon return, and calculates an evaluation value to incentivize or penalize users based on their adherence, using a management server, onboard apparatus, and user terminal to promote responsible usage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If vehicle sharing is implemented without monitoring mechanisms, then system accessibility and ease of use are improved, but user obedience to manners provisions deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements automatic feedback mechanisms by capturing images of the vehicle's interior and exterior upon return, comparing them against predetermined standards, and providing real-time evaluation results to users. This automated feedback loop enables users to see immediate consequences of their usage behavior, encouraging adherence to manners provisions without requiring manual inspection or intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
The evaluation system operates autonomously by automatically capturing images, comparing them against standards, and generating evaluation scores without human intervention. The system serves itself by using its own resources (cameras, processors, databases) to perform the entire evaluation process, reducing operational costs and maintaining ease of use while ensuring consistent enforcement of manners provisions.
2Measurement precision
If manual inspection of vehicle condition is performed, then evaluation accuracy is improved, but system complexity and operational cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system replaces manual mechanical inspection with automated image capture and digital processing. Cameras mounted in the vehicle or used by users capture photographs of the interior and exterior, which are then processed by computer algorithms to evaluate compliance with manners provisions. This substitution of mechanical inspection with optical and computational methods maintains high evaluation accuracy while significantly reducing system complexity and operational burden.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of physically inspecting the vehicle, the system creates visual copies through images and photographs. These digital copies are then analyzed against stored reference images and predetermined standards. This copying approach allows for accurate, repeatable evaluations without requiring physical handling or complex inspection procedures, simplifying the overall system operation.
3Productivity
If image-based evaluation system is implemented, then monitoring efficiency is improved, but data processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts only the essential visual features needed for evaluation from the captured images, rather than processing entire high-resolution images. By identifying and isolating key areas (such as seat conditions, cleanliness indicators, and damage markers), the system achieves high monitoring efficiency while minimizing data processing requirements and energy consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs partial processing by focusing only on specific predetermined evaluation criteria rather than analyzing every detail of the images. By selectively examining only the aspects relevant to manners provisions (such as cleanliness, damage, and proper usage), the system maintains high monitoring efficiency while reducing overall data processing load and energy requirements.
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AI summary
The present disclosure provides a technique to encourage a user who is lent a vehicle to obey manners at time of using the vehicle. In the present disclosure, a controller executes: informing a user who is lent a vehicle of information indicating a plurality of manners provisions about use of the vehicle; acquiring a picked-up image of the vehicle about the plurality of manners provisions at time of returning the vehicle; and calculating an evaluation value for obedience of the plurality of manners provisions, based on the picked-up image.